On Friday (July 18) we took a drive across Washington to a Medieval Village called Camlan just outside of Carnation. On the way, we stopped at the Snoqualmie Falls for a picnic lunch. Aunt LaNita's family had been there before and the girls were quite anxious that we needed to find THIS particular tree to have our lunch under. I have to admit, it looks really cool!
Entering Camlan is really like walking into a Medieval village. Depending on the people who are there that day, you can see a LOT of things being done just they way they did them back then. Several of the instruments that we saw that day I don't remember the names of and I've certainly never seen them before, but it was lots of fun to watch and listen to them being played.
While this particular 'villager' played the harp, Madison (purple hat on the left) found another young girl to dance with all around the player's tent. She even taught us the words to one of the songs so that we could sing with her.
While Kellen, Allison, Madeline, and Rosie were making candles, Aunt LaNita, Madison and I sat down to watch a play being put on in this field.
At the end of the day, Kellen even tried his hand at the longbow. He was aiming for an apple sticking out from the bales of hay in the left side of the picture. He was somewhat disappointed that he missed (after his successes at Day Camp the week before) but the man teaching him was quite impressed that Kellen even managed to hit the bales since, apparently, most people don't even manage that on their first try.
We walked through the scribe's shop, where they showed us how writing was done and how the quills were made. We learned how they made pottery in those days; a process called 'coiling' which would take all day just to produce a single bowl or pitcher. We stopped at a stand that told the kids how arrows were made, one that demonstrated different games of chance they used to play, one that let the kids make their own candles, one that showed them how yarns were dyed, one that told how various perfumes and bath salts were made, and we even got to learn how to do a couple of the dances from the time period. Truly a trip worth making!
Entering Camlan is really like walking into a Medieval village. Depending on the people who are there that day, you can see a LOT of things being done just they way they did them back then. Several of the instruments that we saw that day I don't remember the names of and I've certainly never seen them before, but it was lots of fun to watch and listen to them being played.
While this particular 'villager' played the harp, Madison (purple hat on the left) found another young girl to dance with all around the player's tent. She even taught us the words to one of the songs so that we could sing with her.
While Kellen, Allison, Madeline, and Rosie were making candles, Aunt LaNita, Madison and I sat down to watch a play being put on in this field.
At the end of the day, Kellen even tried his hand at the longbow. He was aiming for an apple sticking out from the bales of hay in the left side of the picture. He was somewhat disappointed that he missed (after his successes at Day Camp the week before) but the man teaching him was quite impressed that Kellen even managed to hit the bales since, apparently, most people don't even manage that on their first try. 
We walked through the scribe's shop, where they showed us how writing was done and how the quills were made. We learned how they made pottery in those days; a process called 'coiling' which would take all day just to produce a single bowl or pitcher. We stopped at a stand that told the kids how arrows were made, one that demonstrated different games of chance they used to play, one that let the kids make their own candles, one that showed them how yarns were dyed, one that told how various perfumes and bath salts were made, and we even got to learn how to do a couple of the dances from the time period. Truly a trip worth making!
6 comments:
Wow! You had A LOT of catching up to do! It's great to see all the fun adventures your family went on!
What a cool place. Looks like it was fun.
And what a vacation! I'm glad you all had a good time.
That's pretty cool...like an ongoing Reneseiance (sp?) Fair!!
That sounds so neat! I love period musical instruments and tools and stuff. So cool!
Hey, this looks way too cool!
Wow looks like a really neat place, very interesting
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