Every Garage Sale Matters.

You ever have one of those days where "you just had to be there to believe it"? This is a story about one such day. True to form, we get up bright and early with no real plan and decide out of the blue, to go to Edmonton and spend the day garage sale-ing. Like weeds, these signs have been popping up more and more as the spring continued, so we thought it best to get a head start.

Lil blue is running like a top, and we are on our way. Several stops in the country along highway 2 made for some pleasant breaks but no real treasures were found. Carry on...

Just outside of a town called Morinville, an elusive little sign pointed to a sale across the highway. Of course I had completely missed the sign and didn't see it until it was too late to stop "Aren't we going to that one?" qquestioned Meryl. I was reluctant to stop and pull over, it was such a busy road and we had already passed it by half a km. "Just go, with your luck it will be the one sale that has a garage full of VW parts or something and you will forever regret not going" - I love that man's rationale. "Highly unlikely" I laughed, but pulled off the road to turn around just the same.
Upon arrival, we wondered what function this old decrepit building had served in the past. It was so long and narrow, we were left speculating about it's purpose and origins.
Inside was filled with all your typical G-sale items. Some cool things though, like an antique ring that flipped open and had a mirror inside. (score)
So here we are wandering around the first room, when my eye catches a handwritten sign "VW PARTS - BACK ROOM".
No flippin WAY!!! This is just too ironic for me, I call for Meryl's attention to the sign and he bursts out laughing!!! "Let's go"

The piles and piles of parts, everything from heaters to engines, seats, steering columns. Pretty much every thing except for a chassis. What a joy to rummage through it all. Mind you I don't typically need many parts for lil blue, I settled on a VW vintage Emblem as my memento of this day.

Moral of the story - Listen to Meryl on garage sale day, he knows what he is talking about....

Remember this story though, as it turn out I could have used some of those vintage parts the very same day... Stay tuned.