Flea Market Fun
We got up at 4:30 AM Saturday morning. Our truck was all packed, and as soon as we had a quick cup of coffee and walked the dog, we headed out to Ft. Worth. The traffic was light fortunatly because we hit a heavy rain storm about half-way there. We actually got to our sons house before he had left. He and my daughter were waiting for us. We had directions to get to "The Barn" in the Ft. Worth stockyards but it is much easier to follow someone. The Barn is just that, a cattle barn that is really used during the Stockshow. In the off season, it is used for a thriving flea market. There were quite a few activities so we anticipated a good crowd of shoppers. Of course it had to pour down rain........our luck, but it really didn't stop people from coming.
We set all our stuff up with no problems. The only problem was, that in spite of really good crowds, very few were buying..........lol. We made $16. Whoopie! It continues today and my son will be there hopefully raking in the money.........lol
We did hope for a lot more but we did have a ball. Our son had two older woman friends setting up on either side of us. They are really into flea markets and antiques. We enjoyed their company. We also did some looking ourselves. Nothing that caught our eyes but interesting.
Next door was an western auction. They had hundreds of wildlife mounts, both full body stuffed and heads/antlers as well as rugs. Some were absolutly beautiful, some very worn and ugly as sin. Our son was considering bidding on a gazelle head and a Kudu. He called after we left and said he didn't buy any. The auction is supposed to continue today, so we will have to see if he broke down and purchased one. I wouldn't be surprised.........
One of the vendors near us was so funny. He kept us entertained. Everyone was so nice and it was a very pleasant day.
We left the grounds around 4PM. Adam treated us to supper, it was an oyster bar. We had fried oysters and shrimp combo. Sarah had a crawfish sausage poor boy. Adam was going out after the sale and just had oysters on the half shell (which I shared) After that we followed Sarah back to the interstate. We got home about 6:30
Adam called this morning and he has decided to set up again next wk. So he will leave everything there. We did make a little more..........whoopie.
We set all our stuff up with no problems. The only problem was, that in spite of really good crowds, very few were buying..........lol. We made $16. Whoopie! It continues today and my son will be there hopefully raking in the money.........lol
We did hope for a lot more but we did have a ball. Our son had two older woman friends setting up on either side of us. They are really into flea markets and antiques. We enjoyed their company. We also did some looking ourselves. Nothing that caught our eyes but interesting.
Next door was an western auction. They had hundreds of wildlife mounts, both full body stuffed and heads/antlers as well as rugs. Some were absolutly beautiful, some very worn and ugly as sin. Our son was considering bidding on a gazelle head and a Kudu. He called after we left and said he didn't buy any. The auction is supposed to continue today, so we will have to see if he broke down and purchased one. I wouldn't be surprised.........
One of the vendors near us was so funny. He kept us entertained. Everyone was so nice and it was a very pleasant day.
We left the grounds around 4PM. Adam treated us to supper, it was an oyster bar. We had fried oysters and shrimp combo. Sarah had a crawfish sausage poor boy. Adam was going out after the sale and just had oysters on the half shell (which I shared) After that we followed Sarah back to the interstate. We got home about 6:30
Adam called this morning and he has decided to set up again next wk. So he will leave everything there. We did make a little more..........whoopie.
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