I'm from northeast Kansas. Thank you all for the warm welcome.
There used to be a wonderful annual SCA combat event on base at Fort Leavenworth Kansas called "The Ransom of Layland". Sadly, the Lady Layland passed away several years ago and the event came to a close.
Pre 9/11 a sleepy guard would just wave us onto base in the middle of the night, our trucks loaded with spears, polearms, shields and other medieval miscellany poking out all over the place.
Post 9/11 accessing the base in the middle of the night after driving from Minnesota was a whole other animal. They would empty out every vehicle and search every armour bag. We would draw quite a bit of attention.