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The view from the other side of the creek (the civilian perspective):
Thank you to Coley Adair for giving me the opportunity to be civilian coordinator (at my first civilian immersion event). Thank you to the rest of the civilians for making my "job" fairly easy. It's a piece of cake when everyone is chasing the same goal. Coordinating the citizen's side of this event has given me insights into the civilian world that most soldiers will never have - many of them that they should have, and a few that taught me that the two worlds aren't as far apart as most might think.
The good:
Fine first person with only minor slips.
Excellent impressions by all the civilians.
Katie Vogel doing a fine job toting almost as much as Holly_Mule would have with no complaints.
Katie's & Milicent Yeager's fine job of serenading the rest of the Brand family. I'm surprised you soldiers didn't hear them across the creek.
Confederate soldiers treating us sympathetic locals, not someone to be brushed off.
Getting 5 dollars (Confederate) in exchange for 2 boiled eggs and a hunk of cornbread.
The dense canopy of trees that kept us dry through every shower.
Erin Caldwell insisting that we read that infernal dime novel.
The bad:
Humidity
Bugs
Inexperience in pack saddles
The event only lasted 2 days
Not getting to meet as many folks as I would have liked.
Not finding my ancestor's grave up the road in Kingston, GA.
The ugly:
Bo Carlson's voice coming from a Confederate soldier. One of these day's I hope he gets to portray a soldier from Joisey via Brooklyn. You know I'm kidding, don't ya Bo??
Phil Campbell
Thank you to Coley Adair for giving me the opportunity to be civilian coordinator (at my first civilian immersion event). Thank you to the rest of the civilians for making my "job" fairly easy. It's a piece of cake when everyone is chasing the same goal. Coordinating the citizen's side of this event has given me insights into the civilian world that most soldiers will never have - many of them that they should have, and a few that taught me that the two worlds aren't as far apart as most might think.
The good:
Fine first person with only minor slips.
Excellent impressions by all the civilians.
Katie Vogel doing a fine job toting almost as much as Holly_Mule would have with no complaints.
Katie's & Milicent Yeager's fine job of serenading the rest of the Brand family. I'm surprised you soldiers didn't hear them across the creek.
Confederate soldiers treating us sympathetic locals, not someone to be brushed off.
Getting 5 dollars (Confederate) in exchange for 2 boiled eggs and a hunk of cornbread.
The dense canopy of trees that kept us dry through every shower.
Erin Caldwell insisting that we read that infernal dime novel.
The bad:
Humidity
Bugs
Inexperience in pack saddles
The event only lasted 2 days
Not getting to meet as many folks as I would have liked.
Not finding my ancestor's grave up the road in Kingston, GA.
The ugly:
Bo Carlson's voice coming from a Confederate soldier. One of these day's I hope he gets to portray a soldier from Joisey via Brooklyn. You know I'm kidding, don't ya Bo??
Phil Campbell