Cobapple: Whatever's French for "Huzzah!"

Last weekend we took the boys to the last day of the St. Louis Renaissance Faire, which was our first time back in a long time and their first time ever to a Ren Faire. The St. Louis fair is smaller than some, but overall it was pretty good. Their setup is modeled after a French Renaissance village instead of the typical English one, but in essence it's the same as any other Ren Faire.

The boys were both a little wiped out, but they hung in their long enough to listen to a storyteller and see the joust, an acrobat, a pirate show and a surprisingly excellent whipcracker. Logan pursued the King's Quest, which involves kids going around to various village denizens and getting stamps on their quest parchment. There were a few things that we passed on - the archery, the "warhorse" pony rides, things like that. Maybe once they get a feel for how a Ren Faire works.

The joust was a little tame compared to what I've seen in the past, and I was a little disappointed that there wasn't any sort of sword-fighting or melee combat demonstration. Those are usually big crowd draws, but they must not have had a group to perform.

The shows we saw ranged from the so-so pirate show (A for effort, but a little lacking) to the amazing Moonie the acrobat, who looked entertaining but we only caught the very end of his show, to the surprise of the day - Adam 'Crack', the whipcracker. He started with basic bullwhip cracks, then went on to double-whip cracks, including a hilarious musical number, and ended with the Whip of Fire (see photos below). Ended up being a great act, and if you have the chance to see him (he tours all over the country) do so.