For those of you who didn’t know, last weekend (August 15th and 16th) was Seattle Hempfest, the premier Hempfest in the United States. Your Stonyview crew took advantage of their proximity to the event to go check it out and report back with their experience attending.

The entrance you choose matters:

If you’re headed to the event, do NOT enter through the main entrance, it’s a total cluster, full of long lines and waiting:

We took the Silo entrance and were surprised at how few people were going through it:

It’s all legal, for the weekend:

While there are a lot of police on hand, rest assured, bringing your favorite herb along is NOT going to get you in trouble. Throughout the event grounds, people were lighting up quite obviously, and no one cared. This seems to be an unspoken rule of Hempfest, really, and we wished we’d had more of a heads up. This guy clearly knew what was up:

Whatever you do, don’t miss out on the Mighty-O donuts:

Maybe you don’t like sugar or baked goods. Maybe you don’t like people or puppies either. But if you happen to be like the rest of us, you MUST stop by the Mighty-O donuts stand, they’re tremendous:

If you’re looking for a piece, a pipe, a vaporizer or any other novelty item well… you’re in LUCK!

We’re going to have to devote an entire post to what we saw there, but here’s a quick look at some of what was available:

Finally, come with an appetite for THC goodies, but be cautious.

We’re not saying who, but someone in our group might have been knocked on his/her ass by this little treat (ok, fine it was the Sleepless Stoner..).

If you were there and have other tips, let us know in the comments, we’ll update as we hear from you!

Also, as an added bonus, below is the iReport on the event: