August 9, 2014. Caledonia, N.S. Yard Sales.

It was advertised as 30 Kilometers of Yard Sale. It lived up to it’s promise. All along Highway 8 you could see Yard Sales all the way to Caledonia.. The most interesting aspect of the day was that every yard had 10 or more cars who had stopped to inspect the wares. And everywhere in downtown Caledonia was full of sales and cars. The place was hopping. A week ago, Ken and I went into Caledonia. The place was very quiet with few cars and even fewer people, The next day on Saturday, the place was full of cars, trucks and people. You could bardly find a parking space. What a change. The whole town was taken up with Yard Sales. Ken and I have tried to figure out where all these folks came from? The country? Liverpool? Annapolis Royal? And more importantly, why are all these people pouring over the items for sale? My friend Mary suggested that we should have stopped at the yard sales, just to see what folks are selling. She pointed out that the items for sale are different that what you would find in a Bethesda sale. We did note that we could see newly made furniture for sale so I suppose we made a mistake by driving right by. As we have just sold all our stuff at the farm we are not in the mode of acquiring anything more. But next time we find a 30 K. Yard Sale sign, we better stop. You just never know what we could find.