We left the Bay Area on Saturday morning and drove down to Las Vegas. We stayed with Marc's friend, Steve who lives in Las Vegas. Sunday we relaxed in Vegas and saw a show (Zumanity.. not bad.. not good to discuss at the office).

Monday we drove down to Phoenix and stayed in a hotel overnight. Tuesday we arrived on site and setup.

Our encampment this year consisted of the sunshade, 3 wedge tents, 1 round pavilion and 2 modern popup tents. Marc and I camped with Edith, Sefa & Brandr, Gunther, my brother Nate, and Sara. It was a really fun week.

In the society, I'm known as Sylvie la chardonnière. Mostly at war I shop, cook and relax.

Marc is known as Fearghus Mac Airt. He dresses up in armor and participates in many of the combat scenarios. I'll have to see if I got any pictures of him in armor.

Lure Coursing

Lure Coursing is the running of the hounds. Traditionally this would be for sport and for food. Modernly we do it only for sport and use plastic bags as the lure (instead of bunnies). A course is setup in an open/flat field. String runs through a motor and then around pulleys on the ground. A plastic bag is tied to the string. Hounds (mostly sight-hounds) are released to try and catch the lure. A good run is one where the dog faithfully follows the lure around the whole track instead of anticipating the path of the lure and cutting it off.


This year we had the great opportunity to participate in the lure coursing at the war. Fenris, our whippet, was a dream to watch. He seems to have really enjoyed it. We're going to try to get the lure coursing equipment and see if we can start lure coursing in the West (SCA kingdom in California).




The week passed in a flash. On Sunday we packed up and started the drive north. Monday we arrived home.

Elves did not come into the house during the week we were gone and finish any of our task. I was sorely disappointed.