A beautiful drive until we got to somewhere on Interstate 81 in West Virginia - sat in traffic for two hours - hardly moving at all. Finally decided to stop in Martinsburg for the night and leave early Friday for Pennsylvania. We spent the night at Cracker Barrel - nice quiet area. Watched a movie - nice evening. We did run the generator all night since it was hot and humid. Very comfortable evening.We were on the road at 5:15 AM - determined to make it to the sale this time. We got to Bird in Hand (yes that is the name of the town) just as the sale was starting. I have never seen so much mud in my life - it must have rained all day Thursday. They were putting sawdust down by the truck loads. A real Mud Sale! There were several tents with auctions going on - selling horses, carts, buggies, tools, furniture, antiques, flowers, saddles and Quilts! Lots of quilts - all kinds of quilts. Big ones, Little ones, new ones, old ones. So much fun looking at all the quilts and talking to all the nice people.
I think we may have to have some kind of intervention or something - we absolutely can NOT continue to go to these sales! We don't seem to be able to resist the beautiful quilts. I know - it is weird since I make quilts - why should we want more? I think it's because I know how much time and hard work goes into a beautiful quilt. And Ken bids more often than I do - he really should be helping me resist! I really hate to put into writing how many quilts we bought - but maybe that will be the first step to our recovery! We bought 5 quilts - large quilts - beautiful hand quilted quilts. I don't have pictures yet - check back later.
One of the quilts is a beautiful whole cloth quilt. It really should have sold for three times what we paid for it. After we bought it, an Amish lady sitting right in front of us turned to me and said, "That was my quilt". She was so nice and so pleased that we loved her quilt so much. She gave me her name and permission to put her name on the quilt label. I told her that I realized how much work was in her quilt and how beautiful it is. A very special quilt. But where oh where will I put all the quilts?
We made a (probably very wise) decision not to go to the Mud Sale on Saturday. It was in a town a few miles away - Refton. We drove by on Friday afternoon and decided to keep driving so we wouldn't be tempted to bring home more quilts.
We were exhausted by the time we survived the closed streets and Rotaries so we found the closest Walmart for the night. We always ask permission - and they're always so nice. Sometimes they cannot allow overnight stays because of city ordinance or not owning the lot. When that happens they go out of their way to tell us where we can stay nearby.
We stopped by The Round Barn - only 8 miles west of Gettysburg. Unusual and rare - huge round barn built around a silo. They sell fruits and vegetables and all kinds of crafts and unusual foods. We walked up to the second floor and took this photo. Bet it was fun to watch this barn being built. Check it out at roundbarngettysburg.com.Good to go - good to get home! Elsewhere took good care of us. Oh - I almost forgot! I drove Elsewhere. Decided it was about time. I kept it between the lines! Fun.
