Colorado Renaissance Fair!

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:54 pm

http://www.coloradorenaissance.com/

JUNE 9-JULY 29 ) You guys should come out and visit for this. It's an absoloutly HUGE Ren Fair chock full of nerdy goodness. They built a whole damn town for this thing. Looky photos..

KittyRose · Post by **KittyRose** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:27 pm

Whoa, that is amazing! I always wanted to go to a Renaissance fair, I like the history and the culture surrounding the time period and it looks like so much fun. I wish I could go but it's too far away from where I live plus I've got summer school in July. Oh well, maybe they'll be one close to where I live.

White Paw · Post by **White Paw** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:08 pm

i wanna go

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:38 pm

Ren fair's are a blast. Every time I go there, I want to buy a sword sooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad. Makes me wanna buy one, strip off my shirt, and run around screaming, "See your enemies driven before you! And hear the lamentation of the women! yarrgh! Where's the mead!? Oh wait! I don't drink! Ohhh! Chicken leg! *nom nom nom nom*

PariahPoet · Post by **PariahPoet** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:44 pm

Hey cool! I'll be in CO then, maybe I'll go for a day!

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:46 pm

You'd love it Pariah.

PariahPoet · Post by **PariahPoet** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:55 pm

No doubt about that!

Too bad I don't have any appropriate costumes.
I'm pretty sure a werecat or Red XIII would stick out like a sore thumb! XD

KittyRose · Post by **KittyRose** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:20 pm

PariahPoet wrote:No doubt about that!

Too bad I don't have any appropriate costumes.
I'm pretty sure a werecat or Red XIII would stick out like a sore thumb! XD

That's true

You could dress up like one of the animal characters from the Redwall books. They live in a Renaissance type age and they're anthros.

PariahPoet · Post by **PariahPoet** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:40 pm

Someday I want to make a single-person centaur suit. I have an idea how I could engineer it, I just need the time and money to do it.

KittyRose · Post by **KittyRose** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:28 pm

Sounds interesting and a lot of hard work. Good luck Pariah

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:16 pm

Actually last yer there WAS a guy in a centaur suit...legs didnt move tho.

Kalira · Post by **Kalira** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:30 pm

That looks amazing! If I am ever out CO way again I will be sure to check it out. We have one here in NY that I just found out about from some of the locals. Apparently, its somewhat similar with its own town and such. I guess its in Sterling,

wolfpriest · Post by **wolfpriest** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:52 pm

Friggn sweet to bad I cant go...maybe next time but me and a few buddies host a yearly Ancient Civilization Seminar/Fair thing where we live it covers all ancient cultures...I run the ancient China/Japan because I can do the fancy sword techniques and speak full Chinese and Korean my Girl friend speaks Japanese so ya...Really wish I could go...I love sweaty nerds acting like knights HAHAHA!

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:56 pm

Looks pretty spectacular! Cathey and I go to one here in Texas--indeed, we have two. But, they're very hot and don't have neat mountain ranges.

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:41 pm

Hey Matt, when are you going to this event? I might drive down for a weekend if I have time.

Short Tail · Post by **Short Tail** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:23 am

PariahPoet wrote:Someday I want to make a single-person centaur suit. I have an idea how I could engineer it, I just need the time and money to do it.

Be sure to tell me if you pull it off

I am back home in Texas, but if I was back up there, I would have been happy to join you Matt. Sorry.

alphanubilus · Post by **alphanubilus** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:32 am

MattSullivan wrote:Ren fair's are a blast. Every time I go there, I want to buy a sword sooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad. Makes me wanna buy one, strip off my shirt, and run around screaming, "See your enemies driven before you! And hear the lamentation of the women! yarrgh! Where's the mead!? Oh wait! I don't drink! Ohhh! Chicken leg! *nom nom nom nom*

They wouldn't know what was scarier... the sword or seeing a 30+ man running around with out his shirt...

Becareful, ya might get mistaken for a Red Neck...

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:24 pm

Well, I'm planning to go quite a few weekends. If you have a good idea of when you're gonna have some time off I can schedule around that.

Teh_DarkJokerWolf · Post by **Teh_DarkJokerWolf** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:08 pm

If I could come I would...It looks wonderful there!!

I know we had something similair in missouri once, but I didn't get to go to it..I would fancy going to this one time

I bet they got jesters here lol

PariahPoet · Post by **PariahPoet** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:29 pm

Matt- any idea how far it is from Westcliff? I'm leaving to spend the summer at MIssion:Wolf for the summer, and a brief road trip to a ren-fair would be a lot of fun, especially if I could meet up with you guys!

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:08 am

And my next vacation is towards the end of August. It'll be over by then.

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:12 am

here's a map.

Roughly 100 miles from Westcliff, up through Colorado Springs, up to larkspur. ( Roughly...

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:17 am

You should also come hang out with us after the Ren Fair...We have a annual Thursday night get-together in Colorado Springs and another On Sunday. All we do, is eat food, watch sci-fi, and socialize.

aND Y KNOW fIG, IF YOU HAVE WEEKENDS...

PariahPoet · Post by **PariahPoet** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 1:51 pm

Oh my....that's quite a ways. I'd still like to try to go, I'll scout out the campgrounds in the area. ^^

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:47 pm

MattSullivan wrote:You should also come hang out with us after the Ren Fair...We have a annual Thursday night get-together in Colorado Springs and another On Sunday. All we do, is eat food, watch sci-fi, and socialize.

aND Y KNOW fIG, IF YOU HAVE WEEKENDS...

I do...But I'm on a rotating schedule. My weekends off won't be here till the end of August. It takes 7months for it to come back around again.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do during my vacation. (Probably rest.) I'd like to visit Colorado. I always wanted to visit a wolf park there. (As long as I get to pet the wolves.) But a week off is not enough time for me to drive there. I'd have to take a plane. I may need a vacation from my vacation when I get back. I was so dang tired when I came back from A-kon. I had to work the very next day.