Off to the Barter Faire!
Once a year when the leaves are beginning to fall with a vengence it's time to unplug, if only for a few days, from the business of making and selling soap. The Okanagon Family Barter Faire takes place some time in mid October and is a long weekend I look forward to all year. An event unlike any other the Barter Faire is a chance to get away from everything electrical. No phones. No screens. No power. Bring your own water. The gathering is huge. Bigger than one can imagine. Kinda of like camping with 10,000 of your best friends. The secluded site, a mere stone's throw from the Canadian border, is filled with camps of every description:motorhomes and trailers, dome tents, pickups and vans, dwellings constructed from tarps and tapestries. "Drive on the dirt. Walk on the straw." Leave your attitudes behind and for a few days immerse yourself in smoke and drums and the thrum of a village sprung from nowhere. The tribe is gathering. May we be blessed with dry weather and open hearts. See you in a few.
~sandy
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