Well this is the third year in a row that I have gone on the US 40 garage sale.  I usually only go about 40 to 50 miles one way and then back the other side.  Today I went West on 40, through Lewisburg, Richmond Indiana and turned around in Centerville Indiana and headed back.  I found some goodies, pictures after tomorrow.  I am going to go East on 40 tomorrow morning.  Probably end up around Springfield or a little further, depends on how it goes.  These long garage sales are pretty commercialized.  There are a lot of dealers, flea marketers that might only come down a dollar on something.  I want the real deals, that’s why I usually leave the main road if someone has a sign pointing down a side road.  I have done better at those.  Richmond Indiana downtown is a neat place with a lot of little shops and stores along the way.

Richmond Indiana “Downtown” heading west

Headed through Richmond on US 40

These people were setup here last year and it doesn’t look like they sold any of it, the same old over priced stuff.  I would think people would get tired of hauling around the same stuff from sale to sale.

This was the first stop of the day

Now this is the kind of sales I like, people like this are just emptying out everything trying to either get rid of it quick or make a dollar.  When they have stuff just thrown everywhere, I seem to do a lot better, but not this exact sale, I didn’t buy anything.  My Dad picked up two nice big boxes of Lincoln Logs for 5 bucks.  This lady said she just cleaned out her storage space and this stuff “needs to go”.

I love sites like this, they are ready to sell anything

This house here, I thought ohhh yeah here we go, nope….All they had done was bring some of their antiques from their booth they run in an antique mall.  They were even telling people that.  It drove me nuts, neadless to say I didn’t spend much time here.

Errr...Antique Dealers faking me out

Saw this lamp at a sale and these two older ladies were talking about who in the world would want this in their house.

Don’t know about this lamp, Reminds me of a Muppet Head, I don’t know why…Its the first thing that came to my mind

These sites are 10×20 feet and rent for $10 a day.

This is what a typical space along the 40 sale looks like

On our way back into Lewisburg you always have to stop at Sylvia’s Grey Barn.  She is an older lady that helps run an antique shop in Lewisburg and keeps all her goodies here.  She is one of the nicest ladies.  If you ever get a chance to stop in Lewisburg, check out her store, she loves to meet people.

Sylvia’s Grey Barn

Here are some views of all the stuff she has accumulated over the many years she has been collecting and dealing in antiques.

I am headed off early in the morning for my East bound trip….More to follow, hopefully