Lake Tahoe, in northeast california, is a very popular resort, complete with gorgeous scenery, crowds, high prices, real estate developments...
One of the older summer cottages.
The car, 1911 Winton, was owned by a guy who actually drives it; he got 8 of his family and toured through Yellowstone, and then Tahoe. What a way to go...
One of the older summer cottages.
The car, 1911 Winton, was owned by a guy who actually drives it; he got 8 of his family and toured through Yellowstone, and then Tahoe. What a way to go...
Lake Tahoe being such a happening place - upscale summer places, urban sprawl, good restaurants, and of course gorgeous scenery - I suppose it makes sense that they'd hold a Renaissance Faire here.
This medieval engineer (in fact a military engineer, the only kind there was back then; the next kind that evolved was of course the civil engineer) is demonstrating a model of a ballista, used for throwing big stones at enemy castles. (No, a catapult is different; it uses twisted ropes instead of a counterweight.) 
Dudes: I guess the Arab's authentic to the scenario; not so sure about the barbarians...
Tobia the Adequate -
Duellists. In the real case, of course, they didn't have any safety equipment.
Medieval Dancers - they were good.
So was the music.
More dudes. About half of everybody there was in costume, most of them very elaborate.
Death Dancers. Had to do with the Black Plague.
The Black Plague was a big deal - something like a quarter to a half of everybody died. The Jews didn't, as much, because they believed in heathen customs like bathing and not having rats around. Unfortunately, some Europeans concluded that the reason they didn't die was because they were in league with the Devil; the remedy for which was to persecute them.
Dudes: I guess the Arab's authentic to the scenario; not so sure about the barbarians...
Tobia the Adequate -
Duellists. In the real case, of course, they didn't have any safety equipment.
Medieval Dancers - they were good.
So was the music.
More dudes. About half of everybody there was in costume, most of them very elaborate.
Death Dancers. Had to do with the Black Plague.
The Black Plague was a big deal - something like a quarter to a half of everybody died. The Jews didn't, as much, because they believed in heathen customs like bathing and not having rats around. Unfortunately, some Europeans concluded that the reason they didn't die was because they were in league with the Devil; the remedy for which was to persecute them.
A tilting contest. One of the contestants, representing Scotland...
The other, representing England
The Queen, or Duchess or whatever, with her court and courtiers
A contest in spearing a wild boar - represented here by a bale of hay...
A brave man, standing with a apple (?) on his head. The contestants are supposed to use their sword to cut the apple in two, without hitting the man. Only one hit the apple, but they both missed the guy.
Beginning of the actual jousting. When they did it for real, the result, in something like a third of the cases, was a seperated shoulder or broken bones for at least one of the participants. So in this case, they used breakaway lances; the contestant whose lance shattered was the one who made proper contact, therefore the winner.
The Queen and her court, again.
More Barbarians
More scenery
The Queen and her court, again.
More Barbarians
Whqat happened to a lot of the old-growth trees: Thet were cut down for use in shoring up the shafts in the Comstock and other gold mines.
A monument to early pioneers
Commemoration of the Donner party. They started out for the west coast from St Louis a bit too late in the season, so that when they came to going over the pass in the Sierras to California they got caught in a series of disastrous snowstorms. By the time they could be rescued, several of the party had died, and been eaten by the others.
A monument to early pioneers
Commemoration of the Donner party. They started out for the west coast from St Louis a bit too late in the season, so that when they came to going over the pass in the Sierras to California they got caught in a series of disastrous snowstorms. By the time they could be rescued, several of the party had died, and been eaten by the others.
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