A FORT NIGHT

The first weekend in April, I took part in the Spring fort event at Fort de Chartres. I had not camped over night at this event before so I was excited about it. My friends Dale and Simeon, with Simeons lovely daughter Brooke, would be camping as well with me. I took my diamond tent and Simeon had his.

Dale and I arrived on Friday morning shortly after Simeon and Brooke. It was "School Day" at the fort and many buses of school kids arrived to check out the living history. This is a juried event that depicts life on the frontier between 1760 & 1780.

Dale was especially excited about the event because he was going to be picking up his new coat made by our good friend Kathy. It looked great and was a blue version of mine.

Friday night Simeon and Brooke had to leave but would be back the following day and spend the night. Dale and I cooked pheasant on the spit and it was really good. One of our neighbors gave us a loaf of bread and I imagined this might have been like what the children of Israel experienced with quail and manna in the wilderness.

We slept fairly well Friday night on top of our lose stray even though it was a tad bit chili. We had pitched our tents out in the front of the fort gate so we did not hear too much of all the night time activities taking place within the fort. All in all, it was a pretty pleasant night.

I had to leave the next morning early to get back for my grand-daughters first birthday party. It was great being at the fort again and meeting old friends. I look forward to going back for the Summer event.