On Saturdays, here at the fairgrounds, one of the parking lots is set up for a flea market. I have no idea how many vendors were there...over one hundred, I’m sure. The other main parking lot was packed with cars.
Last year, when we stayed at this campground, we didn’t go to the market. I’d guess we didn’t need any fleas then. We still don’t, but we went today anyway! One vendor had garbanzo beans, still on the bush. That was the first time I had seen them that way. He picked a bean off a bush and gave it to me. I took the hull off and ate the bean. My opinion, for what it’s worth, is that garbanzo beans are better cooked.
The only thing I bought was a bag of homemade potato chips. When we traveled in Mexico all those years ago, I always bought them from the street vendors, who wanted to put hot sauce or lime juice on the chips. “No, gracias!” Today, the guy offered both condiments. This time I said, “No, thank you!” I’m north of the border now!
In back of us is a grassy field which also belongs to the fairgrounds. This morning there was a car show there. We didn’t go over to take a closer look, but we could see most of them from the motorhome. All went well until it started to rain at about 12:00.
The rain not only literally put a damper on the car show, but the flea market closed early and the parking lot cleared out quickly. A Legends car race was scheduled for the dirt track next to the big parking lot, but it must have been canceled. The car haulers left and there was no noise coming from that part of the complex.
The rain lasted for about two hours. It was really refreshing!
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