The Shire of
Okeborne Keep
The Tuscaloosa, AL chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), Inc
On this page: schedule, feast menu, children's activities, fees, contacts, directions and local hotels.
On May 28-30, 2010 - that’s Memorial Day Weekend - at a brand new camp - Camp O’Rear – complete with a parade ground, cabin space, and BACON - Okeborne Keep will host
 | May Faire Meat in the Middle Ages Camp O’Rear Road Jasper, AL 35503 |
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For all the little animals that make spring wonderful and tasty!
Come celebrate the changing of the seasons in the best way we know how – Games, Fighting, Classes and MEAT! That’s right. We’ll find every way to dazzle your senses, inspire your imagination and reward prowess with tasty bacon! And in the evening, on this picturesque site ~ a beautiful piece of land in the North Alabama woods with plenty of camp sites, a hunting lodge carved in a cliff face, a rope bridge and plenty of wilderness! ~the festivities continue all night long and hopefully with a very large fire. Fighting will include: a boar hunt, a cattle raid, and a tourney on the fighting field. Prizes will be meat or symbolic of meat. Classes include: Regular and Combat Kumihimo, Bog Coats, Basic and Loop n' loop Chain, Black Work, Fibula's and Dancing! And as the clock strikes midnight we will have Midnight Madness where all your favorite dances will be danced to your favorite mundane songs! The site is discreetly wet! Classes:
-- Feast Menu -- -- Children's Activities!! -- Site opens at 5:00 PM Friday and closes 11:00 AM Sunday.
Adult non-members add $3; Children 12 & under ½ price; under 6 free. Add $3 at the door. Checks payable to: SCA, Inc/The Shire of Okeborne Keep
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New and Improved Directions!!
We do have some corrections to make to the directions and they are as follows. Please know that although the directions in the Pop Chiv will get you to the site successfully, they are just through some small, unlit, back country roads and these, while a little longer, will take you through civilization.
From the North:
Take your best route to I-65.
Take exit 299 to merge onto AL-69 S toward Jasper - go 28.0 miles
Turn right onto Old U.S. 78 W - 2.1miles
Turn right at N Airport Rd - go 3.7 miles
Turn right at AL-257 N/Curry Hwy - go 1 mile
From Birmingham:
(the directions in the flier simply lack the point that you should start on highway 78. the ones that follow, however, are much simpler overall)
The directions from Birmingham left out that you will start on Highway 78.
Merge onto US-78 W via the ramp to Jasper
Take exit 65 toward Jasper - go 0.3 miles
Turn right at Industrial Pkwy - go 3.2 miles
Turn left at Old U.S. 78 W - go 2.2 miles
Turn right at N Airport Rd - go 3.7 miles
Turn right at AL-257 N/Curry Hwy - go 1 mile
And in addition:
Directions from Tuscaloosa are as follows:
Take your best route to Highway 69
Continue to follow AL-69 N - go 53.3 miles
Turn left at Elliott Blvd - go 0.3 miles
Take the 3rd right onto 10th Ave - go 0.9miles
Turn right onto the ramp to AL-5 S and
Slight right at AL-195 N - 2.5 miles
Turn right at AL-257 N/
Turn right at Camp O'Rear Rd
Jasper Hotels
(Google “Camp O’Rear Rd., Jasper Al” for directions from the hotel)
Hampton Inn Jasper, Al
100 Industrial Parkway
Jasper, AL 35501
(205) 221-3334
hamptoninn.com
Approx. 8 miles from site
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Jasper
202 Oak Hill Road
Jasper, AL 35501
(205) 302-6400holidayinnexpress.com
Approx. 5.5 miles from site
Travel Rite Inn
200 The Mall Way
Jasper, AL 35501
(205) 221-1161Approx. 5.5 miles from site