A weekend adventure

by chuckofish

On Saturday three friends and I took a little road trip and crossed the Mighty Mississip into the Land of Lincoln and went to an art fair.

There were some very interesting booths–even a “mobile” vintage store. Quelle great idea, right?

There was everything from handmade baby shoes (cute!)

to holiday yard decorations made out of re-purposed pan lids. Even though I try to be green whenever possible, I passed these up. Great idea for you DIY-ers out there though!

It was a beautiful day for strolling around

and there were lots of exotic food choices. I chose the vegen rice bowl–yummy!

I collected lots of business cards from different artists, most of whom have Etsy shops to check out (at my leisure) later. Isn’t the variety of cool cards amazing?

Carla, our driver, had the super idea of going down the road to Eckert’s Farm in Belleville, home of pick-your-own apples. Becky, armed with her smart phone, navigated. Clearly lots of people had the same idea as there were hundreds of cars there on this beautiful Saturday and men directing traffic, but we got the Bomb Spot right by the door!

We did not pick apples, but we went to their huge country store and garden center. There were pumpkins galore

and apples by the bushel

and gooey butter cake!

I can’t believe I have lived (almost) my whole life here and never made it to Eckert’s before this Saturday. It’s always fun to do something new! What did you do this weekend?