While browsing the crafts booths, I came upon this Chestnut Wood Crafter's stand where I found the perfect coffee table for our recently re-carpeted living room: a rustic trunk fabricated from weathered old Chestnut barn wood. Besides the interesting character of the wood, the American Chestnut, once a major natural resource in the Appalachian Mountains (click here for some interesting history on the American Chestnut) were wiped out in the early 1900's from a blight imported from the orient. I decided to buy a trunk, but the problem was how to get it home since I rode to the Festival on my motorcycle. An easy decision: return on Sunday with my pickup! So for another $20 entry fee, I enjoyed a second day of wine tasting, music, and meeting nice people—plus I came home with a neat Chestnut trunk!
Here's a picture I took of the craftsman who made my Chestnut trunk and his wife at the end of the Festival weekend.
The sky wasn't quite the pretty blue it was on Saturday, however the temperature remained tolerable, and the crowds were aplenty.
I came across this happy group chillin' out on the Big Meadow lawn enjoying some Festival wine. I asked if they would mind if I took their picture, to which they agreed and even shared a glass of wine with me. Except for Norm who is on the right, I forget their names (I told them I would), but I did get an e-mail address, so I am sending them this picture and the URL to rfunplace. Cheers!
Although I don't own a panoramic camera, cropped like this it's hard to tell. I took this shot of the Oasis Vineyard wine tasting tent with my 24mm lens.