On the way into town the other day, we saw a sign proclaiming "Community Lawn Sales, 10 miles, Saturday".
I always intend to go to lawn sales but rarely follow through. I don't like getting in and out of the car, driving all over town, and most of these sales consist of children's toys and clothes. But this sounded promising so we headed out early Saturday down West Walnut Road towards a lot of nothing.
It was a lovely ride, lots of hills and trees, and finally a sale. Our arrival coincided with that of two women and two children in an Amish buggy--luckily there was a shaded area to park the horse and the side of the road for us.
We perused the goods--hmmm, children's toys and clothes. We popped back in the car and drove on. The next two were several miles down the road--some broken down chairs and tools and, yes, children's toys and clothes.
Back in the car. The next sign was at a Firehouse. This at least offered a rest room along with the toys and clothes. At this point we both remarked "If this were New York, there would be a bake sale along with the toys, or at least coffee and donuts."
We had to laugh when we saw the sign for the next sale "Yard Sale and Bake Sale." Finally, something that appealed to us. So we bought our only purchase of the day--cookies and a can of Big Red.
Big Red is a midwest phenomenon. I had never tried it and decided this was a good time to sample a bit of hometown soda. The flavor is very "red", it's supposed to be cream soda with lemon and other flavors but it tasted like cherry bubblegum to me. I think this is a case, like poi, that you have to have grown up with to enjoy.
On to the next sale. And there were the Amish ladies again. We all agreed that the pickings were slim at these sales; they were at the limit of their horse and about to turn around but we pressed on, deciding to take a different route home. We did stop at one more sale but the snacks were indeed our only expenditure.
Hills and trees, buggies, cookies, and soda--one of our more enjoyable shopping excursions.
I like my morning caffeine cold & have been a Big Red addict for over 30 years. Yep you pretty much have to grow up with BG to appreciate it. I love the "bite" it has. I like a Coke every now and then for the same reason. :)
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