Mountain Man Rendezvous

The annual Fort Henry Buckskinner's Mountain Man Rendezvous was held at Camp Henry this week. http://henrysforkcountry.com/full.php?sid=50 We've been attending for a number of years and enjoyed it again this year.
We enjoyed throwing the "hawk and knife",
throwing the "atlatl",
rescuing the "damsel in distress",
throwing the "buffalo chip",
watching the rifle shoots,
chasing candy shot from the "candy" cannon -- our kids were seen scrambling for candy on tv www.kifi.com,
playing "Lewis and Clark" on the raft -- the water was the lowest I've ever seen it,
tasting Grub's grub http://www.cityofashton.com/tom_mattingly.htm,
and attending council fire.

We didn't stay over, but went back up each day. Nor did we get to attend any trading blankets because of other activities we had. We made "fire bread" or fry bread (scones) for us to eat at home when the trader who usually sells them wasn't there this year.

Some of our purchases include a Bowie knife, a play bow and arrow, ermine and muskrat hides and a necklace from Jull, bracelets and pants from No Recoil, the annual trinket from Tinker, and ordered a sheath from Crazy Al, etc.

We also heard Many Strings singing, watched Dirty Rifle making baskets from pine needles, the skinning of a beaver and racoon, and several other traders making new items. We also enjoyed seeing many of the usual folk who come watch or participate. Saturday was a very busy day. It rained -- as it always does sometime -- on Wednesday during set up, but got drier and warmer each day. When we woke up Wednesday morning, the kids said, "It must be Mountain Man, because it's raining!"

We've had a wonderful few days. Mostly for me, it was so great to be in beautiful Henry's Meadow again!