Arizona Renaissance Festival - February 25, 2012

What a different experience.  This festival is located between Queen Valley and Gold Canyon on about a hundred acres.  It is a type of carnival reflected with vendors and games with people in period dress.  However, they also added pirates and gypsies to the mix.  The jousting was a theatrical jousting and not the real thing.  Other shows were interesting.

Our cheer maiden

 The Queen and court

Sir Maxamillian - our knight

Tipping over the target

Our winner

Elephant ride

Some rocking horse

Bullwhip cutting paper as she spins

Cutting flowers in in arms

She is holding a rose in teeth

Birds of Prey- Red-tailed hawk

Vulture from So. America

King Owl - largest of the horned owls

Two owls

Another Vulture

Look at the size

Peregrine Falcon

Another Vulture

Entertainers at the court

Troll

Peasant cottage

King and court eating at cottage

Barely Balanced - the best act.