{"id":1311722,"date":"2019-06-23T21:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/vendors-festival-goers-weather-soggy-strawberry-days\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T08:58:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T14:58:39","slug":"vendors-festival-goers-weather-soggy-strawberry-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/vendors-festival-goers-weather-soggy-strawberry-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Vendors, festival goers weather soggy Strawberry Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.8084210526316\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-982173-766\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | With a break in the weather visitors to the 122nd annual Strawberry Days Festival fill Sayre Park Sunday in Glenwood Springs. Mother Nature delt a few blows to thsi years festivals with on and off thursderstorms the first two days of the event.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>With a break in the weather visitors to the 122nd annual Strawberry Days Festival fill Sayre Park Sunday in Glenwood Springs. Mother Nature delt a few blows to thsi years festivals with on and off thursderstorms the first two days of the event.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1.jpg\" alt=\"With a break in the weather visitors to the 122nd annual Strawberry Days Festival fill Sayre Park Sunday in Glenwood Springs. Mother Nature delt a few blows to thsi years festivals with on and off thursderstorms the first two days of the event.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | Even with the break in the weather Sunday, the traditional crowds at the Strawberry Festival kept away with the threat of more rain in the forecast.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Even with the break in the weather Sunday, the traditional crowds at the Strawberry Festival kept away with the threat of more rain in the forecast.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Even with the break in the weather Sunday, the traditional crowds at the Strawberry Festival kept away with the threat of more rain in the forecast.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | With a break in the weather visitors to the 122nd annual Strawberry Days Festival fill Sayre Park Sunday in Glenwood Springs. Mother Nature delt a few blows to thsi years festivals with on and off thursderstorms the first two days of the event.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>With a break in the weather visitors to the 122nd annual Strawberry Days Festival fill Sayre Park Sunday in Glenwood Springs. Mother Nature delt a few blows to thsi years festivals with on and off thursderstorms the first two days of the event.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"With a break in the weather visitors to the 122nd annual Strawberry Days Festival fill Sayre Park Sunday in Glenwood Springs. Mother Nature delt a few blows to thsi years festivals with on and off thursderstorms the first two days of the event.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | A microburst blew through Sayre Park causing significant damges to the vendors booths Thursday on the eve of the 122nd Strawberry Days Festival in Glenwood Springs.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A microburst blew through Sayre Park causing significant damges to the vendors booths Thursday on the eve of the 122nd Strawberry Days Festival in Glenwood Springs.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/StrawberryDays-gpi-062419-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"A microburst blew through Sayre Park causing significant damges to the vendors booths Thursday on the eve of the 122nd Strawberry Days Festival in Glenwood Springs.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/vendors-festival-goers-weather-soggy-strawberry-days\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/vendors-festival-goers-weather-soggy-strawberry-days\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The air was thick with moisture and the ground was spongy, swelling from all the rain as the mellow folk music of Umberto Fonte echoed from the main stage on the final day of Glenwood Springs\u2019 Strawberry Days festival Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For most artists and vendors at this year\u2019s festival, business has been an up and down experience \u2014 just like the weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s definitely affected people showing up. When the sun has been out, it has been wonderful with lots of people around. But every time the rain hits, people scatter,\u201d said second-year vendor Jordan Testerman, owner of Testerman Woodworks, based in Rifle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s been good, though. We\u2019d stick it out no matter what,\u201d Testerman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On the final day of the 122nd annual festival, the crowds were up with a steady stream of people strolling through Sayre Park, even as dark clouds and the occasional sprinkle remained in the valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Another second-year vendor and owner of Noreen Art, Jennie Noreen of Buena Vista, said Sunday has been her best day of the festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYesterday [Saturday] was really slow. It rained off and on all day long,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was kind of dreary. The mood was down all over the festival, and people were glum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With rain and thunderstorms passing through most of the weekend, some vendors have taken it harder than others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">First-year vendor but long-time festival goer Ondine Wilson of Glenwood Springs, owner of Woodinwire, said things started out a little rough after losing two tents in Thursday\u2019s microburst that whipped through the park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Other artists, including Eric Dorris, owner of Eric Dorris Design, and Noreen said they were lucky and didn\u2019t set up until after Thursday\u2019s big storm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t get here until Friday morning, so we luckily avoided that microburst,\u201d Noreen said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For Dorris, who is back after a few years absence, business has fared better than his last trip to Strawberry Days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a little bit better than 2016. The weather was perfect, (but) this year is a little better than that one,\u201d Dorris said. \u201cIt\u2019s OK, considering the weather. The rain always hurts a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With the sun popping in and out from the clouds Sunday, Wilson worked on a few new pieces of handcrafted jewelry in between a steady flow of customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She said Friday and Saturday were a bit different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt has been quiet. It was sunny, and there were tons of people here, and I was getting lots of traffic, lots of folks in here looking at stuff, making some sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt rained, and that was it,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cMy experience coming to Strawberry Days is that it is shoulder to shoulder. It hasn\u2019t been like that at all this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Wilson said she receives sales reports from Square, and from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday she had a huge spike. After that, there was nothing the rest of the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s my first festival. I\u2019m not going to complain about it. There is not much you can do about it \u2026 just have to make the most of it,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Testerman said people are just naturally deterred by the weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYesterday, with the parade, we had beautiful weather in the morning so there was a lot of people here. But once that weather turned, there was a lot less population,\u201d Testerman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:kmills@postindependent.com\">kmills@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/vendors-festival-goers-weather-soggy-strawberry-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a break in the weather visitors to the 122nd annual Strawberry Days Festival fill Sayre Park Sunday in Glenwood Springs. 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