The Annual Trek to Tonasket
This will be my sixth annual trip to the Okanogan Family Faire, and although I'm a newbie to the scene by some standards, this faire has become a big part of my life. I enjoy any barter faire, but the Tonasket faire has always been one that I look forward to and the largest one that I attend each year. This year, of course, there are many changes taking place as the faire is growing and adjusting. Policies, prices, and rules are all undergoing a shift. I can't say I'm happy about some of them (i.e. the dog ban) but I can understand why changes are happening. I just hope that the spirit of the faire I have come to know and love is not diminished and that the new rules don't keep out the people that make the faire so special.
I've made a batch of soap, have been busy making jewelry, and the bus is packed and almost ready to roll. Okanogan Family Faire usually marks the end of the barter faire season, and regretfully I didn't make it to many faires this season. So I gotta get my barter faire kicks for the season all in one dose. Here's to the Okanogan Family Faire retaining its original barter faire spirit, for a successful and fun faire for everyone. See you there!
Labels: faires, fall, Okanogan Family Faire
posted by Megan | 11:16 PM
3 Comments:
I wait for the faire at Tonasket every year, But I was very disapointed this year with the price hike to get, in to the lack of love that was not there this year did not feel it. For 40 dollers there should have been more frendless and less bs. There were people breaking all the rules and distruction of the proptery,this to me is sad. Not sure we will attend this one again. We will go to the others and just leave this one to the unruley kids.
Yep the price hike was all it took for me & my family not to attend also. By the time you pay for your family to get in you dont have any money left. So we were sad we didnt go to last years 2007 faire. I wish they'd lower the price back down so we could go & enjoy it like we used to.
This year was my first year going to Tonasket and I have to say I was pretty disappointed. There were a lot more stupid kids than I thought there would be and I hated all the glowsticks and littering. I was excited to get together and barter and love each other and nature and I didn't get any of that. :(
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