Deland Flee and Farmer Market

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Deland Flee Market

This morning we headed out early to the Deland Flea Market with our neighbours Glen and Carol and their friends Dick and Carol. At the Deland Flea and Farmer Market only opens one day a week and attracts the true blue “junk” vendors. I estimate the number of vendors to be around 1,000 and they had their wares on tables, on tarps, in bin and boxes, you name it they had it! If you are looking for that one obscure item, I am certain you would find it there! In addition the fruits and vegetables vendors were also out in force. We did buy some trinkets and some very reasonably priced oranges, strawberries, grapes, beans and even potatoes. There must have been at least 10,000 visitors at this Market and you can imagine the chaos when the market closes around 1:00 p.m!

We left the market around noon and headed for lunch at the Daytona Ale House where we enjoyed food and cheap drinks ($1.00) on the patio and shared stories and laughs with new found friends. Denis was even able to watch is beloved Leafs play the New York Islanders on one of the pub’s many big screens. Of course it was a replay of the game played on the previous night (which the Leafs won 2-1), but hey, you take what you can when it comes to hockey in Florida.

It’s hard to believe that we will be ending our stay at the Daytona Beach RV in five days and head to our next destination which is slightly further south. We have been on the road for a month now and it feels like two weeks.

Tomorrow’s a big day. In the morning I have to go to the dentist to have a check-up of the tooth extraction and then it’s off to a place anywhere along the Atlantic seaboard to see the Discovery space shuttle take off for the last time at Cape Canaveral. We will take a picnic and enjoy the afternoon at the beach then see the shuttle go up around 5 p.m. and it will be the close of another day here in paradise.