Towns in the hill country take turns hosting Trade Days on selected weekends during the month. Our closest is Fredericksburg, the third weekend each month. Since the weather was warmer than it has been, we decided to spend Friday at what we thought would be the type of event we experience in Ohio and even in North/South Carolina. We found things to be quite different. The site had several barns divided into sections and rented out to vendors. Carpet remnants covered the uneven dirt floors. The wares for sale included antiques, clothes and one booth selling jelly. Beyond the barns, we expected tables with vendors selling a variety of things including produce and maybe cheese and meats. As you will see, that did not appear.
These small structures house a variety of goods for sale...antiques, candles, cigars
Then there are open yards full of everything imaginable.
The variety goes from the strange...
to the down-right scary!!
Okay, back to something less creepy. The bike is flanked by the skeletal remains of two old lounge chairs. The display is on the roof of one of the shanties.
Beyond the $3. for parking, we spent nothing.
It was our mutual decision to drive to town and eat lunch...passing on the Trade Day example of a "food court."
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