We reserved our tickets online and decided we could do this in one day, rather than have another hotel & dog boarding expense. We got on the road early, armed with coffee and granola bars, and headed back to Springdale.
The station was alive this time - completely opposite of the previous week. We enjoyed the little museum. The station was decorated for Memorial Day and the Veterans did a color guard presentation before the boarding call. It was a heartwarming start to our adventure.
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All aboard!
All the pictures on this post are from the cell phone. I didn't want to carry my big ol' camera & try to shop at the same time.
We love train rides. Two ladies, at least in their mid-70s were the hostesses. Bless their hearts, they worked hard juggling coffee and snacks. One of them gave a running commentary on the things to see along the way.
Unfortunately, there's not a lot to see between the two towns. Just a lot of the backside of the small towns the train passes by and hills in the distance. Again, it would be much prettier in the fall.
We arrived in Van Buren! Had a yummy lunch at Boomerang Cafe and then began the junk-festing.
Clearly, we were in Trump Country :)
The architecture is cool. 1800s kind of stuff.
There's so much wonderful history in these old towns west of the Mississippi. It's too bad most of them faded away. They were once thriving with business, outlaws, steamboats, gambling, music, hopes & dreams.
Junking was fun. Here's what I got...
This is the kind of phone we had growing up. I used to have nightmares that there was some kind of danger and I was desperately trying to call the operator but couldn't get the dial to go all the way around to 0. I told the shop clerk about it and she said she wouldn't want anything around that reminded her of a nightmare. I said I'll use it to face my fear, lol. If nothing else, these things are so heavy, you could knock someone out with it!
This vase is Polish crystal and it was only $6. I bought cobalt crystal candlesticks at a factory store when we visited Poland in the 90's. I thought it would go great with them, plus I loved the color & shape of the vase.
Here's the vase in my china cabinet.
I think this might have been a 45 record case back in the day. I'm going to clean off the rust & spray paint it to hold my embroidery software CDs.
What the heck is this and why would you buy it? Why, these are rusted bed springs! Who wouldn't want a few of these! Some enterprising individual knew somebody like me would come along and pay a buck apiece for them. They had a whole big basket of them.
I don't know why I'm drawn to rusted things. I love to photograph old, rusty junk. Maybe it's the color and texture. Maybe it's the history it holds. I can see these springs with beads & stuff woven thru them for forest fairy dolls. That's the plan right now, anyway.
As you can see, I'm not a true antiquer and definitely not a big spender! I just like to find stuff that can be repurposed for storage, art assemblage, or funky art dolls.
Depending on whether you scroll up or down, the last post is about Ft. Smith.
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