Photography Now & Then #73
I’m usually at the gym in the mornings for a couple of hours most Mondays through Saturdays. I generally skip going on Sunday afternoon, using it as a recovery day unless I miss another day near the weekend. I weigh too much for my height and need to improve my fitness and endurance. My weight is very slowly going down and my fitness is improving.
Now: Morning at the gym, (almost) daily exercise, Russellville, Arkansas, March 14, 2018 (Apple iPhone 6s)
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Then: Campfire at Petit Jean Mountain Rendezvous, Early Arkansas Reenactors Association, Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas, November 28, 2009 (Pentax K10D)
Mountain Man Rendezvous at Petit Jean State Park – Crazy Crow Trading Post
During the Thanksgiving season, visitors to Petit Jean State Park are invited to take a step back in time to the early 1800s, at the park’s Annual Mountain Man Rendezvous. Visitors will be able to see how people dressed and lived when much of Arkansas was an unsettled wilderness in the early 1800s, a place of French exploration and fur trade. The rendezvous camp will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
During the Petit Jean Mountain Rendezvous visitors can get a look at life during the 1830s and an opportunity to visit with reenactors portraying that time period. There will be demonstrations that show how a muzzleloader rifle works, take a peek inside of a sutler’s trade tent to see all that it has to offer, participate in pioneer children’s games, and stroke some wild animal furs..
This event is free and open to the public.
The Petit Jean Mountain Rendezvous is co-presented by the Early Arkansaw Reenactors Association and the Petit Jean State Park. Contact the park for a detailed schedule.
Photography Now & Then Notes:
- Series Photos
- The Now photo is a one that is almost always taken the day of the blog post. In some instances, posts may be backdated if internet access is not available on the day of the photo or other reasons prevent posting Photography Now and Then.
- The Then photo is usually a randomly selected older photograph from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Photography Now and Then.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
- Reference links were accessed on the date the blog post was published, unless otherwise stated.
- The title convention for Photography Now & Then blog posts evolved early on from one word related to each photo separated by “&” to usually being the first word in the caption description for each photo.
