<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
Dear Dragonstar,
<p>Thank you for the kind words about the event announcement. I try.
<p>You should have no problem finding a area for your camping needs, especially
if you have an advanced party arriving before dusk on Friday. The
camp sites are supposed to be clearly marked, but it wouldn't hurt to ask
a local.
<p>Our feastocrat is Segrid Sweinbroathar, called the Vosung (Steve Liems)
409-264-2035. The best time to reach him is mid afternoon, fourish
or so. Your poor husband does not know the wonderful taste delights
he is missing. The glorious onion can bring one to tears.
<p>Looking forward to meeting you.
<p>Pax, Marius
<br>
<br>
<p>dragonstar1 wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style>
<font size=-1>Greetings</font>
<p><font size=-1>My Lord Marius, my family and I will be traveling to Ravensfort
from our</font>
<br><font size=-1>home in the fair Barony of Elfsea to attend Black, White
and Sort of Gray</font>
<br><font size=-1>later this month. We have had the priviledge of
working with some of you at</font>
<br><font size=-1>the demo at TRF for the past three years and have found
the Barony of</font>
<br><font size=-1>Ravensfort to be the home of some of the nicest people
in the SCA. Last</font>
<br><font size=-1>year, we attended War Practice and met even more wonderful
people.</font>
<p><font size=-1>Whoever wrote your event notice did a fabulous job.
Their words have</font>
<br><font size=-1>convinced a few of our friends to join us in our journey.
All in all, one</font>
<br><font size=-1>more family, two more couples, and a person who works
for me will be joining</font>
<br><font size=-1>our caravan from up north. While we are not a formal
household, we will be</font>
<br><font size=-1>camping together. In addition, the person who works
for me, John Baker, has</font>
<br><font size=-1>never been to an SCA event before. I could think
of no better place and no</font>
<br><font size=-1>better event for him to attend as his first. We
have covered his garb and</font>
<br><font size=-1>feast gear needs, so this is one less for the hospitaler
to clothe.</font>
<p><font size=-1>I have two questions of you that will allow me to complete
our event</font>
<br><font size=-1>preparations.</font>
<p><font size=-1>First has to do with feast and I will understand if you
forward this mail to</font>
<br><font size=-1>the feast-o-crat. My dear husband is extremely
allergic to onions. This</font>
<br><font size=-1>usually means that he side boards alot of feasts.
I need to check on how</font>
<br><font size=-1>many items will contain onions or even onion powder in
the spice mixes.</font>
<p><font size=-1>Second, and this is a bit awkward, I must admit, is about
camping and land</font>
<br><font size=-1>grants. When we were last at Ravensfort, we camped
with Clan Firefall. We</font>
<br><font size=-1>are no longer formally associated with any household
other than our own</font>
<br><font size=-1>family's. Since we have a fairly nice size group
coming, up to 6 or 7</font>
<br><font size=-1>tents, one of which is fairly large, we didn't know how
best to arrange for</font>
<br><font size=-1>camping space. >From our trip last year, we learned that
some groups have</font>
<br><font size=-1>their own "reserved" spot and we don't want to commit
any major faux pas.</font>
<br><font size=-1>Two of our little band will be leaving early so as to
arrive before dark to</font>
<br><font size=-1>set up camp while the rest of us wait for kids to get
out of school and get</font>
<br><font size=-1>off work. How do you suggest we handle space?
Do we need to make</font>
<br><font size=-1>"reservations" so to speak, or can someone from troll
direct us to a spot</font>
<br><font size=-1>where we can set up camp and not have to worry about
moving tents later on</font>
<br><font size=-1>in the night. We don't want to accidentally end
up where someone else is</font>
<br><font size=-1>supposed to be. In addition, we have kids.
Drums will lull these kids to</font>
<br><font size=-1>sleep, but I can guarantee that a yell from my two-year
old will wake the</font>
<br><font size=-1>near dead from a drunken slumber in the wee hours of
the day after. While I</font>
<br><font size=-1>have learned to live with it, I don't care to inflict
that kind of pain on</font>
<br><font size=-1>anyone else.</font>
<p><font size=-1>Sorry for the length of this email. I know that
you are extremely busy just</font>
<br><font size=-1>now with the event so close. Thanks for your time
and all of your efforts.</font>
<br><font size=-1>Looking forward to hearing from you soon.</font>
<p><font size=-1>Medb Liath</font>
<br><font size=-1>House Dragonstar</font></blockquote>
</body>
</html>