October 31, 2012

View of the day-Today's road trip took us 3 miles from Dyersville to the movie site for "Field of Dreams".

It was another laid back day as we got a late breakfast in Dyersville, then did a bit of toy shopping.  The toy show does not officially start until Friday, but there are some places that are set up early, and Al figured there were bargains to be found. 

We started out in the TOMY store, filling up the back seat of the truck with cases of toys, then toured town looking for garage sales...we found only two, but there are sure to be more by the weekend.  We came out empty-handed from the garage sales, even though there was still some room left in the truck...no bargains yet.

Next we took a tour through the Plaza Antique Mall which was next to the toy museum.  This place is two floors of consigned...stuff...dolls, games, antique dishes and furniture...and of course, farm toys.  You can see the shelves at the top of the picture with all the toys on them and on the bottom, just past the cars are glass cabinets, all filled with treasures from various consignors.  This took a loooong time to go through and the only thing we came out with, were two programs for the weekend.  The first trip through most of these places is just a "scouting" tour...the real buying will start on the weekend...if the stuff is still on the shelves.

We took a coffee break at McDonald's...Marilyn managed to get the seniors rate on her beverage...there are some perks to "getting up there".  Now it was time to check out the items going up for auction on Thursday night.

The viewing was in a hall that was in the town park...the place where we had inquired about parking the camper and got no reply...so we were surprised to see five or six campers parked here and there on the grass behind the building.  Oh, well, we have big power, sewer and water...at least after the sun thaws out the hose...where we are now and they only have 110 power in the park. We're OK with that.

We strolled along the tables of toys that would be up for auction...Al said most of them looked better online, but is never one to miss out on a bargain...should there be one on Thursday.  Once that was done, it was time to head back to the camper and get the latest batch of boxes put away.

Tomorrow we will get to check some of the other places that will be opening up for the show, then Roger and Ken will show up from Canada and Al will get to take them on a tour of all the places he has been.

Marilyn will figure out a schedule for all the craft shows going on in the area this weekend.  Originally, Roger was coming down with his wife, Linda, so Marilyn would have had a travelling partner, but Linda decided to stay home, since Roger told her there was nothing to do in Dyersville.

And she fell for it...