Hear Ye Hear Ye

Chelsea and I had the pleasure of visiting the Texas Renaissance Festival in Magnolia this afternoon. We've been in Houston since Thursday night visiting with her family, shopping and eating. Today we sat around and discussed the days plans but couldn't come up with much. As we flipped though the newspaper at the kitchen table we came across the ad for the "ren fest" and decided we should head out there. This thing is stinking huge! The face painting lady informed me it was the biggest in the nation and by far the most beautiful. It was neat but I don't know if I would say beautiful. It takes a special person. Everything goes.
The live music stage. That lady on the bottom could dance!



We watched a show in this mud pit. Those two guys competed for their team in different little mud events. It was kind of gross.


Blocked by the tree are the people who were riding that elephant. We too could have taken a ride for $4 but the line was terribly long so we just watched. In this picture the elephant was going after some snacks a family had left sitting within his reach. He knocked everything onto the ground and made the girl pretty mad. I thought the little boy riding this alpaca was so sweet.



We ended our day at a jousting match in the arena. Our guy won. Very exciting.
If you're looking for an interesting cultural experience, lots of food and drink, entertainment and a lot of strange creepy people, check out the ren fest!