Our campground is great – http://yosemitepinesrv.com/ – the bathrooms are huge, clean, heated, and have very nice showers. It is about halfway between Sonora, where we were going to the Celtic Faire, and Yosemite where we wanted to go the next day.
We woke up about 8 Saturday morning and made ziploc omelettes for breakfast – each kid had their bag and picked what they wanted with their 3 eggs – cheddar cheese, ham, spinach, broccoli, mushrooms. Then a little milk and we boiled the bags in a pot of water. Our stove heats water very slowly, so boiling water takes awhile.
Then we headed to Sonora to the Faire.
We saw the ‘Knights of Avalon’ jousting match. The horses were beautiful, and they were ALL rescues (thought you would appreciate that Pam). Their proceeds go to rescuing and caring for rescued horses.
Kids waiting for it to start (we sat down early, all those seats filled up quick)…
This comedian/juggler was a hit with the boys – Lord Rusty, aka Rusty Balls. They talked about him all day.
That is a cup of beer he is swinging around his head.
Here’s Ben reluctantly holding his torches. He tried to hand them to him still burning; Ben pushed Parker forward, but he wouldn’t go either lol. So he blew them out and walked down and handed them to Ben.
This guy was showing the boys how to make chain mail.
Parker lifting the chain mail to see how heavy it was – I think it was about 45 pounds.
William got to try it on!
Here they had a trebuchet and a crossbow type thing that shot peanuts at a castle wall.
These Irish wolfhounds were everywhere – they are massive and adorable and very sweet. They are actually bigger than Great Danes, but the record for biggest dog ever is held by an extra-large Great Dane.
There were parades of entertainers roaming through the fairgrounds, as well as like 6 stages of live music/acts.
Creepy death dancers.
Kevan had to have one of these Tornado Potatoes. I told him to use his own money because I didn’t want to buy everyone a snack – we had just eaten lunch a couple hours before and we were heading back to the car where there were chips and drinks. So he went to buy it but was a dollar short – they gave it to him anyway.
The gun William’s holding is why Kevan was out of money – he bought the gun. Right after this picture was taken, William pointed the gun at Ben who was brandishing his new wooden sword and I was trying to take a picture when a power-tripping security guard came up and yelled at them. She told Ben that if someone bumped into him he might accidentally stab William (with a wooden sword? it wasn’t pointed at his face!) and then she lit into William telling him, “You’re an adult. You do not point guns at people, I don’t care if it is fake or a replica. If you do it again I will take it away from you.” William had a smirk on his face and I just knew he would say some smart-ass comment but he kept his mouth shut and we moved on.
Here’s the kids with their loot. Ben and Parker got wooden swords. Doug got a metal sword. Kevan got a gun replica, and William didn’t get anything but he’s holding the books I got. He wanted to find a tabard but we didn’t find one anywhere, just $100 kilts.
On the way back to the campsite we were getting some amazing gas mileage (Dodge Ram 1500 hemi engine 4×4):
The day ended like it began – kids in trees.
Before we left Sonora we had found a Baskin Robbins and picked up an ice cream cake for Kevan to celebrate his birthday. At night back in the trailer we had spaghetti for dinner, had some cake, played Buzzword, and then went to bed.
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