Alafia River Rendezvous

So, I just recently returned from Florida. 8 days of Rendezvous. I made the 22 hour drive with Token Mexican and The Man from Ohio. When we arrived on Saturday it was an 80 degree temperature swing from home in Illinois. Here on Saturday morning was -5 and in Florida it was 75 and beautiful sunshine. The Florida Frontiersmen who run the Alafia have a pretty good site, about 300 acres of reclaimed phosphate mine. Great shooting range, and a really cool archery range through a swamp, where if you sail an arrow long, you need to think really hard about how much that arrow is worth, because there is a really good chance you are no longer the top of the food chain.

Over the days we were there, I shot archery 3 days. Didn't do terrible but sure would have liked to do better. I didn't shoot any of the gun matches, simply because I was doing a whole bunch more socializing.

On Tuesday, they had the parade of tartans and the highland games. As scary a thought as it is, I even wore a kilt.
Scary ain't it? That is Hot Buttered Rum Master, Me, and Red Legs.

I even did something there that I don't think I did in College. I was knee walking, snot slinging, furniture breaking DRUNK, and three nights in a row. I will post more on those nights in the next couple of days.

All in all, it was a great week and I can't wait to go back in 2009. It is an 1,800 person camp that feels like a local rendezvous with all your closest friends.