Joys of Pennsic Past

I hate pictures of myself and this is no exception, but this is an old picture I just got from a few years back of me and my friend Eric. He is the son of my neighbor merchant at Pennsic and he has been a fixture in my Pennsic life for the past 10 years. I think this was maybe 2 years ago when he was 8. He is a great kid and my lap was his bouncing chair for several years. He will be 11 next year so I suspect our time bouncing and tickling is limited, he will consider himself to old for it soon. :(