Renaissance Fair Experience!

I've been meaning to make this post for days now.  I've had some technical difficulties preventing me from posting pics.  So that's why I was waiting until I could post the pics to mention this experience.

Last weekend we went to the Renaissance Fair.  I've heard of the Renaissance Fair before but neither of us had ever been.  It seemed like fun and something different to do so we went last Saturday.  We spent 6 hours there looking at all they had to offer.  Now here comes one of the exciting parts of the day...guess what we did?  Yep, we ate a giant turkey leg!  They sell turkey legs and we each got one just to have the experience.  And when I say giant turkey leg I mean giant turkey leg.  It's quite the thing to go up and buy a turkey leg in that manner.  Certainly felt very Renaissance!  For dessert we shared a funnel cake.  You can't go to a Fair of any kind without eating a funnel cake!  It's mandatory! 

Okay, now guess again as to what we did? We went to the turtle races.  I really wanted to go to the turtle races.  It was funny!  The turtles are of course not that active but they had some good comedians hosting the show which made it a fun experience.  We also did some archery.  I got to let my inner-Katniss come out.  Katniss is the main character from the movie The Hunger Games, she's great with a bow and arrow!  I actually did fairly decent with the bow and arrow!  We also watched some jousting, sword throwing, and shows that featured tricks with fire. Including a guy that breathed fire!  Weird! 

The entire event was like taking a trip back in time.  Alright one last guess as to the most exciting experience we had last weekend?  It's quite awesome! Drum roll please.....We rode an elephant together!  Yep, we rode an elephant!  How awesome is that?  My only complaint was that the ride didn't last long enough.  Soon after we got there and saw they had elephants to ride I told my boyfriend I wanted to go for a ride.  Towards the end of our day we did! In the last pic below, I took while we sat on the elephant.  At the bottom edge of the pic you can just barely see my hand as I gripped the seat on top of the elephant.  So the view of the elephant as I looked down at him was of the top of his head and his ears.  I also took a pic of another elephant that was out there.  Unfotunately no pics of us on the elephant since we had no one else with us to take the pic.  It was an amazing thing to do.  I was truly excited to take a ride on an elephant.  We felt like we were going through a safari for a brief moment. 

Awesome event!  We had a great time at the Fair last weekend.  And finally I got to share the experience on my blog!