Southern Yard Sales

We really love yard sales in the south. When the weather starts getting warm. Everyone drags out their junk to sell in a yard sale.

Or if you have a garage, a garage sale. And we love flea markets.

I can understand why you would say a yard sale or a garage sale. If you have your sale in your garage, it's a garage sale. Or if you have your sale in the yard, well you get the picture.

But where in the world did the name flea market come from. I love going to them, but I do not remember anybody selling fleas. There is always someone there selling their puppies.

Never have seen anyone selling fleas. Back to us selling our junk.

My mom says that her little truck won't let her pass a yard sale. She says that as soon as she starts going by one without stopping, her truck starts trying to turn into it. She figures, why fight it.

Now you probably think you have some things in your house that nobody would even want to look at much less buy. But I promise you there is someone somewhere in the south who would love to put it on their mantle or hang it on the wall.

Every year in August, we have what has been called the worlds longest yard sale. It starts in a little town on the outskirts of Gadsden, Alabama and it goes all the way up to Ohio.

I not pulling your leg. To me this is the greatest thing next to barbecue ribs. It starts on Thursday and ends on Sunday.

And believe me when I say this is an event to see. There are literally thousands of people who come to sell their junk and people like me who come to buy it.

If you have ever been looking for something that would normally be hard to find. Look here. Now you might have to search through alot of junk. But it's there.

If you are wondering how it could be called the worlds longest yard sale, let me explain.

Well it starts in Alabama and winds its way up thru Tennessee and eventually into Ohio.

There is probably no more than a half a mile in between yard sales. When you go through towns there will practically be one at every house on the yard sale route.

You could be going along and all of a sudden come to an open field and there are hundreds of people with sites set up with their junk or antiques. What ever you want to call them.

So if you are looking to do something different this summer, come check our yard sale. Now it is family friendly, but anyone with little children know that after an hour in the sun, they get really grouchy. Just remember that if you want to bring the babies.

But if you do come, make sure to wear something cool, wear lots of sunscreen and a hat is always a good thing. Lots of dollar bills, maybe even pack some snacks. And if you are going to try and see the whole thing from start to finish, better make your hotel reservations early. Believe or not they fill up fast. And even if you don't bring anything to eat or drink. Don't worry there is always someone cooking something and they usually have a big cooler filled with water and drinks.

Last year I made it to Tennessee, but I had a family emergency and had to leave. But this year I'm definitely going to try to see it all. Oh I just remembered, I have got to call my friend Charlotte and make sure she is going with me. She is a yard sale junkie, and in the south that is a good thing.