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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  9/7/2010 09:35 AM,EarthNSky wrote:
>  Free stuff...
> Got websites?

I saw the subject and thought you'd cast off your chains & wondered 
what you were going to do now that you were free? ... silly me <g>.


We went camping in the VW at the Packwood flea market this weekend 
http://www.visitrainier.com/pg/event/30/Packwood-Flea-Market , took 
two of the grandkids. I didn't find much (a sloped sided cast iron 
pan, looks perfect for flipping eggs) but enjoyed looking at the 
people and 'stuff'. My first trip thru it reminded me of markets I'd 
seen in movies & on the tube from far off places.

There were a LOT of sellers there, camping at their selling site for 
the long weekend. A tent or RV next to the sales tables, maybe a camp 
stove set up towards the back with a pot of coffee going or lunch and 
EZ-UP shelter or two or four over everything. Almost anything you 
want in the mile long flea market, not just both sides of the street 
but in large clusters of sellers going from the street. It took over 
a full day to walk by everything at least once.

Not much in the way of  farmers market stuff at Packwood, there were 
some sites on the way in, one was selling live chickens. As I walked 
around I thought of the things tvo used to talk about doing in the 
homestead shop.  Packwood is just Memorial Day and Labor Day 
weekends. I remember a big one in Roseville, CA (just outside 
Sacramento) and have heard of large ones in Grand Prairie,TX and 1st 
Monday Trade Days in Canton,TX.


I wondered if anyone else had really big flea markets in their 
area?  Anyone use flea markets to make part of your money?  Growing 
vegetables, chickens & beef for yourself takes skill, selling the 
extra for needed cash is another learning curve.

Big ones are fun to go to as a customer (it's entertainment if 
nothing else), as a seller you have a lot of customers AND a lot of 
competition.



Rob

becida AT comcast.net
Western Washington State, USA