It had been a while since we had casted off to shore and had a fun day in town.... So we headed in to Fort Myers for an awesome time at the Medieval Faire. While the boys and I were there, Tamer paid one last visit to Raoul before he left on his journey.
Above, Blayde receives instruction from Caleb (The Sleeping Samurai) on the best way to win an actual sword fighting contest. He did awesome, made it to the second level, but had some unfair competition with the 16 & 17 year old trained fighters. He had a blast, and really enjoy himself, which was the important part!
The duel!
This was a performed, 'real', jousting competition. The gentleman above was the announcer for both sides.
Because of the side we were on, we ended up rooting for Prince Philip and Lady Guenevere. This was the Bad Guys.... Prince Vincent and his little Lady friend.
Rousing up crowd participation!
Getting ready and armed for battle!!!
It was amazing to watch all of this happening right in front of us, as it had so long ago. You could hear the swords smashing into the shields and the armor.
The Lady Guenevere bows her head in embarrassment as Prince Philip loses the sword fight to Prince Vincent... Awwww...
It is a little hard to see, but if you look closely, you will see that the jousters are about to collide. When they would hit, wood would splinter everywhere, and the loser would usually fall from his horse. The battle ensued with Philip finally succumbing to Vincents sword. He then proceeded to kiss Lady Guenevere, who combined forces with Vincents Lady and beat him to the ground. Then, each of the Ladies stomped a foot into Vincent's chest, and won the battle :-)
A cute side note is that there was a little girl about 6 or 7 on her Dad's shoulders next to us who exclaimed at the end of the battle, "See Mom, girls do rock!!"
Here is a new one for ya.... Camel rides for only $5.00 :-)
The end of our wonderful day came to a close with this 'human' chess game (battle) between the English and the French peasants.
The English King, in all his glory.....
~The playing field~
We stopped for a moment before leaving to watch these two guys (taken from the audience), get completely humiliated by the 'Washing Wenches'.
Blayde, the athlete, getting to the top of the rock climbing wall.