Arizona Renaissance Festival

Once upon a time, we went to the Renaissance Festival with some friends and their kids.

We watched Adam 'Crack' Winrich crack whips.  He holds 9 different Guinness records for whip cracking- one of them being "The Longest Whip Ever Cracked", it was 216 feet long, excluding the handle.  He had an amazing performance!  (You need to check him out at your nearest Renaissance Festival.)

Photo by Brian Clark.  Found on Adam 'Crack' Winrich's Facebook page.

Found on Adam 'Crack' Winrich's Facebook page

And we watched jousting!  This was our gypsy, Marja.  She.  Was.  HILARIOUS!!

I want to go again next year just so I can hear the funny things she says.

Both images of Marja were found on the Arizona Renaissance Festival's Facebook page.

And this was our knight, Sir Maximilian.  Apparently he was the "bad" guy, but whatever.

Arizona Renaissance Festival's Facebook page.

Arizona Renaissance Festival's Facebook page

Arizona Renaissance Festival's Facebook page.

Arizona Renaissance Festival's Facebook Page

 And we also met the Woodland Fairy. . .

Arizona Renaissance Festival's Facebook page.

AND WE RODE AN ELEPHANT!!

(That was the most awesome-est part of the WHOLE thing.)

I have no idea why I didn't post this like 2 months ago.

Don't judge!