some things we saw

On our trip we really saw some beautiful country. We covered ten states. On our way to the sale we went through Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and then we spent most of our time in Tennesee. Everything was so green and pretty. Grass everywhere. No weeds like we have.On our way home we went through Arkansas, Oklahoma,Texas, New Mexico, and then home. This is the arch that is in Saint Lewis. We crossed the Missouri river, the Ohio river, and the Mississippi. I could not believe how big the Mississippi is. The Arkansas line is in the middle of the bridge as you were crossing the Mississippi. Kentucky was a pretty state but I think Tennessee was my favorite. It was really beautiful.
We saw a big fire in Arkansas and there are big crosses on the side of the road. We saw quite a few of them.
This is it for now. There will be more to come.

Longest Yard Sale In America

I dont know how many of you have heard of the Longest yard sale in America, but we have been hearing about it for a couple of years. Hank got laid off in July and we wanted to go somewhere so we decided to try it out this year. It starts in Gadsden Alabama and goes 647 miles to Hudson Michigan. It only lasts for 4 days so there is no way you can cover it all. We are not big yard salers but thought it would be fun and we could see some new country while doing it. We had planned on going to Gadsden and going north but on our way we stopped at a tourist information center and ran into some people from Kentucky who had done it before and were headed to Crossville Tennesee where they were going to start. We decided to do the same thing. The yard sale is on what they call the I27 Corridor. As we got off on our exit there was a resturant right there so we had breakfast and then started hitting the sales. They were set up all over on both sides of the road.
This was one of the guys selling all of his treasures We stopped at this old time store. They had about 40 people in their parking lot and all around the store selling. It was a fun time looking through the store.

The first day of the sale, we only made it 18 miles. The second day 20 miles. Its for sure you cant go to fast or you might miss something. There will be more to come about our trip on another day.