Norlands

June 11-13, 2010

Norlands!! This is a nice event. We did not have as much of a Confederate showing as we did last year, but this is a decent site and the people are definitely grateful for our help in raising money for the barn. We saw that they have started purchasing the lumber for the structure and someone mentioned that they are going to start raising the barn later this summer. I hope so, I cannot wait to see it finished.



Here is Al and his advance team going for the Federals.


Here are the Federals firing back.


Okay, is it just me or is someone pushing the kid bearing the flag out in front?! I did not notice that until I downloaded the photos to my computer. WTH?!


Here is the fashion show presented by some of the civilian ladies. Sara was in it!


Oh, that's right. My friend Sara joined the 15th Alabama not last summer, but the summer before, went to a Camp Pratt (where she nearly got hypothermia, typical), and then left to teach English in a foreign country. This was her first spectator encampment. I am so glad she liked it, too. She has made dresses and purchased equipment so it was a good thing she had fun.

The Norlands committee has already announced the dates for next year's re-enactment, however, I have misplaced them, it will be in June of next year, most likely the second weekend. I cannot wait to see them again.

Memorial Day Parade

May 31, 2010

The Memorial Day Parades in Grey and New Gloucester, Maine.

As in past years, we pay tribute to those who have served and those who have fallen. Sandy is our usual widow and she does a lovely job of it.

Well, they lined us up for the parade (we are almost always in a different spot) and when we started out, I just happened to see the sign of the group behind us...


...awkward much?

Either someone was not paying attention or a republican when they put the Confederates (most pro-state's rights) in front of the "New Gloucester Democrats." I like to think of myself as an independent...What? I have to keep some of my liberal hippie roots!

And after a good parade in New Gloucester, we went to Gray, where someone made the mistake of giving the Confederates technology.

In our defense, it was a fancy walkie talkie and we were afraid to break it. It also did not help that no one told us who it belonged to and where it needed to go after the parade. I do not think we will be receiving one of those next year, we did not need it once and no one yelled at us while we had it.

Excuses...

I have been VERY neglectful. I just need to upload photos, I swear!!! Everything is typed out!!!

Stay posted for the 2010 season.

End of Season

Well, another season comes to a close. It is always sad, but at the same time, relaxing. This has been a lousy summer, it rained 90% of June and then it was intermittent throughout the rest of the months and we had pretty much only one heat wave this entire summer (90+ degree weather for 3 days in a row...). Me and Dave's tent got wet at some point and we never had a chance to dry it out (another one of the drawbacks to living in a condo) so it got moldy. The good thing about that is we do not quite look like noobs at this (dirty tent). We just look like dopes who put their wet canvas away and never dried it out properly.

Okay, so on the schedule we have a Veteran's Day but that is so frickin' freezing, I do not know if I am going to be able to bring myself to go to that. All except one event this summer has been in Maine. Not that I am complaining, I love going up there and the events are always oodles of fun (Ft. Knox), but let's face it, the farther north you go, the colder it is. When Me and Dave went to Chase Farm in September I was packing extra clothes, long johns, coats, blankets, etc. On Saturday night I was sleeping in just my long-johns and pj's. I thought to myself, 'you dope, of course you do not need all this, you went SOUTH for a change.' Granted it was not that hot, (70 maybe), but it was probably the warmest night I have spent out this summer. I think our nights this summer have been on average in the 60 degree range.

Well, another season behind us and once again me and Dave suffer from post-encampment depression. We like to reminisce, but we always miss the people.

Train Robbery

October 10, 2009
You would think the citizens of Portland would be sick of us by now...

I actually do not have any photos of this event (that I can find right now) because I was busy defending the money on the train from the Confederates.

Todd galvanized, too (dammit). And we found out that I am REALLY slow at loading a gun. I would have been dead ten times over if this was real.