How About A TMA Primitive Internet Rendezvous?

[Ohio Joe]

What's your thoughts about a, "TMA Primitive Internet Rendezvous?"

Here's some ideas I have;

1. Set up a primitive campsite at your home or somewhere you want to primitive camp, complete with shelter, fire pit, period clothing, muzzle loading firearms, hawk, knife, bow & arrows, pretty much the type of things we take to the doings.

2. Prepare camp meals.

3. Shoot some arrow, throw your hawk and knife, shoot your muzzle loading firearms, (some may have to go to their local Range or favorite shooting spot) to do some, or all of these listed.

4. Sleep out 2 or 3 nights (again your choice). Friday, Saturday, Sunday, suggested.

5. Feel free to get your family and friends involved with you in this regardless if they are outfitted or not.

6. Document your primitive "Internet Rendezvous" camping experience with posting some pictures and telling us at the TMA about your experience.

My thoughts are that as the TMA we should do what we can to promote what the TMA is about. I feel something like this gives those who are boarder line on whether or not they wish to get into this hobby, it gives them a chance to experience what a Rendezvous is somewhat like and also gives folks a chance to test their equipment for local gatherings.

[rollingb]

What's your thoughts about a, "TMA Primitive Internet Rendezvous?"

Here's some ideas I have;

1. Set up a primitive campsite at your home or somewhere you want to primitive camp, complete with shelter, fire pit, period clothing, muzzle loading firearms, hawk, knife, bow & arrows, pretty much the type of things we take to the doings.

2. Prepare camp meals.

3. Shoot some arrow, throw your hawk and knife, shoot your muzzle loading firearms, (some may have to go to their local Range or favorite shooting spot) to do some, or all of these listed.

4. Sleep out 2 or 3 nights (again your choice). Friday, Saturday, Sunday, suggested.

5. Feel free to get your family and friends involved with you in this regardless if they are outfitted or not.

6. Document your primitive "Internet Rendezvous" camping experience with posting some pictures and telling us at the TMA about your experience.

My thoughts are that as the TMA we should do what we can to promote what the TMA is about. I feel something like this gives those who are boarder line on whether or not they wish to get into this hobby, it gives them a chance to experience what a Rendezvous is somewhat like and also gives folks a chance to test their equipment for local gatherings.

Sounds like an interesting concept to me!  

[Bigsmoke]

Sounds like a fun idea, Joe.  If I were still in Idaho, I would have been all over that like white on rice.  Here in Kalifornia, however, my back yard is all cement and tent pegs are not too easy to set.
Outside experiences for these folks locally is setting on the patio of their favorite winery and sipping a glass of Char-don-ay (with the pinky finger extended, of course.

[Ohio Joe]

John, you got to get out into the country and away from that cement, my friend.  

[Bigsmoke]

John, you got to get out into the country and away from that cement, my friend.  

Well, yeah, that's true.  But the nice thing about it is, there's not a lot of grass to mow.  Weeds to pull from the planter boxes, yes, but no grass to mow.

As far as setting up camp in the yard goes, when we were in Idaho, when we got home from our club rendezvous in July, the tent went up in the yard and there we stayed until September or October, whenever the weather got too rainy and cold.  I sure did prefer that to sleeping in the house.  Had a tomahawk log set up not too far from that and occasionally shot into the hillside in back of the house.  That was just the way it was.  When friends came to visit, they did look at me kind of strangely, though.  Really, they would say, then hmmmm...  I don't think they got it.