Cle Elum Craft show!

Our next stop on our list of craft shows for the season - -Cle Elum - -I've done this show for more than 15 years and it still surprises me. It is grossly disorganized and certainly not professional in the least. Things don't have to be home made so you can pretty much pull out a card table and if you own it -- sell it - -and believe me some people do!
But here's picture of our new sign and on of our booth! We certainly classed the place up a bit!


This year the show seemed more disorganized than usual - - and what a fiasco it was! The 102 temperature didn't help . . . .We were told we had to get there on Friday by 5:00 so we could set up . . After all, as Renee told us, the spaces were first come first serve. So . . instead of going over on Saturday morning (the show was Saturday and Sunday only) we had to go over on Friday night - -- this incurring another hotel bill . .grrrrr

And so we showed up around 4 in the heat of the day - -- and guess what - -- there was no first come first serve . .the booths were assigned . . .and no , we didn't have to set up on Friday . . .about half the folks set up on Saturday morning.

The show is so disorganized and the local towns folk seeming squabbling over the particulars - - that we aren't even sure what it is called anymore -- Some call it Pioneer Days and then others call it Taste of the Valley. The latter I really can't figure out - - -just what "tastes" are there from Cle Elum? Well there is a Dairy Queen and good breakfast joint . . but I hardly see where they could call it Taste of the Valley - - -but guess that's us city folks.

So, you may ask . .. why do I keep going back? Well there's just something about it that continues to draw me there . . maybe it's the years of camping close by and doing the show while the kids were little . .. or the home towniness of the parade and 4th of July festivities - -- with that said . .I think it's time to put this show on my list of past performances.