Mountain Man Rendezvous Part 1 (Image Heavy)

Some of my favorite things to do in the summer time are the mountian man rendezvous.  They are reenactments of the 1824-1835 rendezvous of the fur traders.  Everyone is dressed in pre-1840's garb and sell only pre-1840's goods, such as leather, beads, camping equipment, lodgings, weapons and jewelry.  They also have mountain man demonstrations, (tanning hide, making fire, games, etc.), native american dances, and many, many traders.  If you find the right traders/reenactors, you can hear some wonderful stories of past rendezvous and some histories of the rendezvous. 
If it were possible, I would never leave the rendezvous.  I feel more at home at the rendezvous then I do anywhere else.  Like I was born in the wrong era, but maybe it's good because now I can get other people into the rendezvous as well and teach some history.  :)
I just like history.
Anyway, getting to the photography part of my blog, I wanted to show some of my favorite mountain men/ rendezvous photos.  These are various photos taken from many places.  I will disclose the location and year of every photo beneath the photo. 
Here they are:

June 2008 - Patch Eater

June 2008 - Patch Eater Shooting Black Powder

June 2008 - Eagle Feather Checking Her Shot

June 2008 - Hatchet Maintenance

Horse Carriage Ride - Fort Bridger 2009

Soldiers at Fort Bridger - 2009

Trader at Fort Bridger - 2009

Dog Soldiers Tent - Bridger 2009

Dog Soldiers are the equivilent of security or law enforcement.  They make sure everyone is abiding by the rules of the rendezvous.  They have the right to kick out people that are not abiding by those rules.  :)  I want to be a dog soldier.

Nice Rendezvous Couple with Adorable Dog - Bridger 2009

(Most of the pictures I took the first year we went to Bridger were of dogs.  No people at all.)