We spent a lovely day at the Ren Fest yesterday. I always love going and filling my eyes with the assortment of people and boobies on display. Let's not kid ourselves, that festival has been so popular for so long because of the unique people and what they bring to the feast.
My folks and brother joined Wife, the boys and myself. This is the reason I keep the Excursion as we all fit, even with Boy's friend joining us. The trip used to take up to three hours, now with Google maps, we were there in two hours and twenty minutes. One time we got lost and it took almost four hours to get there. Either way, my Dad has a handicap placard and we not only got there quickly, we were also able to park in the third row, which meant a very short walk to the gates and inside.
In the past, we've always gone either left or right at the entrance, but tried to keep going in formation to get a view of all the shops. This can be tiring, and leave one feeling like Mission Not Accomplished. Since we have been there so many times, this time we just meandered through. Chubs pulled us off course first, wanting to see swords and weapons over there. Then Dad wanted some food so we cut over here. The day itself was near perfect. Maybe it got up to 90, but under the shade of all the trees, it felt cool-ish most of the day.
We didn't buy anything for us, but Chubs really wanted something substantial to wear. It was funny watching him work mama over, kept saying "no, I know Mama is here to say no. If it was for Ditto though..." and other negative comments. We finally found a cloak with a hoodie in black that wasn't over $300. It looks usable for the real world, when it is rainy and not too cold,
We even managed to sit and chill, I didn't want to push too hard, with my Dad constantly complaining about his knees. We had some snacks there, I am always worried about having to poop, but a sausage taco and a hot dog and some candied pecans were perfect. I think the only thing we bought for ourselves were some incense burners, for the hippie in me. Chubs ended up with Horns, a silver cup, a sword, and his cloak. He had a good day.
We were back in Austin by 10:00pm. We had dinner at Macaroni Grill, which got off to a slow start. The waiter seemed to be half-assing it, walked around the table asked for drinks, didn't take all of them, Boy was like I didn't even get to say my drink. He came back with drinks but was then gone for about ten minutes. We were the last people to get served, but we did ask if it was ok to eat, we could have gone to Twin Peaks or even other places that are open all night. Mom eventually got up and asked the waiter if it is too late we can leave, this seemed to wake the waiter up and he was more attentive from that point on.
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