Couldn’t make the opening weekend of the Renaissance Festival this year but we were sure to make time the following Saturday. We left early as is usual as once we decide to go we can’t wait to be there. With only a small handful of costumed and adorned visitors already waiting shortly past 8:00 am, we were right up front waiting for the King and Queen to welcome us to a day of medieval merriment before the gates opened at 9:00. After more than a dozen visits to this 12-stage, 30-acre festival we are still always entertained and this Saturday was no different. Strangely enough, this was the first time ever I skipped having the obligatory roasted turkey leg. All of our favorite entertainers were back including Dextre Tripp, Hey Nunnie Nunnie, The Wyldmen, and this year we sat, listened, and laughed out loud to Zilch The Torysteller. New act Barely Balanced was awesome – if we were to need a reason for returning next year for the 23rd annual Arizona Renaissance Festival, Barely Balanced would definitely figure into that equation.