The World's Longest Yard Sale is 675 miles long. It starts on US 127 in Hudson, Michigan and travels all the way to Gadsden, Alabama. When we first started going, it was a week long event. It has since been cut down to a 4 day weekend. In the past, we got up early, met at Publix and headed to Mentone, Alabama. We've always started in Mentone and gone south to Gadsden where the yard sale ends. From there we would usually head to Ft. Payne to eat at the Cracker Barrel and then back home.
Winston Place Bed & Breakfast in Mentone (Valley Head), AL |
The couple that own Winston Place are so very nice. She is a teacher and he runs the B&B. Yep, you heard that right, he cooked all that breakfast for us. I asked if I could send my hubby up there for training and he said "Sure! I've trained quite a few husbands". :) He played football for the University of Alabama and has the rings to prove it. I plan on going back with my husband soon.
Annette and her daughter are so very organized. They bring lists of things that they are looking to find. This year it was things for the wedding in September. I, on the other hand, fly by the seat of my pants. I might have something in mind to look for but for the most part, I'm just looking for things that are different or out of the ordinary. I have a flattened Coke bottle wind chime that I bought from a man that lives on the mountain last year. I paid $12 for it and I just love it. He melts the bottles flat in a kiln in his backyard. A couple of years ago, I found a huge decorative plastic ladle, the kind that you would hang on the wall. I paid a whopping $1 for it. It was painted brass or bronze and pretty old. It has since faded to black and that just adds to it's beauty. I drilled a small hole in it and hung it on my back porch. Sometimes, I fill it with flowers, other times I fill it with bird seed. I have been asked many times where I found it. People seem to really like it.
I also have to mention that this year three of the four of us were injured. My daughter, Heather was stung by a yellow jacket. She cried out and when I looked around to see her, the stinger was still in her thigh. I used my Jeep key to scrape it off. It was huge! Annette and I were stung too but we're not sure what got us. That wasn't a good way to start the day. I'm just glad that none of us had an allergic reaction because we were in the middle of nowhere.
These shots are from the garden lady's house. She is the sweetest thing, my idea of a perfect southern grandmother. |
We have met some very interesting people on the yard sale. Some of them are in the same spot every year. We took a side road a few years ago and came across an older couple at their home. He sells used/repaired lawnmowers and yard equipment and she sells odds and ends and flowers that she grows in her garden. I think we've been to their house for the past three years now. She remembered us this year. Her garden is so big. They have cows, chickens and dogs. She always tries to give us something. She saves the seeds from some of her flowers in envelopes and sells them. I have some of her seeds myself.
Lirpa-Anad-Nitsud April - Dana - Dustin? my guess |
Herbie the Love Bug - all decked out and pulling a trailer. Gotta love that! |
4 comments:
This is very good!!!!
I love this! It makes me want to be there haha..your blog reads easy and the photos are good. I like the layout and the way u have your signature on your photos.
Laurie
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WOW--what a great time I had tagging along with you on your amazing sojourn! As you described your breakfast, I was actually salivating, and I can just imagine all the wonderful treasures you found along the way--people as well as things.
Wonderful photographs! Love your blog and I'll be back!
Oh, I wish we had places like this where I live !
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