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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on June 14, 2026, 07:40:39 PM
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Semi-annual Yellow Springs Street Fair yesterday.
Going in Daughter#4's xB.
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Only once did I find a safe place to park my scooter during these events (a kind policeman moved some barricades and let me park it curbside with-in the event!) - so now I take the car & assorted females. I'm rather familiar with YS so I know to go early, and know where to find parking within 2 blocks of downtown YS. (I get a kick out of some of the 'wilderness-inspired' front yards! "What HOA?!")
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At the UnderDog (AKA, Wine Emporium) we found alfresco seating for our coffee, pastries and the Dog's famous breakfast burritos.
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Some towns in the area host 2-day events - but because this street fair closes a main north-south State Rte. through the village - it requires a pretty much a one day, dawn to dusk event.
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Home built wooden camper?
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try to make a living selling these ....! running out of ideas - he would then lay it on the road and dance in it! I did see one girl with one later - she looked like she was high on something ;)
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Friendly local fauna, or is it flora?
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I told my daughter, "don't forget to come by and listen to Dino barking for the Yak Lady!"
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same street the day before the Street Fair...
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Joe rebuilt this thing when the village said it was broken - now he tows it around town and tries to enforce the 25MPH limit in the village! He parks it in front of his house when no on 'patrol' duty.
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minimalist.....
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It was another fantastic weather day - so I have no reason to doubt the figure of 25,000 attendees.
Stig
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Some towns in the area host 2-day events - but because this street fair closes a main north-south State Rte. through the village - it requires a pretty much a one day, dawn to dusk event.
same deal with our annual Hay Day (3rd Saturday in August) Main St is a State numbered highway, detours on narrow streets with turns, wouldn't want to take it with a semi. Fireworks in the evening.
Nearby towns that have multi-day events have fairgrounds, a bit later in season. I always check the pumpkins out, I have a neighbor/former client that grows giants, and usually has one that weighs over a ton
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thanks for sharing your day, Stig!
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same deal with our annual Hay Day (3rd Saturday in August) Main St is a State numbered highway, detours on narrow streets with turns, wouldn't want to take it with a semi. Fireworks in the evening.
Nearby towns that have multi-day events have fairgrounds, a bit later in season. I always check the pumpkins out, I have a neighbor/former client that grows giants, and usually has one that weighs over a ton
When I lived in N.E. wife and I enjoyed the summer and fall small town events.
Anything which was close enough to reach on our Honda 90! - and, since we were teenagers, you'd be surprised how far we'd go on that little bike!
The Y.S. street fair is well organized - traffic is routed around the village - school busses shuttle the public to and from massive grass parking lots at Youngs Dairy 3 miles up the road.
My wife mentioned yesterday on the drive home how well behaved the people always are at this street fair!
Reminds us of the GOTR Mumford & Son's town-takeover concert w/e in the Troy Ohio a few years ago. 30,000 of the friendliest people imaginable. M & S's (British folk-rock group) brought a troupe of performers and literally took over the town for the w/e. It was ringed off save for ticket holders and businesses in town!
Stig