Every year in June, residents along the scenic Highway 68 running through Kentucky and into Tennessee hosts the grand 400-mile Sale. Mile upon mile of booths, tables, front yards and sidewalks all be-decked with antique wares, vintage finds, personal items and a fair-bit of junk (for good measure) up for grabs. A veritable smorgasbord of possibility!
Oh yeah, and to make it better, Hwy 68 looks like this:
It meanders through picturesque fields of bluegrass cordoned off with
historic stone fences, traversing the Kentucky River palisades, passing
through farmland and nearby Civil War battlefields, all connecting a
ribbon of small historic towns.
Definitely not the worst way to spend a weekend.
Naturally, at such a heavily publicized and trafficked event its the good stuff goes quickly. It's an early-bird-gets-the-worm scenario. The soonest we could head out was Friday afternoon (it started Thursday), just in time for the weather to turn suddenly nasty. Fortunately we were rewarded with one of our better finds of the entire weekend from the fairgrounds in Nicholasville (more on that soon).
We made it from Lexington down to where Hwy 68 intersects with I-65 (about 140 miles). With all the stopping, pulling over and slowing down I'm not sure how anyone could cover the entire route in four days
The 400-Mile sale runs the first weekend in June - so if you didn't make it this year, you have plenty of time to plan for 2013.
I wanted to take great little snapshots of all our treasures, but with moving and work I just haven't gotten around to it. Rest assured there was tons of vintage kitchenware (along with loads of vintage luggage). But never fret, I'll leave with you a little sneak-peek at what's to come:
