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That huge event in fields...
12 years ago
... off to the right of the highway, was apparently Pennsic! http://pennsicwp.org/
I was driving back homewards from some business up in PA, taking I-79 south instead of the turnpike westward. Over to the right I started seeing rows, and rows, and fields and fields of tents, and people in attire I would not normally attribute to modern day. This thing was HUGE, and I was just seeing the little part I could from the freeway.
Apparently it is the largest SCA event, spanning 2 weeks, usually hosting over 10k participants, many of whom actively battle and compete in the various activities and events they have going on.
If I didn't have a nifty lady to come home to, and didn't absolutely HAVE to be back to work the next day, I would have gladly taken a detour and checked the event out. On the downside, it looks like they have little to no system for the public to visit, which I can sorta understand, but it means (far as I can tell) there's little chance of just visiting and taking craploads of pictures with the good camera.
I was driving back homewards from some business up in PA, taking I-79 south instead of the turnpike westward. Over to the right I started seeing rows, and rows, and fields and fields of tents, and people in attire I would not normally attribute to modern day. This thing was HUGE, and I was just seeing the little part I could from the freeway.
Apparently it is the largest SCA event, spanning 2 weeks, usually hosting over 10k participants, many of whom actively battle and compete in the various activities and events they have going on.
If I didn't have a nifty lady to come home to, and didn't absolutely HAVE to be back to work the next day, I would have gladly taken a detour and checked the event out. On the downside, it looks like they have little to no system for the public to visit, which I can sorta understand, but it means (far as I can tell) there's little chance of just visiting and taking craploads of pictures with the good camera.
