Flea Markets and Yard Sales

I don't remember that people in Kenya had much in the way of yard or garage sales and we didn't go to any in Switzerland. Today, we went to a flea market - basically, 'vendors' paid $10 to set up a table in the yard of an elementary school and try to sell their items. The $10/table went to the school and the proceeds of anything that was sold by the people they got to keep for themselves. The signs we saw said '9-1' and since we had other things planned, we got there about 9:15. To find about 6 people in the process of setting up/already set up. We were told we were 'early' - I asked what time it was - nope, we weren't early, they just weren't organized enough. We didn't see anything we needed and weren't going to stick around to see what else showed up. In the midwest, if you show up late, all of the good stuff is gone.

On the way home, we saw a sign for a yard sale so we cut over 1 block to find the smallest yard sale I had ever experienced. It was mostly toys and games; from a distance, Stephen asked 'Is that it? It looks like a lemonade stand." Yup, that was it and a mighty small pile too.