Day 141 - Roadside Stands - The Beth Lists

Day 141 - Roadside Stands

10/14/2016

This little shed selling fresh eggs, woven baskets and jam was so much more than just a roadside stand. It was an opportunity to engage with the Amish culture... just a little bit. It was in upstate New York a few summers ago and I was totally thrilled to tell the 2 young sisters that it had been my dream as a child to live with an Amish family. They giggled and I left with many homemade goodies!

Roadside Memories: Buying a basket from a sweet woman in the Missouri Ozarks. She fell in love with Baby Heidi and gave her a rag doll... My sister and I stopped along the road in Arkansas and bought a jar of honey from a man in overalls... Also in Arkansas, Don and I stopped with our kids to watch a man at work with a chainsaw and ended up buying a chainsaw bear... Another Amish experience, but this one in the snow. I chatted with the bearded man and his horse and bought cookies and bread...

2 Comments

Kristi

11/1/2016 07:26:33 am

My first trip to England...on the canal boat while poor Jim was driving...again, this lady was selling fresh farm eggs. Adam or Jim asked me if I would get off the boat to get some. So, I did. Thankfully, the canal boat goes slow enough to catch up to later. Well, she was selling these homemade items. I bought two key holder wall hang things with these beautiful flowers. I love it and still have it hanging for the dog leashes.

Recently, we were on our way to Astoria from Portland. We saw these clever road signs about stopping for coffee. We chuckled and said that we had to stop now. And we did. It was this little drive thru shack off the road. It was raining, but we got out anyways. We bought tea and coffee and breakfast buritos (they were okay). But the conversation was lovely. We talked about my hatred (and her sister) of cilantro and being allergic to pencilin. It was too funny. And perfect.

Beth

11/2/2016 01:09:14 pm

Oh, I just love that you stopped at both of those places, Kristi! The drive thru coffee shack sounds so odd and fun. It's the people that make the memories. I'm so glad you and Jim can enjoy these adventures together! Thanks for sharing!

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