OSO – Rachel Wright said she knew Patrick Shunn and Monique Patenaude.

So when she found out bands were needed for the Oso River Rock Festival in honor of the slain couple, she put together a group and came down from British Columbia.

“They were friends for years,” she said after her performance Saturday.

As for the event itself, she called it “wonderful.”

The family event featured a petting zoo that was a big hit with kids.

Addison Martin, 7, of Oso loved playing with the baby chicks, while Kaylee and Chloe Voyer of Shoreline enjoyed feeding the goats.

“That guy just ate all my food,” Kaylee said of one hungry goat.

Other kids played in a couple of bouncy houses, while Megan Pfiester kept busy providing youngsters with cotton candy. A sno-cone vendor also was busy on the warm afternoon.

For those wanting food of a little more substance, a new business in Arlington, called Stick It or Stuff It, sold appropriately locally named items such as the Stilly Willy hot dog and the Pilchuck Pile nachos.

Oso General Store owner Jana Hecla didn’t charge vendors so Hector Roca of Spain and Margarita Serrano of El Paso, Texas, took advantage of that opportunity. They left El Paso five weeks ago for Argentina, but went the “wrong direction,” Roca joked. They started off with $100 and decided to delay their trip south because of the Zika virus as they want to have a child. He said they’ve gone to Chicago and Whistler, and that stations have provided them gas once they heard their story.

That story is to “inspire people to use less plastic bags,” Serrano said.

To do that, they make and sell tote bags while on the road. “I use my grandma’s sewing machine,” Serrano said.

Roca also makes crafts. He uses bicycle tubes to make earrings. Each one is hand-painted. They sell for $5-$10.

“Each one is hand- and love-made,” Serrano said. “And it’s all for a dream.”