John was in Sandusky on business, so we took advantage of it. We picked him up on the way to visit Max and his fiance Kate down in Cincinnati. It was great finally getting to meet her!
The big event that weekend was the Renaissance festival. We got there at lunch time, so we started the day with a nice big turkey leg each.
There were, of course, all sorts of people in costume, including (for reasons unknown) some in Victorian outfits and one kid dressed as a ninja.
In spite of John's professional experience, the rope ladder at the fair was too difficult to be conquered. They didn't even have prizes for it anyways.
At the end of the maze, a slide. Aimee said "wheeeeeeee."
Kate got a wax hand while I was eating a giant funnel cake.
One of the cooler things there was a real jousting tournament. Supposedly these guys compete in tournaments, though I'm guessing not for their full-time jobs. No one got knocked off, but it looked like you'd feel the joust hits.
On the way back, we saw a sign for an alpaca farm day, so we made a quick detour. Guess who wanted to see the alpaca. Aimee got some yarn from the brown one below, I got some mittens for driving once it gets cold here, and Max got to laugh at the alpaca that cried every time he tried to pet it.
