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!

Changes for Okanogan Family Faire

Change is in the air this fall, evidenced in that some policy changes that have been in the works for a while are taking place at the 2007 Okanogan Family Faire. Nothing too major, for the most part. But of course, as an animal lover and doggie parent, I'm upset to hear that dogs are banned this year.

Please see my thoughts on dogs at the faire, and chime in on the discussion going on in various virtual barter faire realms, and if you're so inclined, comments can be made to the Okanogan Family Faire Board of Directors by:

email: board@okanoganfamilyfaire.com
write to us at: P.O. Box 761, Tonasket, WA 98855
or call the OFF office message line at: 509-486-2173.

While I'm deciding what to do with my best buddy and fur-child Juneau, I am hoping to come to the Okanogan Family Faire and volunteer to make it happen. The only way to really ensure change is to speak up and to act, right? The more people that get involved, the more the faire becomes a democracy.

Well, I'm heading back on the road tomorrow, so I won't be online much. I hope to see you all at some faires now that the fall season is upon us!

~peace, love & light!~