July 10, 2005
The Oregon Country Fair
This weekend, Evan and I went to Eugene to visit his family and friends there. Little did I know that the infamous and much celebrated OREGON COUNTRY FAIR was taking place in nearby Veneta this very weekend. I'd heard the OCF first from my Oregon hippie friends Julia and Tess who clamored over potential jobs (highly prized) at the OCF. It is one of the largest and most bizarre spectacles of a local fair around. Every July, the West Coast brings out its freakiest and even the not so freaky play the part in order to contribute to the mania. I tried my best to capture the spirit of the fair, but these few pictures will not do the job. Come visit me next summer in beautiful, clement Oregon and we will all don ourselves with magic and venture forth in the Oregon Country Fair.
The first picture is a large wooden statue; the second is the free juggling lessons tent; the third is a chicken and mermaid on stilts; the fourth and fifth are... a very interesting procession; the sixth is Evan and I on the bus on the way home in a picture I like to call "Get behind me, Satan!"
Wow Meg, that fair looks crazy. I love the title of that last picture. I laughed so hard about that. As far as that interesting procession goes, Mayuko said they looked like the triple letter people (she was trying to say KKK). I think they look like the homosexual KKK on Chappelle's Show. Anyway, I'll try to come to the next or next next fair with you!
Posted by: John at July 11, 2005 06:28 PMthe fair was weird but you guys were cool. And so was the devil
Posted by: logna at August 14, 2005 09:11 PM