Okay, I realize that by the first day of the official war starting, I had been on site for three nights and two full days. I made notes of them before lightly, but mostly I was just getting a good lay of the land. So Monday was the official start of the war and I was so looking forward to getting involved in the big battles. On tap for the day was bridge battles with limited fronts and a lot of hard pressed up tight quarter constant engagement.7
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I have always planned my SCA schedule over three different time spans. The first is Gulf Wars to roughly Pennsic. Gulf Wars typically marks the beginning of the equestrian activities for the year and historically, the end of July (or Pennsic) marks the middle of the season for it. The next is of course is from that point to roughly the end of October, which for my two kingdoms is pretty much the end of the equestrian activities. And the one coming up is the winter from roughly November to Gulf Wars.
I arrived at Pennsic on Friday night at around 10:30 or 11:00. Quickly, I got my stuff out of the car, a got a general lay of the land, and ended up asleep before too much longer. Saturday I spent the day getting a lay of the land and at least trying to figure out where things where in general. There was so much to take in after I got home I am still not sure I caught it all. However, on Sunday evening I was treated to a great spectacle – The Battle of the Thirty.
I am definitely being timely here. I think I am even late given the norms of SCA lateness with this post and a series that follow along shortly. So anyway, I finally attended my first Pennsic War earlier this year. I believe, if I recall correctly, I went up on the last day of July. Due to work schedule and stuff I was only on site about five days. While it was not my first war (and truthfully, Gulf Wars will always be special) it was indeed an awesome experience.
