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| partners | | Didn't know I was working with t_d_singletree in the food booth. Nice to meet you. Another person when we were having introductions said, "Oh, you're A Romain"; he apparently follows my videos  .
Anyway, it rained the nite before and was threatening all day but we didn't get any rain until the event was over at 2 and it was only a light shower. The 4th Annual Arizona Trail Days Flagstaff Event set up started at 7 AM though I didn't have to be there until 8:30 for my 2 hour food shift that ended up being for the whole event other than a lunch break and a photography break. Wendy asked me to take photos of the set up and then off and on. It's amazing how long and how hard it can be to get all of the booths set up for this short event. While we had a decent turnout, I'm just sorry more people didn't come out to enjoy it; maybe the threatening weather had something to do with it. This event is totally manned by volunteers of course and this year we had ample.
I think the hit of the day was Shawn's sawing and branding booth area. You'll have to see the pictures and maybe if he sees this triplog he can comment about it. Basically two of you use a long saw to cut a piece of circular wood which you then take over to the branding area where the AZT logo is burned into the wood. Very cool. I didn't get a list of the vendors and booths so I can only list the ones I remember:- Arizona Trail
and boards with the AZT trails on them for sticky notes that you could add commentary about specific trails
Ask a hiker/biker/horseback rider
Search and Rescue
Forest Service
REI
Arizona Conservation Corp
Wanderlust Brewery (loved their coffee vanilla stout); Arizona Trail Ale by That Brewery
FBomb (Portable, high-fat, low-carb snacks and oils)
Raffle Booth (most popular and they raffle off a lot of stuff, expensive stuff)
Natural Restoration (which had an event the following day)
Flagstaff Urban Trails System
Flagstaffbiking.org
Bright Side Books
Jay's Bird Barn
Peace Surplus
Food booth which I manned with Bianca, Doug, Katie? and t_d_singletree (Donovan); food by Toasted Owl
Huppy Bar
Snake tossing by Arizona Trail
Wood cutting/branding by Arizona Trail
Simple Outdoor Solutions
Jay's Bird Barn
Museum of Northern Arizona
Geocache Arizona
other various retail booths (related to hiking and biking of course)
They had 3 different raffles, all with great prizes including:
- Designer sunglasses from Flagstaff Eye Care
Canyon Coolers (Shawn won one)
Snowbowl Scenic Skyride Family Pass
Hotel stays
Hiking poles
Mini Sawyers
AZ Trail wine
Yurt getaways (I didn't win  )
and many more great outdoor items!
What's great about the raffle is the items are donated and of course the raffle ticket proceeds all go to the Arizona Trail.
There was also a live band and a sitting, listening, eating area. |
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For me, sometimes it's just as much about the journey as the destination.
Oh, and once in awhile, don't forget to look back at the trail you've traveled. |
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