This coming weekend is our bi-annual (May & Oct.) trip to Monroe, Wa. & Snohomish, Wa. http://www.antiquesnohomish.com/antiquesnohomish.htm What started years ago as a trip to the Monroe Swap Meet for my husband, http://www.aarcbellingham.com/ has developed into a swap meet and antiqueing trip. On one of those long ago trips to Monroe, we drove down the road a ways and discovered Snohomish, the antique capital of the Northwest! http://www.myantiquemall.com/starcenter.html Things haven't been the same since ;-) My DH likes to gripe about it but I think he enjoys it. Besides, he gets to stay at the swap meet and my daughter & I go to the shops and a huge craft store that's in Monroe, so he isn't subjected to more "shopping" than he can handle!
My DH and I used to go by ourselves but somewhere along the line Tania discovered where we were sneaking off to! So now it's a family affair. Her DH comes along to peruse the rusty antique auto parts at the swap meet with "Dad" and we make a perfunctory cruise thru the meet to see if there's anything we can't live without. There's one building with "girl stuff" and there's some of it scattered throughout the many booths and stalls of car parts. Then we leave the men to themselves and we head to town.
Sometimes one or two of the kids come along. This time Nick, Tania's stepson, and Sydney, Tania's daughter (my granddaughter!) will be joining us. Hopefully there won't be too much whining about "not ANOTHER antique shop!" from sweet Sydney!
Last trip, in May, we were thrilled to discover there was an outdoor antique show in the center of old downtown Snohomish. I don't thing that will happen this trip, though. However, there's plenty to see and do without that. Almost every building lining both sides of 1st street contains antiques, or fun merchandise. We usually just hit the ones that really "speak" to us, looking for something we can't live without.
So, come Friday morning bright and early, DH and I will be heading over the mountain. Tania and her entourage will be joining us later in the day, to accomodate work and school schedules. I'm definitely looking forward to a getaway---DH and I have been working our heads off getting a rental house ready to rent. It's the one we lived in for 35 years or so, till we built a new house. Since it's such a pain to work on a house while you live in it, we put off a lot on needed repairs. Then we painted the whole inside AND outside, altho we did have help with the outside. So we're definitely looking forward to this weekend!
I'll be taking a few photos and hopefully have something to show on our return.
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