Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival

Last month we went for the opening weekend of Scarborough Faire, an annual Renaissance Festival that's held locally. It was quite the experience. We were all enamoured with the way the people were in character the entire time and just what a way of life it is for them. It's neat that they have found a way to interact with like-minded individuals and follow their passion of devoting their lifestyle to a certain era. It was enormous in size, acres upon acres, and had everything from jousting to architecture emulating buildings past,and simple machinery inventions (think swing) to accents and situational dialogue. Ava didn't quite know how to respond to them when they'd talk to her with an English accent. She was crowned May Pole Queen, however, and enjoyed that. Griffin loved the petting zoo and talks about it still. There was a goat that sounded similar to a cow and he just couldn't process how a goat could moo.....by George, I think I've found the idea for the next great children's book! We attempted to ride an elephant, but Griffin was having none of it, so he and Ryan didn't ride.