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Well, we're coming up on our one year anniversary and things have really been going well. We have you all to thank for it and we're glad to have been of some service to the reenacting community. From the email we receive it looks like Jean Baptiste's Greenhorn Guidance and Camp 'n' Trail Cooking columns are among our most popular. Way to go, Jean! We don't know how much work we're going to get out of him for the next few months as his lovely wife Cheryl just gave birth to a baby boy, Chase Roger. Way to go, Cheryl! Chase will join his big brother Alex in keeping both Jean and Cheryl busy for the forseeable future. Jean and I are getting ready for the Pacific Primitive Rendezvous coming up in June of 2002 in the Fremont National Forest outside Paisley, Oregon. We're in the process of upgrading our camping facilities, mainly buying a new tent. As your editor gets along in years he finds he is willing to trade portability for comfort. To that end we're looking at a tent large enough for two cots (Hey, George Washington slept on a cot!) with enough headroom for me to stand up in. There's lots of times when being 6'4" is mighty handy but probably just as often it can be a downright pain. So look for a tent comparison and review coming up in the next issue or so. |
You've probably already seen our review of the fine tinware available from C & D Jarnagin. If you haven't, check out the Product Reviews section. It's dandy stuff. Also new are reviews of James Ellis' American Sphinx and Gordon Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution in Between the Covers. There are a few new links to follow as well. I may take a pass at a cooking column while Jean Baptiste is otherwise occupied, but don't expect his usual standard of excellence.
Robin Dee and I are making ready to visit Colonial Williamsburg this October. She's having a new dress and corset made and I'm considering a new frock coat and breeches for the event. We're sure to take a ton of pictures while we're doing the "Patriot's Triangle" of Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown so you can bet there's a article or two in the works. Neither of us has been in Virginia and we are most anxious to climb aboard the "flying coach." I bought a wonderful book on Colonial Williamsburg and a very nice cookbook from the Williamsburg taverns. Maybe next time I'll review something with more pictures than text. I will also keep you apprised of what we discover as we delve deeper into the planning of our trip.
So, until next time, I bid you fare well on a familiar trail.---JBW