Sunday July 9, 2017
I awoke this morning with every intention of riding my bike at sunrise. I don't really know how I can go to bed so late and wake up so early, refreshed, and ready to take on the day. The intention of riding my bike left me quickly when I stepped outside and felt the chill of FIFTY-SIX degree air in my face. No I did not bring any sweats, fleeces, or snowmobile suits. This was summer for chrissakes--I guess the cold front blew through. I found coffee, a warm cubby and chose to update the blog instead :)
Vicki had told us about Lewisburg and the street of 100 shops. Avery and Jen were excited. I wasn't, but Avery had not found a place to get very cool presents for her friends yet, and it was something to do (on Sunday nontheless), so we headed out around 9AM to check out the flea market and the street of shops. GT stayed home of course. Thirteen year old boys aren't interested in shopping. At all.
We were hungry on the way and it was a 40 minute drive or so, so we stopped at Perkins Pancake house (a staple while up north) for some breakfast and coffee. About 9:45 we hit the shopping place.
Lewisburg is a very cool town. I only know it from driving through it and stopping about every 10 feet due to bustling growth and traffic lights on Hwy 15. This time we made a turn to the city and found the shops.
It was very cool, over 300 vendors / consigners who all had booths. We couldn't even explore it all, as there were nooks and crannies; aisles, and so many different rooms. I was on the hunt for older cameras--unfortunately they were all overpriced, but Jen and Avery really liked the place, and were able to buy things or get ideas. Hell, I even took pics of stuff for ideas when I actually feel like crafting! We hung out there about two hours just checking out stuff. As we were leaving I noticed an old rusty train bridge and just had to double-back and park and get pics. Avery and Jen were both interested too as it was in a type of park. An impromptu photo shoot? Yes please. I was able and happy to get some great shots of the bridge up close, along with Avery and some modelling pics in front of these old utility railroad and power time stoppers.
Avery wanted to walk on the bridge, even though there were fences telling us it was a bad idea. For me, it was the amount of bees in the overgrown grass that made me stop and take the pics from afar. I used my 100mm and some old legacy glass for some of the shots.
There was a Goodwill store on the way back near a flea market which used to be awesome, but is now like all the other crappy flea markets. Just vendors selling china garbage with maybe one or two rooms of stuff which barely interests any of us. I'm not real sure why Goodwill stores are opened on Sundays, but this one opened at 11am and the timing was perfect to check it out. I did not have any luck with cameras so far on this trip, but figured this would be a good place to try.
I went in with Jen and had a quick look around, as we were supposed to go to Ernie and Alicias house around 1 to swim and have a BBQ. Nothing. BUT, just as I was leaving I glanced at the glass case at the register by the front door. There it was--a tan what appeared to be camera case in the display. I stopped. Jen had already walked out of the store and got in the van. I waited patiently for the clerk to help me, giving Jen the 'i'll be out in a minute sign' thinking it was nothing. There are usually old video cameras in these bags. Not this time. Inside was a meticulously kept Minolta X700, with a Rokinon 35-80mm F3.5 lens, flash, impeccable 50mm 1.7 prime (none of mine are in as good condition as this one) and a film winder for continuous shooting. $25. Sold.
I was glad to get this because I could use the legacy lens on my Canon EOS M b/c I have a lens adapter for minoltas. I couldn't wait to shoot it! We left (all happily) and headed to town for one more stop before heading to the BBQ.
We arrived at Ernie and Alicias around 2pm after going for a quick bike ride downtown for coffee. The food was wonderful, and GT got to swim, as did I. The water was cold, especially when the sun went behind the clouds, even though the temp from the heater on the pool read 80 degrees. We had a lot of fun catching up. Speaking for everyone except Avery, who spent most of the time in the 'florida room' trying to fix her friends arguments. I'll be ready for age 17 to subside any time now.
We hung out with Ernie Alicia, Dave, and Vicki at Ernie's house for about 3 - 4 hours. Afterward, we left and headed back home. Got in a late evening ride and retired to bed early.
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