a backroads wander.....finally!

It seems like months since I managed some backroads therapy......and with temps hitting almost 70 and the sun shining bright (and the need for fresh merchandise) there was no way to resist, so I headed southwest through Georgia and down to Montgomery.

(Pictured above is the beautiful Meriwether County Courthouse tower in Greenville, GA)

We did some good pickin' around Montgomery and headed north on Hgwy. 231 and found this cool place.





The owner, Mr. Jones, was really nice and let me take pictures--it was much bigger inside than you could imagine, and totally filled with endless treasures--- which were so well organized (unfortunately almost always an indicator of higher prices).

Mr. Jones told us he lost about a third of his inventory in a tornado a few years back and hasn't bought anything since, which makes it hard to imagine what he USED to have!

He has EVERYTHING....and lots of it!!



I think the movie set production people should check this place out!


I REALLY wanted this clock.......



In Tallassee, we took a detour just before crossing the Tallapoosa River and Thurlow Dam to see this interesting abandoned building--I'm not sure what it once was, but I'm guessing a mill of some sort by the riverfront location.



I would SO have to play here if I were a kid in this neighborhood!

I forgot to get a shot of the river, but it was really pretty and wide, with old abandoned mills and bridges along it---makes you wonder what was once made here, and where we get those goods now?



A little more roadside dereliction on the way to Auburn......
It was a quick trip, but we got lots of great pickins (mostly smalls) at great prices in the malls and little places along the way---although I'm agonizing over what we had to leave behind because of space limitations (mostly bigs)!! (hmm....wonder if I could just run back over there today with my truck and be home by night?)