We had a few free days between Tuscaloosa and Baton Rouge.
We were going to visit the Natchez Trace Scenic Parkway but found a Society for Creative Anacronism “war”, was being held in Mississippi, and it was right on our route.
It is called the Gulf War and is one of the SCA’s largest and longest events.
As well as being a place to fight with sword or arrow, the SCA events are
places to learn about crafts of the time. We took classes in fiber and metal
arts (Peter made a Viking safety pin and Donna made a cloak), wood fired
cooking, and bardic lore.
We have traveled about 35,000 miles and have not seen another gypsy wagon on the road. When we pull into campgrounds the rangers and hosts stare. We always ask, “Do you get many gypsy wagons at your park?” Only once or twice have we heard…”We had one that looked like that once.” There was one other gypsy wagon at the war. It was made by Ken and Betty
Brand. Here are a few pictures.
We did not come prepared to dress in costume, so had to throw something together.
Here we are saying goodbye to the war....
2 comments:
I have been to Gulf Wars, but the much larger and longer Pennsic Wart in PA is really the place to go to see gypsy wagons. T=Over the years there has been an huge building boom of them, in all sorts. They now give tours and classed in just that. Someday, once I win the lottery. I guess that means I should play. Glad you had a good time. Gluf Wars is a good time.
We went to Pennsic 2 years ago with the purpose being to see the gypsy wagons there. We met lots of great folks and Donna made paintings of most of them and used the paintings for the edition of "Song of the Open Road", available on our website:
http://www2.cruzio.com/~peteranddonna/1-songof.htm
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