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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 107909, member: 44&quot;]Has anyone done the &quot;World&#039;s Longest Yard Sale&quot; - the 127 Yard Sale?&quot; Supposily it stretches 690 miles from Michigan down through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennesse, touches Georgia and ends in Gadsdens, Alabama on US route 127. It last 3 or 4 days in August every year. I haven&#039;t been mainly because accomodations along the way sell out months in advance and it is too far away to drive to, do any of it and drive home in one day. It seems the sellers range literally from &quot;car boot&quot; along the road, home yard/garage sales to a bit of organized stalls/tents set up in parking lots. </p><p><a href="http://www.127yardsale.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.127yardsale.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.127yardsale.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.discoverlookoutmountain.com/yardsale.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.discoverlookoutmountain.com/yardsale.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.discoverlookoutmountain.com/yardsale.shtml</a></p><p><a href="https://www.tnvacation.com/triptales/worlds-longest-yard-sale-features-tennessee-treasures/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tnvacation.com/triptales/worlds-longest-yard-sale-features-tennessee-treasures/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tnvacation.com/triptales/worlds-longest-yard-sale-features-tennessee-treasures/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here in this area there are the proverbial mid-size flea markets every weekend in or at local auditoriums, etc.. They usually consist of 99.9% really cheap junk, Chinese knock-offs when the powers-to-be heads are turned, etc. If there was a true 100 year old antique in the lot, the heavens would open and Gabriel would be blowing his horn. In the fall, sometimes pretty good handcrafts turn up at some of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is a really big outdoor flea market the weekend of the 1st Monday every month about 100 miles east of us in Ripley, MS called First Monday Trade Day. It dates back to the 1890s That place is pure entertainment. Literally everything is sold there from fresh fruits &amp; vegetables, clothes, handcrafts, tools, junk, furniture, to goats, pigs, chickens, hound dogs for hunting, puppies, ducks, and on to cars, farm equipment, etc. Sometimes a few true antiques are thrown in. Back in the early &#039;60s guns were sold also, but today you don&#039;t see guns stalls/setups anymore. There are separate yards/areas for dogs and livestock. On Saturdays the place is mobbed. People come from over 100 miles away.</p><p><a href="http://www.firstmonday.ripley.ms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.firstmonday.ripley.ms" rel="nofollow">http://www.firstmonday.ripley.ms</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Probably the closest we have to the British &quot;car booth&quot; is someone stopped on the side of the road with their trunk open actually selling odd stuff displayed in their trunk. The &quot;stuff&quot; can range from home grown fruits and vegetables like watermellons and corn on the cob, cut-out wooden stuff and such, to Chinese knock offs and actual stolen loot. </p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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