Eat By Candle Light BEAVER SWAMP PRIMITIVES are a friendly, laid back group of Buckskinners. We come to enjoy life the old way. Nothing is better than having a good meal cooked on an open fire with good friends. As darkness descends and the candles are lit, to just sit back and listen to the crickets, tree frogs, and owls, enjoying a beverage of your choice. This would just be to much for real people......that is why we Rendezvous !

Renew Old Friendships At Rendezvous I am told , there are two kind of people.......Friends, and Friends you haven't met yet. You meet new people, and renew old friendships with people you may not have seen in years. Time just disappeared. You talk of the good times and the good times to come. This is why they are called the Shining Times.

No Age Barriers Buckskinners are ageless. Our group spans from 2 years through 74 years of age. Each enjoys them selves in there own way. Children can run till they are exhausted and parents don't have to worry. Each child has at least 30 parents in camp, and no one will ever harm them.

Trading A Way Of Life There will be trade blankets out at most tents. You can take a trek and see what treasures they may have that you can't live without. It is common place when showing someone something to get a response of ," What will you take in trade for it? "It is a way of life as it was back then.

Dan't Ask About The Pot Folks come and enjoy them selves in many ways at Rendezvous. Some come to just camp the old way , fire to cook with and candles to see by .There is always good eating at Road Kills camp . He got his name from gathering critters up along the road . He says he just takes there hides, but no one has ever had the courage to ask what he does with the rest . You just can't look a gift horse in the mouth .

Shoots Are Always Fun The shoots are always fun. Sometimes they are Novelty shoots, and sometimes they are Woods Walks. Nothing makes a shoot more interesting than to shoot off a small , slick stump like Melted Beard is doing. Most of our shoots are blanket shoots. For you Pilgrims, everyone puts a prize of the same value down on the blanket. The best shooter gets first pick off the blanket...and on down the line. Everyone leaves with a smile and a prize......................and some will also have Bragging Rights.

Our Women Are Tough To Beat To a lead ball hitting a target it doesn't matter if is a he or a she that launched it. Some of our women are hard to beat, and some you can't beat. As you can see it dosen't matter if it is a Hawk or a frying pan, you don't want to be down range of Vickie !

End Of His Rope Like mother nature....you don't want to mess with a Buckskinner to many times. After years of pranks and jokes one came to the end of his rope. A trial was held and he had to face all his accusers, one by one. He begged for his only charactor witness, who had camped with him for years. He came forward and all he could say was........... ................YEP, HANG HIM !!!

Melted Beard Likes To Rough It . Lodges come in all shapes and sizes pilgrim . If your persona is a Longhunter, or Trekker, or someone that just likes to travel light. You would be comfortable in a plow point, or a lean to such as Melted Beard and Hogwash are sitting by. Your equipment would also be light, pan or two, lantern and maybe a stool, and a pack basket.

Princess Pity Pat Don't ! If your persona was a towns person of means, such as Princess Pitty Pat. You might have a Marque type tent with devided rooms and a large dining fly. Your equiptment might be a wood stove, for heat and cooking, a raised bed, tables and chairs, a large kitchen box and a cooking brazier. Melted Beard and Princess Pitty Pat have two distinctly different lodges. Which brings up another subject..........Camp Names ? I was told a long time ago, it is just a mater of time before you get a camp name. If you acquire a good one try to hang on to it . The next one may not be as nice and may stick ! Once upon a time, long long ago, in a place far far away .............. A Nice Little Lady was at a Southeastern Rendezvous and mentioned " It sure would be nice to hear the Pitty Pat of rain on the tent to put me to sleep "....It Pitty Pated that night...the next day ...the next day ...and the day after that. Finally a group gathered approacher her and said.........." OK Princess Pitty Pat it's time to turn it off ! ".............A Camp Name was Born !! Melted Beard is another story....will just let you think about it ?

Skinners Are Talented Skinners are a talented bunch of people. It is nothing to have five or six people picking and grinning around a camp fire, with everyone singing and carrying on. Then as the evening progresses you will hear tunes that you know but words you have never heard before. Tunes like the Moose Song, King and Colors , and the Sheep Song to name a few . Then there are individuals like Miss Vicki that play a Native American flute. She plays from her heart. No tune is the same, just one prettier than the one before it. Vicki will work some magic from time to time to. Like after a few days of rain when she played her flute to the first star that appeared in the sky, and the wind and rain quit and we all got to dry out. Like Mother Nature, I wouldn't mess with Miss Vicki !!!

Then There Is Trapper Then there is Trapper......What can we say about Trapper, Pilgrim ?....Trapper is a Skinner and has been a Skinner for quite a while......Look at that face and you tell me, is he looking for a Pan of Pie or is it a Jug of Pie ??? Now Pilgrim it is up to you....come join us and become a Buckskinner ,....... or go back and endlessly drift along, doomed to being a Flatlander forever !!!!