How do you spell HOT?

The Nawger Nob festival in Townsend Tennessee should have been a cool venue.  We were back under the trees, well off the main road, and next to the Little River.  Unfortunately, it was 93 degrees with very high humidity.   Needless to say, most of us just about melted out there Saturday.  I kept a small towel in my cooler so I could hang it around my neck occasionally.   We had a lot of foot traffic between 10 and 12, but after that, I think all the customers took shelter somewhere cooler because it became a ghost town that afternoon.

Sunday brought cooler temperatures, less humidity, and fewer customers.  Those who came to the show were buying, but the crafters I talked to, who had done the show many times in the past, agreed that the turn-out was much lower than past years.

I still had a wonderful time.  I was able to socialize with a lot of crafters and I also ran into some friends that I had not seen since the 70s.  I just love being up in the mountains, and I can’t think of anything else I would have rather been doing this weekend than chilling out in Townsend.

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