[MR] Hand wagons.....

[OldStormcrow at aol.com]

I was the lord with the very handy, yet extremly squeaky hand wain at Feast 
of the Thirty. At one time, I would go to Pennsic with a large U-Haul 
carrying a round pavilion that leaked like a sieve, two large tables, a chest 
of drawers, a rope bed, lanterns, a kitchen sink, etc. Now I just carry 
everything self-contained on my cart, including all of my fighting gear, 
feast gear, sleeping gear, a cooler, etc., and manage to keep it 
pseudo-authentic with nothing more than a couple of big baskets and a canvas 
tarp. The whole thing breaks down and fits into the back of my little bitty 
Jeep Wrangler.....with the top up! I have built thrones for the crown that 
break down with no tools into flat little packages, a wooden floor for my 
pavilion that broke down, etc. Home Depot is close to everyone and cheap 
enough for any project you can think up. 
          As for allowing or not allowing non-period tenting at events, all 
South Carolina State parks have a rule against "primitive camping" anywhere 
other than in the Winnebago campgrounds there. This is not a choice of the 
autocrat....we are merely fortunate to have them let us put up the period 
pavilions, because they don't even have to let us do that.
            By the way, I added the squeaks to that cart to help preserve the 
period atmosphere!
                            Baron Arkein Steinschleifer von Uberstein