Harvest Raid
We had a very good time at Harvest Raid.
We drove up Friday night and spent the night in the Vanagon. Once we got the covers sorted out it was nice and warm inside. The Vanagon proved to be very handy on the way home as well. We stopped at the grocery store to pick up some food for dinner. Karl was asleep so I took him in my arms into the store. He didn't wake up and we went out to the car to eat, so it would be darker and quieter for him. So we turned on the light in the back, pulled out the table and had dinner in the car.
The rapier turnout was lighter than usual this year, but that wasn't surprising considering how busy the calendar is this fall. It was a nice round robin tournament. Afterwards, I fought some good pickups, especially the bearpit with lots of two handed swords.
The rain held off until we were done fighting, so that was nice. It was quite windy, but we lined Karl's crib with sheepskins and he was happy and warm in there. He slept for the tournament and woke up at the way end, so that was good timing.
I was going to stand in court until Clewin's guard shift, but he missed the procession to court. So he wasn't there for me to hand off Karl. I ended up processing into court and then walking back out. I did make use of the fireplace room to nurse Karl, which was very relaxing.
We drove up Friday night and spent the night in the Vanagon. Once we got the covers sorted out it was nice and warm inside. The Vanagon proved to be very handy on the way home as well. We stopped at the grocery store to pick up some food for dinner. Karl was asleep so I took him in my arms into the store. He didn't wake up and we went out to the car to eat, so it would be darker and quieter for him. So we turned on the light in the back, pulled out the table and had dinner in the car.
The rapier turnout was lighter than usual this year, but that wasn't surprising considering how busy the calendar is this fall. It was a nice round robin tournament. Afterwards, I fought some good pickups, especially the bearpit with lots of two handed swords.
The rain held off until we were done fighting, so that was nice. It was quite windy, but we lined Karl's crib with sheepskins and he was happy and warm in there. He slept for the tournament and woke up at the way end, so that was good timing.
I was going to stand in court until Clewin's guard shift, but he missed the procession to court. So he wasn't there for me to hand off Karl. I ended up processing into court and then walking back out. I did make use of the fireplace room to nurse Karl, which was very relaxing.