Iowa Renaissance Festival

We attended the Iowa Renaissance Festival yesterday in Middle Amana, and the weather was beautiful. According to the program this was a soft Renaissance Fest which for noobies like us that was just fine. Many of the vendors were selling unique products they made themselves and others unfortunately were hawking flea market style knives and swords.
The festival itself was well organized with many events going on at once but with multiple viewing oppurtunites so you had many chances to see everything. I especially enjoyed the Jade Tiger Dojo's Samurai demonstration and the Pirate Comedy Show, which at times was very raunchy as pirates should be. The jousting event was neat and very Busch Gardens, but for the price of the fest you got more than your moneys worth. I'd recommend the festival to all families looking for something to do next year. Very enjoyable, very friendly, very good time.