It is also fun to get to. The road down is very steep, and not well marked. Great place for a family get-together, tho. Jack On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 14:43:41 -0400 Andy Bartmess <abartmes@...> writes: > Hummmm, generally two stories, but it is set into the side of a hill, > so > illustion of more. I'd guess 80' by 40', but it twists a bit > between > buildings. Cool, though. > > Kevin Robinson wrote: > > > Thanks, that sounds kind of cool. How big is this > > castle? > > > > Kevin > > > > --- Andy Bartmess <abartmes@...> wrote: > > > Kevin Robinson wrote: > > > > > > > > This may be the first time that some of you are > > > > > hearing of the Medieval ministry that we have > > > begun > > > > > at Lakeshore Tabernacle, here in Southeast > > > Wisconsin, > > > > > but I am sending this update to you to let you > > > know > > > > > about it and to illustrate some of what we do. > > > > > > To Kevin Robinson and others on my mailing list... > > > > > > For those not on the DragonRaid mailing list, it > > > is a Christian based > > > medieval role-playing game, kind of like Dungeons > > > and Dragons with the Spirit > > > ruling. (Sorry if that's a poor overview, I'm just > > > trying to include the > > > Mundanes that will also receive this.) That said... > > > > > > Here in Cincinnati, Ohio, we have a tourist site > > > called "the Loveland > > > Castle" (well, OK, in nearby Loveland, Ohio.) It > > > began around the turn of the > > > century, built by hand, brick at a time, by a moral > > > young fellow, a world > > > traveler, who loved the Middle Ages. He dragged > > > flagstones up from the river, > > > he poured concrete blocks by hand in milk cartons > > > (with a burned out light > > > bulb in the center of each to save on cement!) and > > > built most of the fine > > > building by hand. He founded a civic group, the > > > "Knights of the Golden > > > Trail", to support the project, and today, all these > > > years later, the brick by > > > brick handwork is almost done. > > > In the main building, there is a simple chapel, > > > and on the wall you will > > > find a hand chiseled copy of the Ten Commandments, > > > annotated with the Eleventh > > > ("Love the Lord God with all your heart, all your > > > soul and all your mind, and > > > love your neighbor like yourself.") What more > > > fitting monument to the God who > > > made us and the man who hauled the rocks. > > > Listening to stories of Honor here, in this > > > vulgar and cheap age, I harken > > > back to this kind of chivalry and dignity. Here was > > > one man who worked in his > > > spare time his whole life to raise up a monument to > > > the ideal that we are more > > > than the sum of our faults. Camelot indeed. If any > > > of you are ever in this > > > area in the summer months, contact me at > > > 513-232-2395 and I will help you find > > > it. > > > > > > Some Links... > > > http://www.lovelandcastle.org/ > > > > > http://www.loveland.k12.oh.us/lint/quilt/castleNG/intro.htm > > > http://www.geocities.com/lovelandcastle/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > > > <dragonraid-unsubscribe@...> > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > <dragonraid-unsubscribe@...> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > <dragonraid-unsubscribe@...> > DragonRaid, the Christian Scripture memorization game at for Teens and Young Adults http://www.hope2help.com/dragonraid Try learning the Christian walk in a Narnia-type world and a role-playing game