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pmccool's picture
pmccool

On the road

We've been traveling. It seems a bit odd to say that we are vacationing, since we are retired, so “traveling” might be the better verb.  Last week we were in Nashville, TN.  This week we are in Sapphire, NC.  

Today we took a little ramble down to Highlands, NC just to poke around a bit.  On our way, we came across this business that is one part furniture store, one part antique store, and one part reclaimed architectural bits store.  I won’t try to estimate how many parts might have been junk.  From a bread perspective, they had a stack of strapped pans from some long-defunct bakeries:

 There were also several dough troughs scattered about, like this one:

Some of the other specimens were in much rougher condition.  

There were other “treasures” too numerous to mention.  Happily for my pocketbook, none of them followed me home, although there was a very close call with a bench.  

We’ve also managed to see a few of the numerous waterfalls in the area:

Paul

Comments

HeiHei29er's picture
HeiHei29er

Enjoy your travels Paul!  

pmccool's picture
pmccool

Happy to be back home this evening, though.  Thanks!

Paul

Benito's picture
Benito

It is lovely that you're travelling and enjoying the world again.  Have a great time Paul.

Benny

pmccool's picture
pmccool

Even more so to experience new places and people.  Keeps life interesting.

Paul

albacore's picture
albacore

I'm not surprised you didn't get your wallet out, Paul. 275 usd for that dough trough seems a bit steep!

Lance

pmccool's picture
pmccool

They also wanted $45 for a single set of the strapped pans.  I found something else to do with my money. 

Paul

albacore's picture
albacore

Unless such places expect a good haggle ending in a substantial price reduction?

pmccool's picture
pmccool

but I don’t know that we could have gotten to a mutually satisfactory number, had I pressed the negotiation.  As it was, I didn’t want it badly enough. 

Paul

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gavinc

Happy traveling. The best finds are off the main routes. I would find it hard to go past the dough trough; a treasure and a rarity over here. Have fun.

Cheers,

Gavin

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pmccool

It was certainly an antique and it was priced accordingly.  Now, if I were baking large batches and didn’t have a mixer, it might have been a different story.  But I don’t, so I left it for someone else to find. 

Paul