This past weekend was Settmore Swamp's "Quest for Wit and Wisdom".  It was my first time going to the event, but T has been to several of them.

Unlike most of the SCA events I go to this was only had 1 day of fighting.  And a scavenger hunt type Quest.  Other than that it was just a tiome to chill.

Because of bad directions we got there late on Friday night.  We jsut set up and hung around camp.  Saturday morning was the fighting, but it was too damn hot so I just hung around with T, and and Gnomicmuffin while Kin Ryu competed in archry and fighting.  We were all chilling chattuing with passing SCAdians and such when Gnomicmuffin disappeared.  She returned a bit later soaking wet. 

She told us there's a stream/river/creek nearby that was ok to swim in and the water felt great.  It sounded a lot better than sitting in the sun so off we went.  None of had bathing suits, and none of us cared.  Besides walking back in wet clothes would keep us cool for a bit longer.

It turns out we were in part of the Raritan River.  It was a nice part.  not too deep, rocky bottom, fast flowing (and stronger than it looks) high tanin content.  All this adds up to very few critters to bother us.  Most of the people were either out the merchant area, eating, or watching the fighters, so we were fairly alone in the river.  It was nice and quiet for the three of us to hang out in.  Eventually we got out of the river and went back to camp, just as Kin Ryu had given up looking for us, we had an early dinner then went back to the river again.

After another hour or so we got out and went back to camp to put on dry clothes and go to the fire.  Kin Ryu and I went into town on an ice run and got back in time to enjoy the bardic circle.

Sunday morning we woke up in time to join the quest, but were just too lazy to do it, so we went back to the river.  It was a little more crowded then, but we still had a good time.  That night was the storm.  It was mostly thunder and klighting with a bit of rain, that got heavy at times.  We just chilled under the EZ-up and bullshitted for a while.

This morning we woke up and broke camp right away.  I did want to accomplish one thing this weekend, and that was to NOT be the last person on site.  We packed up and left before 11:00 and got home around 12:30.  We had better diorections to get home with.  Now T is sleeping on the couch, and I'm about to get a shower.  No major plans for this evening other than watching the Star Wars special on the History Channel at 9:00.

 

 

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Q. What's the difference between a bagpipe and an onion?
A. No one cries when you chop up a bagpipe.
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Q. What's the difference between a bagpipe and a trampoline?
A. You take off your shoes when you jump on a trampoline.
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Q. How can you tell a bagpiper with perfect pitch?
A. He can throw a set into the middle of a pond and not hit
any of the ducks.
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Q. How is playing a bagpipe like throwing a javelin
blindfolded?
A. You don't have to be very good to get people's attention.
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Q. What's the difference between a lawn mower and a bagpipe?
A. You can tune the lawn mower.
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Q. If you were lost in the woods, who would you trust for
directions: an in-tune bagpipe player, an out-of-tune
bagpipe player, or Santa Claus?
A. The out-of-tune bagpipe player. The other two indicate you
have been hallucinating.
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Q. How do you make a chain saw sound like a bagpipe?
A. Add vibrato.
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Q. What's the definition of a gentleman?
A. Someone who knows how to play the bagpipe and doesn't.
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Q. What's the difference between a dead snake in the road and
dead bagpiper in the road?
A. Skid marks in front of the snake.
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Q. What's the difference between a dead bagpiper in the road
and a dead country singer in the road?
A. The country singer may have been on the way to a recording
session.
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Q. What's the range of a bagpipe?
A. Twenty yards if you have a good arm.
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Q. Why are bagpipers fingers like lightning?
A. They rarely strike the same spot twice.
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Q. How can you tell if a bagpipe is out of tune?
A. Someone is blowing into it.
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If you took all the bagpipers in the world and laid them
end to end -- it would be a good idea.
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Q. What do you call ten bagpipes at the bottom of the ocean?
A. A good start.
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Q. Why do bagpipers walk when they play?
A. To get away from the sound.
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Q. What's the definition of "optimism"
A. A bagpiper with a beeper.
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Did you hear the one about the bagpiper who parked his
car with the windows open, forgetting that he had left his
bagpipes in the back seat?

He rushed back as soon as he realised it, but it was too
late -- someone had already put another set of bagpipes in the
car!