Since I've been a "maker" all my life, I thought it would be fun to get out of the soap shop and take the family to the 2nd annual
Maker Faire in nearby Austin, TX. Wow. I had no idea! Austin is known for it's quirky and individualistic nature....as in
Keep Austin Weird...but this was one of the funkiest, rigged up, recycled, off-the-wall gatherings I've ever been to! We saw dueling robots, giant tesla coils that played music, a life sized mousetrap game, and an 80' six seater rattlesnake bike. My granddaughter had the pleasure of riding the air bikes
and trying on the psychedelic mind control glasses.
Where else could we have seen an intricate yarn covered car
or my favorite . . . the perfectly choreographed singing fishmobile!
We were all totally amazed and thoroughly amused by the creativity and ingenuity of the American inventor. Made soapmaking seem rather mundane and boring.
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