Alafia Rendezvous, Florida, 2010

My first ever Alifia.  It was nice to have no TV, no electricity, no phone, no car for 10 days.  Walking around by candlelight with a bunch of other crazy people experiencing the old days.  We had to wear our costumes, drink out of yellow ware steins and eat next to the campfires.  It was a good time. I demonstrated weaving on the tape loom for the days when school kids came to visit and the "outsiders". I sold some pottery and met some new friends.

I won 2nd place (out of 17) in the foot race of "A day in the life of a wilderness woman". We ran through the course putting children to bed, washing, cooking and killing varmits. That was a lot of fun. There was a Scot group, Native Americans and folks from many states come together to buy, trade and have a good time.

My Hovel.

Will I go back next year? That is the big question. From CT to Homeland, FL and back was close to 3,000 miles of driving by myself. If I can rope someone else into coming with me, that would be great, but trying to get there and back, 2 days with no stopping to see America inbetween, was the worse.