Blog of Ortz

This past Saturday me and the family took a 30 mile trip to the little town of Cameron where they have an antique fair. The town’s 13 antique shops along with 300 other vendors (and food stands) all put their antiques out on tables up and down the side of the highway that runs through town.

About maybe 60% of the things being sold are actually antiques, the rest are things that just happen to be old, and new things made by local craftsmen like rustic tables and porch swings.

It took us about 2 hours to look at everything and we weren’t actually looking at everything. Not only that, we skipped a bunch of vendors. Actually, most of it was boring. There was plenty of cool old stuff to look at though, like old woodworking tools, 50-year-old license plates, Roy Rogers toy guitars. There were also quite a few things that I couldn’t identify at all. I really wish I brought a camera but I misplaced the battery charger for my digital camera, and my dad’s film SLR is pretty heavy. Actually, I didn’t think of bringing one in the first place…

I just had a cheeseburger and some fries for lunch, although the fries were really good. I got mine straight out of the fryer. I was so starving, though, that I didn’t really care. I can’t even remember what was on my burger. Also, I smelled funnel cake, I saw one person eating funnel cake, but I didn’t see anyone making it!! That was a bummer. Also, they didn’t have any of those cool flavored soft drinks (like Nehis) like they did last time. Another bummer.

So it was fun overall. I’m trying to think of something really cool I saw but I can’t think of anything right now. I guess that would’ve been the advantage of taking pictures.

Oh, I did see a dude in tights and colonial-era clothes.