Alaska Trip, part II
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madbakerGeneral event stuff: the wife didn't finish my 14th c. heavy wool coat, but did get it to a wearable point. It looked really good, even if I didn't need it all the time (the weather ranged from 50s to mid-70s). I forgot my undershirt so I wore my wool doublet(oid - I know that's not the right term for that outfit but I don't know what is) bare. Fortunately it's not a scratchy wool. I haven't seen any pictures; sad, but since I'm not a fighter there it is.
The sleep masks worked brilliantly. Good thing since it never got darker than dusk the whole time.
The site favors were awesome; one of the people in camp poured 1-oz pewter drinking horns with all three Principality animals on them. She didn't do a perfect job: in places the pewter got too hot and discolored. (Things we learned making PPF spoons.) But we will put them in our tourney gear and happily use them in the future.
I brought small jars of quince butter as thank-yous, which people seemed to appreciate. I think it's a nice gesture - especially when we're being hosted and lent a pavilion, sleeping gear, etc. Along those lines, it's always odd to be in another camp where period food is not really a consideration. I know our particular camping group is an outlier because we are chock full of food Laurels* and we formed around a shared emphasis on display. Also, Oertha doesn't have any food Laurels, and hardly anyone interested in period food. But it's such a change for us to see modern food without even trying to make it period-compatible.
This is not a knock on the group we camped with - more an acknowledgement of anthropology differences. It would take a serious effort by someone committed to period food to really change the culture.
It was like when I read the journal of someone who camped Pennsic a few years back as a pilgrim, with just a bedroll, canteen, and a small sack. I thought it was awesome that he was trying something period and different. And then all of the food he mentioned eating was modern camping fare: spaghetti, canned beef stew, etc.
* You see what I did there.
The sleep masks worked brilliantly. Good thing since it never got darker than dusk the whole time.
The site favors were awesome; one of the people in camp poured 1-oz pewter drinking horns with all three Principality animals on them. She didn't do a perfect job: in places the pewter got too hot and discolored. (Things we learned making PPF spoons.) But we will put them in our tourney gear and happily use them in the future.
I brought small jars of quince butter as thank-yous, which people seemed to appreciate. I think it's a nice gesture - especially when we're being hosted and lent a pavilion, sleeping gear, etc. Along those lines, it's always odd to be in another camp where period food is not really a consideration. I know our particular camping group is an outlier because we are chock full of food Laurels* and we formed around a shared emphasis on display. Also, Oertha doesn't have any food Laurels, and hardly anyone interested in period food. But it's such a change for us to see modern food without even trying to make it period-compatible.
This is not a knock on the group we camped with - more an acknowledgement of anthropology differences. It would take a serious effort by someone committed to period food to really change the culture.
It was like when I read the journal of someone who camped Pennsic a few years back as a pilgrim, with just a bedroll, canteen, and a small sack. I thought it was awesome that he was trying something period and different. And then all of the food he mentioned eating was modern camping fare: spaghetti, canned beef stew, etc.
* You see what I did there.
