Best Way to Spend the 4th!

"One man's junk is another man's treasure", as we find out every 4th of July when we go to the Chenoa & Towanda Flea Markets. This tradition began in 2004 and we are always curious to see what is being sold. We arrived in Chenoa to find that every year it gets smaller and smaller. Here is a pic of Ryan with his first purchase. (looney toons drinking glasses.....which we don't need)


Our next stop was Towanda. This flea market seems to be growing, but we think it's a bit over priced. Right after Ryan talked a guy down on a Coors beer pitcher we ran into Connie & George (Grandma and Grandpa Sweitzer). They are annual goers and this year his grandma was looking for new books. Here is another pic of Ryan looking at old coins.

Ryan wanted me to buy something, but there wasn't really anything that caught my eye.......EXCEPT for a green tulip lamp we saw back at the Chenoa flea market. But we had already left there and the lamp was $25.00. So I told him I wouldn't get anything this year. Judy ended up coming to Towanda with Greg and TJ. So we met them at "Kicks" for some lunch. I had a cheese burger/fries and Ryan got pig wings (he always gets the weirdest sounding things off the menu). The food was yummy, but I kept thinking about that lamp. So after we ate I told Ryan, lets go back to the flea market and if the guy is still there selling the lamp & you can talk him down to $20.00 I'll buy it. So off we were back to Chenoa.

Ryan- Can I take this lamp off your hands for $20.00?

Guy- 20?....ummm....I guess I can do 20.

SOLD!!

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but it's one more neat lamp to add to my collection :) After a Coors beer pitcher, 3 looney toons glasses, and a lamp we called it a day. Kori called and invited us to go with her, Chelsea, and Kristin to Bayou Bluff for a fun afternoon/night of canoeing and camping. We called Dan, another friend, to see if he would want to come with us. He said yes and we were on our way to the campsite. Kori had given me directions to get there. This is what happened when I relayed them to Ryan.

Me: Okay Kori called and told us to go past Cornell, take a left at the Camping sign, the road will curve and there will be a tiny sign that says bayou bluff, follow that past the horses and the entrance looks like someones house. Don't go down the hill and take a left at the park.

Ryan: Girls and directions....We're in the middle of the country, I'm sure we are going to see a million horses!

Me: Shoot I should have asked her what color they are!

We FINALLY made it to the site. Here are some pictures...

Sometimes the canoeing turned into walking....as you can tell by the ankle high water.

Happy 4th of July!!