What I Got at the World's Longest Yard Sale

Plus, my tips on how to take the trip yourself

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The World’s Longest Yard Sale has come and gone (until next August, at least, when it pops up again from Aug. 7-10). It was an absolute whirlwind which, if you know me, means that I loved it. I am the kind of person who wants to be overstimulated, all the time. I always joke that I need a vacation from my vacations because I rarely relax.

And the yard sale was no vacation. It was an up-at-dawn, hit-the-road, pull-over-and-dig-through junk extravaganza. If you aren’t down with that, you would hate it.

To be very clear: this is a series of yard sales. There are major vendor stops (with 25 or more vendors gathered in one location, like a county fairground or a field) and then there are just yard sales at homes all along the route (most of the route is along Highway 127, except for Alabama and Tennessee, which veer off that path).