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It’s our final day on the Longest Yard Sale.  This morning we were up and on the road out of Lexington by 7:30AM and by 8:30AM we were at our first yard sale on US127.  Several vendors had packed up and left but there were more than enough to visit.  We found a lot of really great bargains today.  We had lunch in Russell Springs, KY and supper in Crossville, TN.  We’re overnighting in Crossville and tomorrow morning we’ll take off on a faster and easier route home.  It’s been a great experience and a lot of fun.  We’ve found bargains, seen beautiful scenery and enjoyed meeting people along the route.

Here’s todays photos:

All The Best,

Wayne & Dianne

We spent last night in Florence Kentucky.  This morning we were up an on US127 by 7:30AM.  By 7:45AM we were in Covington and at our first yard sale of the day.  We made several stops crossing into Ohio we found the stops were further apart, but we still found quite a few items.  We stopped for lunch in Eaton before continuing north.  We decided to get off US127 when we came to I-70 and go east to I-75 then head back south to spend the night in Lexington again (same place as Thursday night).  We’re going to get back on US127 in the morning and go to the places we couldn’t stop Thursday because of the rain storm.  We’ve had a great time and have been successful in getting quite a few things for the booth as well as for gifts and ourselves.

Here’s a few photo’s from today:

All the Best,

Wayne & Dianne

Suprise, as late as it was and as tired as we were last night we were back on the road by 8:30AM this morning.  We headed out of Lexington and was back on US127 at Frankfurt at 9AM.  Today we didn’t accumulate very much milage because there were so many places to stop and shop.  We found several places with dozens of vendors.  We bought more stuff for our booth and one or two things for ourselves.  the weather was beautiful, it was clear, breazy and much cooler than yesterday.

Here’s a few photo’s:

All The Best,

Wayne & Dianne

Before the sun came up we were on the road, heading out of Huntsville on Hwy 72 (5:30am), then through the countryside to pick up US127 north of Chattanooga.  Around 9AM we stopped in Dunlap, TN where there were a lot of venders.  We made several more stops as we proceed north on US127.  Just south of Pikeville we encountered a really bad thunder storm, so we drove into Pikeville for lunch.  While we were eating the rain stopped, so when we finished eating we drove back south to pick up where we left off.  By the time we got to that point it had started raining again.  We turned back north and the rain continued until we passed through Crossville.  Somewhere north of Crossville the rain stopped and we were able to stop and the vendors that had uncovered their wares after the rain.  We started looking for a room for the night in Danville and found everything booked solid, so we detoured to Lexington.  We’re in for the night, and since it’s late we’llsleep in a little before getting back on the road.  The sale so far has been very enjoyable, even with the rain.  We’ve been able to pick up several items for our booth, a few for gifts and some for ourselves.

Here’s a few photos from todays journey:

All The Best,

Wayne & Dianne

Another great day in Huntsville.  We visited 3 thrift stores and one antique mall today and picked up several items for our booth.  We had lunch at MacaroniGrill, that was a nice change of pace.  We’ll be off to an early start tomorrow morning on “The Longest Yard Sale”, US 127 corridor.  We’ll head over towards Chattanooga and pick up US 127 neat the Tennesee/Alabama border.  We’ll be including photos in our post of the longest yard sale.

All The Best,

Wayne & Dianne

We’ve had a great day in Huntsville.  We visited Packards Antique Mall today.  It’s a very large antique mall with a wide variety of dealers.  We picked up a few bargains for the booth and a couple of things for ourselves.  We also visited the Arc animal welfare thrift store and found a few things for the booth.

All the Best,

Wayne & Dianne

We left home around 8:20am and started north.  We traveled country roads to reach I-65 then proceeded north thru Montgomery.  We made a side trip off the interstate to Prattville where we visited 2 indoor fleamarket/antique malls.  It was a good stop we managed to pick up a couple items for our booth before going further north to Peach Park.  At Peach park we had a great BBQ pork lunch and some supper icecream.  back on the interstate we head north towards Huntsville.  In the Birmingham area we ran into rain a few times.  The thermometer in the van registered 103 degrees as the outside temperature before we entered the rain shower and within 3 minutes it was registering 73 degrees.  After we passed through the shower the temperature steadily rose back over 100 degrees.  At the next shower it dropped from 101 to 76 then back up inot the high 90’s where it remained until we reached Huntsville.  We’re here in Huntsville until Thursday morning when we start the “Longest Yard Sale.”  We’ll probably visit several antique malls here in the Huntsville area during the next two days.  We’re enjoying our visit with friends here in Huntsville.

All the Best,

Wayne & Dianne

We’re off again.  Tomorrow we head to Huntsville, AL where we’ll visit friends for a few days before starting the “Longest Yard Sale”.  The Longest Yard Sale occurs the first weekend in August each year, stretching from northern Alabama to southern Michigan along US127.  We’re looking forward to finding more items to place in our booth the “Right Stuff” in the Blue Moon Antique Mall in Pensacola, FL.  We’ll be posting comments and photos along the way.

All The Best,

Wayne & Dianne

We’re going to go on “The Longest Yard Sale” US 127 from Aniston, AL to somewhere in Michigan.  It’s the first weekend in August.  We’ll start in Alabama and see how far we get. 

We’ve added the stuff we bought on “Antique Alley” US11 (weekend after Mothers day) to our booth in the Blue Moon Antique Mall in Pensacola, FL.  When you visit the Blue Moon be sure to see our booth : RS (Right Stuff).

Thanks for veiwing our blog.

All The Best

Wayne & Dianne

Last night we decided to stay in Gadsden only a few miles south of where we stayed last Thursday night.  We found a clean comfortable well kept motel, Days Inn at I-59 Exit 181.  We had a great nights sleep and got off to an early start home this morning.  We traveled backroads and scenic by-ways, including visiting the tallest mountain in Alabama.  Of course this took longer than usual to get from Gadsden home, but it was worth it.  We’re back home now, until our next travel adventure.

scenic overlook

old building

clouds

Until our next travel adventure,

All The Best,

Wayne