Hot Stuff!

Date: August 8
City: Somerset, KY
Odometer: 626.2
Soundtrack: Louvin Brothers, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton

[Note: Yesterday was crazy hot and by the end of the day we were wiped out, so I'm posting this Sunday night.]

After grabbing a quick breakfast bite at the Big Boy, we kept on crusin' thru Kentucky, and had many long stretches of no yard sales but lots of beautiful countryside. We did stumble across a few large field sales, which were basically private farms or small businesses that turned themselves into flea markets for the 127 Sale. Many of these were populated by prefessional flea market vendors; which we of course tried to avoid, since their prices were way too high - but some of them were just regular folks who just brought their old junk out to sell. It was really, really hot today - up to 95 - but it seemed like it was over 100, and it was definitely having an effect on us. Sales "in the shade" became more appealing than the open field ones, and long rides between sales in the air-conditioned car were essential. We still managed to find a few gems - including a bamboo breakfast tray (good for laptop), bag 'o trucks for Matthew, a groovy 1970's yellow desk lamp, and a huge cantaloupe among other things. Virgil bought a cool vintage framed picture of a train, a hurricane lantern, and a huge stick (for moving logs I think?).

By the end of the day we were near the town of Liberty, but all motels were booked solid around 127, so we had to drive a bit south and east to find vacancy in Somerset, KY. We got the last 2 rooms at the Red Roof, and cooled off with a Dairy Queen snack before hitting the sack.