PHOTOBY JEFF ROSLOW

Bilbo Christner from Brighton, Iowa, is behind the sales booth at Mountain Man Era. Je, his mother, put up at the sales tent at Alafira River Rendezvous. They've been setting this up there every year since 1979.

PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW

Roland Grigley from Winter Springs, Fla., spent the week at the Alafia River Rendezvous helping the Three Wives Juggle and here he was seen juggling as he walked his way down Fulbright Commons.

PHOTOBY JEFF ROSLOW

Chloe Lunsford, 1, gets her doll from the wagon while her Amanda gives her any help she can. The pair from Winter Springs came the Alafia River Rendezvous for just the weekend, but have spent usually spend the week at the campsite in Homeland.

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Austin Skinner, 12, of New Port Ritchey, lets his tomahawk fly at the pitching field at the Alafia River Rendezvous Saturday.

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From left, Caleb Childers, 11, of Hollywood, Tim Eichholz, 8, of Winter Haven, and Jacob Kellam, 8, of somewhere in Florida, found a tree branch at the Alafia River Rendezvous to swing on Saturday.

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Chuck Keeler of Orlando, on the right, usually comes to the Alafia River Rendezvous every year for the week, but only came Saturday this year. Here he looks over an item that Rex Whitebear and his wife make and sell at some festivals they go to each year. Visiting with Kcler this year is Pam Ogles from Altamonte Springs.

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Chase McGee, 13, of New Port Ritchey, tries to make his tomahawk stick to the wood target Saturday at the Alafia River Rendezvous.

PHOTOBY JEFF ROSLOW

Melvin Watson from Pierce, Fla., was letting people visiting the Alafia River Rendezvous Saturday take a look inside his teepee. He said it takes him about three to four hours to put up the teepee and that's after attending this festival fro 22 years. He still gets some help with the top of it.

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Justin Larsen from Valrico and Nathan Breneisen from Brandon have a faceoff with wood snales that were for sale at the Crownest Traders at the Alafia River Rendezvous Saturday.

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Lillan Arnold, 6, from Bartow, climbs a tree Saturday at the Alafia River Rendezvous.

PHOTOBY JEFF ROSLOW

It wasn't all bad before women had individual rights as they apparently could get free water for a bath. Ten cents may have been a lot of money in the 1840s but you have to wonder when spending a penny for used hot water if the water was still hot or even how clean it was.

PHOTOBY JEFF ROSLOW

Meow Summer, 16, from Bartow, said Saturday she got the coon tail somewhere at the Alafria River Rendezvous Saturday and didn't walk into the place with it. She was there for the public day with her friend Katie Marie from Fort Meade where they were looking at what was for sale at Crownest Traders from Clinton, Miss.

PHOTOBY JEFF ROSLOW

The campers at the Alafia River Rendezvous spent the week chopping wood as some cooler January weather crept in this past week.