Quite the November again. Â After making it back to Charlotte safely I finally had a weekend off! Â So what did I do? Â Naturally I visited the Carolina Renaissance Festival. Â Even as a paying patron at one point! Â Naturally I ran into many many friends. Â And had to sit through the R-Show. Â I'd be performing it soon in Louisiana and I wanted to see if I could pick up any of the new bits that the gold team had added since last year.
Then the next week it was off to Sarasota, FL.  This is actually the blue teams oldest festival, with this being our fourth year I believe.  However it was different this year.  Jon would be the only returning Tortuga.  Jamey and I would be joining him instead of Jimmae and Jef.  Jamey is originally from Tampa, just down the road, so he knew many of the people.  But for me it was a new experience.  It's a wet festival, so there's a lovely pub tent we could enjoy.  And of course two lovely Washing Well Wenches.  Jamey and I stayed at the house of a friend of his.  Jon and Lily had arranged to stay with another local couple down there.  It was a fun, crazy festival.  Very well put on.  And our shows went great.
Back home, because I'd be gone for Thanksgiving, we threw a Thanksgiving party one week early at my house. Â It was actually quite well attended, with a lot of amazing food. Â I'm still mad at Alex however for not leaving any of the turkey she made. Â She has an amazing brine that she uses. Â Oh dear god it was delicious!!!
The following weekend was the start of the Louisiana Renaissance Festival for us Tortugas.  So I got to spend my Thanksgiving at Hotel Haeuser.  It was a treat as always.  This was my third year being down there for Thanksgiving.  The friendship, kinship, and camaraderie displayed at that house year after year continues to amaze me.  Even if we didn't get around to shooting the firearms this year. 😀
