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
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Enjoy your travels Paul!
Happy to be back home this evening, though. Thanks!
Paul
It is lovely that you're travelling and enjoying the world again. Have a great time Paul.
Benny
Even more so to experience new places and people. Keeps life interesting.
Paul
I'm not surprised you didn't get your wallet out, Paul. 275 usd for that dough trough seems a bit steep!
Lance
They also wanted $45 for a single set of the strapped pans. I found something else to do with my money.
Paul
Unless such places expect a good haggle ending in a substantial price reduction?
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
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
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