I successfully resisted the urge to bid on an alpaca this weekend. This is despite an individual who instructed me to bid and he would provide me $15,000 towards the purchase. He was slightly drunk. As I was stationed in the back of the tent with Darren to work on the sound, the inebriated visitor was spending some time with us and the bartender. He wasn’t registered for the auction but he didn’t let that stop him from placing some bids. He successfully drove up the price for some of the animals and ended up winning one lot consisting of two alpacas.
Later on, he informed me he had no place to keep them, but his wife, who divorced him (The bitch, he editorialized), could probably help him out. I think his winning created some problems for the auctioneers, resulting ultimately in a brawl with the bartender.
Despite all that excitement, Darren and I managed to find time to visit the battlefield of the two Civil War Bull Run (aka. Manassas) battles. Of course I returned with pictures from the battlefield and the auction.