The day started off with rain, sleet, snow, hail, black ice on the road, repeat: ad. infinitum.
The swap meet was held at the MicroTel Hotel in Elma WA.
The meeting room was about 10 feet from the door. Easy access, plenty of tables, free coffee, and well organized!
This was their FIRST ever hamfair. They offered free admission, free table space, and free use of the hotels tables.
The club was VERY helpful in helping me setup.
It was a slow start, but it got really busy, & kept me so much so I never even got to finish my lunch.
Some killer deals there too. I came home with a lot of new treasures and sold a lot of poundage (The best part!
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All in all it was extremely good for a first hamfair. I was impressed. Some of the other hamfairs I have been to might do well to emulate their organization & helpfulness.
Even my SO got some goodies there to make her job at work easier. That sure didn't hurt her feelings at coming & helping me at the event.
I'd rate this one on a scale of 1-10:
Organization: 9.5
Utilization of available space:10
Helpfulness:10
Cleanliness of bathrooms: 10+
One of the nicest ones I have been to in years.
It would have been neat to have a larger turnout, but for a first time event- good turnout. Some folks even came up from Oregon for it.
I hope to be there again next year, with more goodies and to see some of the Sparks/ ARF/TCA members there too.
(P.S.- It didn't hurt that the SO came up with a ticket for me for the grand prize drawing, and I won it. Kenwood TM 281A).