A photo from the traditional archery shoot nationals in Cloverdale

[sinisterporpoise]

 It would have been nice to have gone with money this time, and I was hoping the person who had the ornately decorated bows was there this year, but that couple was not.   There was someone there making and selling primitive tools, with primitive equipment. I wanted to ask him questions, but he was rather busy.

Comments

[silk_dragon_zen]

Fascinating. I have practically zero depth perception, so I've never been into archery, but I think I'd have enjoyed being a spectator and looking at all the different bows and types of technologies from the stone age to the present.

[sinisterporpoise]

I had hoped to go there with money this year. (Damn fibro, arthritis or whatever this is.) It was still fun to see all the vendors, including someone from a Southern farm who insisted that you try every single one of his wares as you walked by. I liked to see his passion, but it was difficult when you were trying to walk away. He offered moonshine, several wines, and some jellies.

There was one vendor there selling some pretty Native American jewelry as well. I didn't quite expect that. As a side note for me, one of the vendors seems to show up there every year and always has a *large* supply of left-handed traditional bows.

[silk_dragon_zen]

That's excellent: always good to find accessible equipment for lefties.

[sinisterporpoise]

...especially when you are left-handed. A lot of the vendors didn't seem to have anything along that line.