Travelers Rest Resort
Dade
City, Florida
Friday,
February 19 and Saturday. February 20, 2016
75
F, sunny
Saturday
After
TK, Mary Lou, and Scorchy had a pancake breakfast supporting the TRR Carpenters
Club, we all drove off for Mt. Dora and Renningers Antique Extravaganza with
over 800 outdoor and indoor booths covering 117 acres, about an hour and a half
away. Linens, postcards, baskets, Fiesta, fine glass, fine pottery, primitives,
vintage and antique furniture, mirrors, garden items, collectibles, jewelry,
military items, buttons, dolls, brass, copper, coins, and on and on.
Renningers Antique Extravaganza
Renningers Antique Extravaganza
Renningers Antique Extravaganza--food area
I
talked with a lady in the Renningers office who told me that they get about 10,000 people a day when they
have the Antique Extravaganza. I logged 4 ½ miles on my Fitbit while at the
show. I know it isn’t Brimfield in Massachusetts, but TK won’t be taking me
there anytime soon. For years I have
been looking for syrup dispensers and finally this year there were 4 different
booths that had them! I bought one, as well as a small pressed lead glass dish
with a divider for our variety of olives we have at Thanksgiving. Total spent:
$15. Mary Lou, on the other hand, bought 4 wrought iron chairs with padded
seats—vintage and well made. Scorchy bought a set of classic record albums.
As
always, TK and I had a Gran Arepa,
the mozzarella filled corn pancake.
On
our way home, we stopped at Popeye’s
in Zephyrhills for a bucket of chicken to eat when we got home.
When
we got home, I found a brown anole (lizard) in one of the chairs in the cabana.
I was not happy about that. Scorchy removed it, but I wonder if it was around
for a while. It wasn’t large (6 inches long), but I did not like it.
Writing
this reminded me about something at Renningers. Believe it or not, many people
choose to bring their dogs to the show, either on a leash or in a dog carriage.
Many people. Why would you do that? Unless dogs are now interested in antiques.
From German Shepherds to the little fluffy dogs. Plus I saw one man with an
iguana on a leash. An announcement was made by Renningers for a man to report
to his truck about his dog. Apparently he did not show up right away because
about a half hour later, they announced the man’s name and said the sheriff was
waiting by his truck. Very definitely sounded like he had left his dog in the
truck and that might be against the law.
I
think most everyone is here tired out, but I am going to walk to the library to
post this. It is a nice evening (7:30 p.m.) and I like the fact that I can walk the 10 minutes to the library!
Friday
Yesterday
was mostly a TRR day—garage sale in the morning, Genealogy Club at 10—two
people spoke about two genealogy software programs, RootsMagic and Family Tree
Maker. For lunch we decided to take a drive to Brooksville and Bayport Inn for seafood. I do think we
liked Dan’s Clam Stand better, but the food was good. Nearby we stopped at a waterfront. Without a
map, I am not sure if this water is connected to the gulf, but I think so. There
was a small boardwalk with fishermen. In the distance we could see crab
traps—presumably blue crabs.
I
told Tim I should push him in the water and take a photo to add some excitement
to the blog. He replied, “Why don’t I
push you in and you can take a photo of me laughing at you.” So, R and B, sorry but it doesn’t get better
than this!
On
Friday evening we went to Blue Jay,
a nearby community, to visit my UCAHS classmates, Ron and Ginny. They are
staying in a 2 bedroom, 1 bath double wide with a spacious kitchen and living
room for $1000/month. They are enjoying February, but they said it rained a lot
in January.
TK’s Takes: There were more people than he ever saw at
Renningers today. And booths were in every space available—it was packed. He
liked the Popeye’s chicken, spicy but good.
It
seemed like more people participated in TRR’s garage sale last year.
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