WOW... just... WOW wuzmop@xxxxxxx said: > It ended up just the 3 of us, since the entire VW community is have back > surgery at the same time. ;) > > Ok, so we get there around 8 pm Friday. Pay at the drop box, cruise up the > long road to the campsites, where we find a table full of people in > medieval costumes taking money. We weren't on their list, obviously. They > said they rented the entire park for themselves, we couldn't stay. We said > we paid up front, there was no sign, deal with it, we're going nowhere. > They could get the money from the office for all we care. They came to > their senses and realized there wasn't anything they could do, and > "allowed" us to hang out. They insisted that they were going to teach us > how to drink, they read us the "rules" and?we went on our way, completely > excited that after all this time someone was finally going to?teach us?how > to drink. :p > > We met a cool couple camping next door who let us borrow forks and had > banana nut bread and beer. Mmmmm. Friday night we drank beer 'round the > campfire, until 5-6 am talking about everything from Van Halen to our > opinions on pot. Apparently we were camping next to the biggest jerk in > the place, because the next morning, the "police force" (they have their > own police force :p) stopped by to say that guy was trying to get the cops > called and have us arrested for talking about pot. Sure thing, Ace. > > Saturday we chilled, napped, took in the court ceremony and the shops and > stuff they had set up. They had sword fights, archery tournaments and > stuff. Michael was digging it. As a "mundane", which is what they call > outsiders,?I was seriously being watched, to the point it was irritating > the crap out of me, so I started watching people back.?Me and this one guy > had a staring contest that had to have lasted 10 minutes.?? > > The king, queen, and others alter ego's have alter ego's. It's wierd. > Let's say Bob is the king. Bobs kingdome name is "Bodean the Great". When > Bob?is tired of being Bodean the Great and doing king duties, he changes > his clothes and becomes Sam, who is not a king, and can just hang out. The > king has a campsite surrounded by walls made out of sheets with king logos > and stuff on them. His "house" surrounds him with their campsites in a > tight formation, fortifying the "kingdome". > > Saturday morning, we went to Brookshires in Glen Rose for some stuff that > we needed. The only reason I bring this up is that we bought?a spatula, > which you would call a spatula, right? On the reciept it was listed as a > "pancake turner", which we thought was probably just an abbreviation for > "pancake turner overer". > > They had a party Saturday night. We said screw it, borrowed a couple of > period shirts from the neighbor and hung out. Belly dancers, free booze. > It was cool, except one of the belly dancers' belly looked like Homer > Simpsons mouth. I could not pull Michael away from the belly dancers, he > was in love. We had a few shots, hung out for a while, waited patiently to > be tought how to drink. We waited so long that we were the only ones still > up and drinking. Their drinking teacher sucks. > > Home by noon Sunday in time for some football and naps. > > We had a great time, some of the people were really cool, some of them > were EXTREMELY strange, looking at us like we were aliens. People think VW > people are wierd. Geez. > > I hope the Star Trek campout is next year! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Katrina Martin <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 8:31 pm > Subject: [tcb] Robb...Gonna need a trip report > > > > All I heard so far was that there was Bodean,Robb,Micheal, and 300 people > dressed up in Mid-Evil costumes... > > > > > > > Katrina & Dan Martin > > 71'bus "Homer" > > http://web.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin > > http://ical.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/Volks32Shows > > > > > > > > > > = > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com >