2025 Nov 08 | Honoka'a Ren Faire
At the Honoka'a Renaissance Faire.
Many vendors were inside the gym.
Most of the others were down on the field.
Opening ceremony.
Some weapons vendors.
I'm surprised you could buy sharp weapons here.
Forging new ones.
A little train for the kids.
More vendors.
Baby unicorn?
Ah, they just tied a "horn" onto a pony.
Me petting it.
They had a little petting zoo.
They're sucking on her fingers.
A big rabbit.
A sword in a stone.
A giant chess set.
The put the king and queen on the wrong squares, so I fixed it.
This dog had a little armor on.
More vendors here.
Make your own flower crown.
Getting the long piece.
And then the flowers.
There are many to choose from.
Other people doing it, too.
All done.
I'm not sure if a dinosaur with a tophat fits in, but it's a fun costume.
This couple has great costumes.
Very long hair braids.
Costume repairs. That's a good idea for a booth.
The main stage.
A guy in full armor.
A band.
Boy Scout troop running archery.
The two of us. We didn't dress up too much; just some linen clothes.
More vendors here.
Armor.
Fencing.
They had big dragon costumes.
Crows.
The line for turkey legs was too long; they actually said they weren't taking any more orders for a while.
So we checked out Kvasir's Mead.
Which also had food.
Busy inside.
An aerialist.
Very flexible.
I think these guys had the best armor. He made it himself.
Giant flower.
Horse rides.
Angel wings.
Larp arena.
For fighting with foam weapons.
A talk skeleton with a huge sword.
Another turkey leg vendor. This one was up in the second area and had almost no line.
Inside the gym again.
Many 3D printed dragons.
And other animals.
Even more.
Light poles.
They used the basketball hoop to look like a flaming cauldron.
Me in a face cutout scene.
Ogii by the tents in front.
We have a problem.
Someone parked in the hole everyone was leaving to get out, so our vehicle is stuck in here. We looked around a bit, and there's no other hole big enough to fit through.
Thankfully someone on one of the edges came out a few minutes later.
And after they left, there was a new hole.
So we could leave. We could have been stuck there for hours otherwise.
A large play structure in a park.
They had the Little Shop of Horrors play. It's almost 2pm, so we could go see it, but Ogii wanted to go home instead.
A house with a cool tower.
A tank painted to look like a pig.
It's very dry here.
Some houses with huge balconies.
A helicopter coming in.
This company lands them here.