Rendezvous departs

Published 12:33 pm Monday, October 7, 2013

Leah Decoux, 13, watches her older sister, 14-year-old Anna, shovel dirt and ashes onto a fire Sunday afternoon at Bancroft Bay Park after the Big Island Rendezvous was over. The sisters are from Faribault and were among many vendors at the festival who took down their camps after it ended at 4 o’clock. — Tim Engstrom/Albert Lea Tribune

: Fer Horn of St. Paul sweeps a tarp Sunday beneath a pavilion at Bancroft Bay Park. She is a member of the Twin Cities-based Royal Scottish Country Dancers. — Tim Engstrom/Albert Lea Tribune

: “Garlic Annie” Peters of Minneapolis cleans the handle of an ax Sunday afternoon at Bancroft Bay Park following the end of festivities for the Big Island Rendezvous.

: Tom Jones of Eyota disassembles metal pipes used to brace up his white canvas tent after the close Sunday of the pioneer reenactment that is the Big Island Rendezvous.

: A suit of armor stands guard as vendors at the Big Island Rendezvous break down their camps Sunday afternoon at Bancroft Bay Park.

: David Jones, 6, of Mankato, plays on a tent rope Sunday after the closing of the Big Island Rendezvous.

: Leah Decoux, 13, watches her older sister, 14-year-old Anna, shovel dirt and ashes onto a fire Sunday afternoon at Bancroft Bay Park after the Big Island Rendezvous was over. The sisters are from Faribault and were among many vendors at the festival who took down their camps after it ended at 4 o’clock.

: Lynn Nelson of Hutchinson lugs a tent covering to his belongings underneath another tent late Sunday afternoon. The skies were threatening to rain, and occasionally drops fell.