I’ve been so busy lately! I guess now that I’m over a year old and all grown up now (maybe?) everyone wants something. We have to take walks and play with toys and eat stuff and chew stuff and jump stuff and learn new agility obstacles and… well, I like all those things so I guess it’s OK.
Yesterday, I learned that mom and dad have another super-power besides eating poison and using an indoor bathroom… they can travel through time!
Time travel isn’t as complicated as people would have you believe. Basically you get in the car and your chauffeur (I call him “dad”) starts driving. You take a quick nap and presto, you’re in a 16th century parking lot with a zillion cars. Since cars don’t work in the 16th century (because there are no QuikTrips or AAA), you have to get out and walk.
If you walk far enough, you reach a big castle gate where someone had the nerve to ask to see my papers. I was about to protest and maybe pee on their leg when dad produced my vaccination record and presto! I got a shiny blue tag to attach to my leash that said I was cool enough to go inside.
I honestly think maybe they were checking papers of the wrong visitors. I mean, I’m fluffy and clean; but there were other folks, like my friend in this photo, that looked a little more iffy.
We spent the whole day walking around the village. The place is massive! I could have taken a zillion pictures of cool buildings and stuff, but I was actually too busy making friends! Everyone wanted to pet me. Shop owners, people eating lunch under trees, people walking by, various freaks, other dogs, etc. I was introduced to so many different folks I lost track. I was very popular!
We found one pub there that had dragons guarding it. I got a picture with this one.
And just for the Game of Thrones fans, I found a pseudo throne so I could be king for a little while. I tried to control the dragon but he wouldn’t do anything.
There were shops selling everything you can imagine, and some things you really can’t. I did find some cool pumpkins though. Dad thinks it would be cool to decorate with stuff like these.
I also got to see some horses, a couple of camels, and I heard there was a mermaid in the enchanted forest but there were a lot of people in there so we didn’t bother. Dad said I might be a distraction since I was probably just as cute and popular as her. I don’t have a fish tail though. That would be cool.
So that was our trip to the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. Mom and dad said they used to go to one in Texas and this one was just as good. So they highly recommend it if you get the chance.
Next time though, I want to wear a sword. Or maybe a cool dagger with a squirrel head on it. Oh, dad says they don’t make those for dogs. Rats.
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