FABULOUS, Michelle!  You did a great job on the slideshow!  

Ahhh, yes...I the last Renaissance Festival I attended, it was my parents' Family Day idea on a Saturday in 1980something!  

So of course, I was the typical Junior High kid bemoaning my lot and that my parents were killing my social life with their "Family Days", (one Saturday a month when we could NOT plan anything with our friends, and no friends could accompany us either) so that we could all spend some quality time together.  We went to Pine Grove Park in Port Huron on the St. Clair River at the mouth of Lake Huron to the Renaissance Festival (sounds lovely now that I'm older).  I may have started the day with that annoying pre-teen attitude, but it was wonderful and my curious nature overcame my attitude and next thing you know I was talking with everyone!  

Now long-haired, muscular lads jousting would have made this pre-teen and this now 40-something smile-next time I'm headed to the Renaissance Festival with you!