Kino
Bonnie cheks out this unusual colored Rose Quartz
The morning conversation always involves making a plan involving which of the 45 or so shows we are going to. The decision was to return to Kino then see what we feel like.
Fossil plates wall sized
Full of Trilobites
Arriving early morning resulted in getting a nice paved parking spot instead of a dirty field. Indeed we did find a fine spot under a large Mesquite. Shade is at a premium in Tucson.
Laguna Lace
What that lace could look like if you find a good piece
Rhodonite
We explored some vendors we had not seen in our last visit and looked through some rough rock. I saw nothing I needed, although there was some nice Mexican Lace Agate. I took some random pictures of things you may not expect to see at a “rock show,” then explored the largest tent on site.
Buffalo hides anyone?
Antique riflesand wooden Indians-Oh MY!
A four-faced obsidian Budda
Flourite Lamps
Flourite Carvings
This tent is full of dealers selling everything: Jewelry, Beads, Cabs, Knives, clothing, display and shipping things, carvings of wood and rock. It’s sort of like a fair with an excess of beads and jewelry. You could talk to people offering facials, get your jewelry cleaned, or just chat with some foreign person. Bonnie talked to one guy that could not speak English. She had lots of questions but could not understand the answers. What fun!
Gem Mall next to Holidome
Wooden Carvings
Buy-Sell imported jewelry.
Looking at beads-Yes she bought some.
We decided since we had a fine, shady, paved spot, we’d just leave the car and take the free shuttle over to the GLW, Holidome trade shows (business credentials required). You might think that a Holidome would be at a Holiday Inn instead of a huge white hard sided tent in the middle of a huge field. Well the show used to be at a Holiday Inn that is now a Radisson and has its own show. And now this Holidome Tent is about 30 times bigger than any Holidome I’ve ever seen. Maybe this show should get a new name. These are the largest combined shows in Tucson. Bonnie says I do these tents faster than anyone else who has ever come here.
Lamps
Big spender buying chains at Holidome
I covertly ask someone to take this picture
There is a massive amount of buy/sell jewelry here imported from the Far East and India primarily. You see the expected cabs, facetted stones, jewelry, and beads, but also an eclectic mix just as we saw at Kino, but thousands of booths as far as the eye can see. This show takes two days for us to see, but I skip past all the jewelry and move fast. If you come, wear your walking shoes.
The Holidome tent was “creaking” and moving due to heavy winds. I know it made me feel secure. I can see the headlines. ” Heavy Winds Kill Thousands” ( One survivor that was awaiting bead shopping wife survives). That’s Why I was sitting by the door.
I think I spent under $20 here, that’s how much I like it. Bonnie made up for me though. Enjoy my pictures from the day.