We had a wonderful time at the 32nd Annual Pomme de Terre Rendezvous at the beginning of May. It’s usually held the first weekend of May in Hermitage, MO. There were a ton of people and vendors! Admission is by donation only.
From the parking area, there were several vendors alongside the dirt road of the Outlet Park, below Pomme de Terre Dam. These vendors had more modern wares to sell and they weren’t in period clothing. They had a great vantage point of seeing all the visitors coming to and from the main encampment.
Once you reach the encampment, you were taken back to the fur trade era of the 1800-1840’s. In order to have a vending tent or blanket in the encampment, the participants had to be in period dress. Their tents also had to be period.
There was a French artillery demonstration of firing a canon. Robert bought a haversack from Moe. And we ate the biggest and best breakfast burrito from the Crazy Lady’s Cafe tent. It was HUMONGOUS!
Robert, even in his element in his period dress, was quite a spectacle. He was stopped by many people because of his coonskin hat.
We hope you enjoy the episode as we recorded right in the parking lot of the event. Learn more about Moe and all the goodies we saw.
Hey, do you know what Pomme de Terre means? Listen and find out. Feel free to drop us a message by emailing us at podcast@beentheredoingthat.com.
