Mountain Man Rendezvous

Last month was Jeff's family reunion called the Walker Rendezvous. We camp for a few days (some all week) and do all sorts of mountain man activities and it's a lot of fun. It was stinking hot most of the time, and there was a flu bug going around like wild fire (Hudson got it the last night we were there, Jeff a couple days after we got home), but we had a great time. I think they said 125 people showed up.

There are a lot of activities for the kids: Bows & arrows, slingshots...

BB Guns.....

throwing tomahawks and knives (the adults do this, too, of course)...

starting fire with flint and steel...

cowpie toss....

a rodeo where they made their own horse then had to ride them through an obstacle course...

They also had a nature hike, gold nugget treasure hunt, stilts, candy cannon, playing in the stream, washing clothes on a washboard, making crafts with beads and leather, and tons of other fun stuff.
The adults get to have a lot of fun, too. Here's Jeff with his brother, Brett, trying to pull each other off the logs.

We have a walk-through where you try to do different things with a muzzleloader. I got second place in the womens (5 pts. away from tying for 1st). I shot a match in half, split a bullet in two (by hitting an axe head) hitting two clay pigeons, and hit a bunch of targets.

Hudson watching the shooting with his ear protection on...cute squishy face.

Jeff's looking pretty hot with his mountain man gear on!

Jeff with his dad and brother Brett in their mountain man gear with their muzzleloaders.
We always have a big dutch oven dinner one night where everyone makes a dinner and a desert and shares with everyone, a big breakfast of pancakes and eggs the last morning, a raffle for prizes, and a watermelon bust. Jeff's family knows how to have a good time at a family reunion. I love it!

(There is supposed to be a video here, but lately I've been having trouble getting videos on here?) Hopefully I can get it up later...

Jeff was asked to perform for the campfire talent show. I convinced him to sing this song. It was so funny. He really does sing on tune most of the time...I think he was just a little nervous!