As promised, here are the photos from last weekend’s event – Chris and I tagged along with friends at Ft. MacArthur for the annual IndyGear Adventure Day. I may not be interested in dressing up for Halloween, but I make up for it the rest of the year! 

The day is full of running and digging in fields and tunnels, so I put together a rough and tumble outfit from some modern pieces in my closet, topped off with a $5 hat from downtown LA that I trimmed to look vaguely like a pith helmet. It was a very pithy day!

WWII reenactors made the fort into a British base, and we were tasked with excavating an archeological site in the midst of a warzone. I think we did pretty well, even with tea being on ration!

Photos by Lauren & me – see more of her photos here

Clockwise from Top: 1. WWII Reenactors guarding the base 

2. IndyGear member cataloging artifacts found at the dig 3. Cleaning an artifact

Clockwise from Top Left: 1. Examining a bomb site for archeological treasures.

2. Lauren driving our team to safety 3. A team of Nancy Drews exploring the tunnels (since it’s make-believe we ALL get to be Nancy, and no one has to be Bess!) 

4. Dealing with Military Bureaucracy

Clockwise from Top: 1. It’ll be less bumpy if you look where you’re driving!

2. Tunnel Hunters 3.Santa Catalina in the distance 4. Chris digging for treasure.