Fur Trading

So Tim and I went back to one of our favorite haunts last weekend...
Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin
This particular weekend was their Villa Rendezvous...
a fur trapping era re-enactment thingie....

Look at these cute re-enactors...adorable!

Oh gosh look! They even had a flea market at this festival! Shoooooocccckkkiiiing!! Hehehe.
This is our third year here...

This year, there were lots of cute doggies hanging out with the 1800's era fur trappers and the 2000's era flea market dealers too...

NO!
THOSE weren't the cute doggies! Duh.








THESE are the cute doggies....

Double doggies...love these cuties!!

Thirsty doggies.

Sweet brown doggie who was strolling with his human in a motorized scooter.

Cutie DOGGIES in strollers.

Cute little poodle doggie.

Doggie on the move.

Doggie I wanted to take home CUZ HE'S ADORABLE!

And cuties with lots of spots.

Hey!
I bought a boat!

This was a cool boat for sale at the flea market. The dude wanted $5000.

NO! Not that boat.
Too small. DUH.





THIS boat!

Okay, this barge was just kind of parked in the middle of a field outside of Prairie Du Chien.
Does this boat,
or does it not, look spooky!!??
(Scroll back up and look at it. Spooky, yes????)

Anyway,

the flea market was fun this year.

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More interesting stuff.

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The lower right hand guy is actually Stud Muffin aka Tim, for those of you new to this blog.

I wanted to buy that good looking guy in the lower right hand corner, but I already have one just like him at home. And work.

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There was all kinds of stuff there...tent after tent..but not too huge where it takes ALL DAY to get through everything.

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Shutters and trays and plants and pails and bikes and tools and just plain old weird stuff was abundant.

Does anyone need a cute green cupboard dry sink thing?

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Or gas and oil signs?

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How about Volkswagon hoods and doors?

Well, after purchasing a few things and grabbing some lunch,
we walked through the fur trading re-enactment area...

We saw lots of hanging furs...

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I was dying to know what was in that pot. Beans? Bacon? Buffalo? Tain't matter, I'd eat it.

And
campfires...

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There were Native
re-enactors...

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Trading shops..

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Hey! By the way, when you're stooopid like me and you have a brand new camera and don't know how to use it,
you will discover that several pictures you thought you were taking were actually VIDEOS,
hence those big black strips around those still pictures above. *sigh* Whatever.

OH! This was my favorite fur trading shop!!!
 Not a fur in sight. Just bright, shiny HANDMADE glass beads!!

Besides glass beads, they sold beautiful colored glass frames...

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And bright, shiny Christmas ornaments!



Hohohohoho.
Crap, isn't it time for Christmas yet??!!

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Well, we finally left Lucky Park after blowing a wad of money.
 (Probably $45)
(HEY! that's a lot to SOME of us :)

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And went to downtown Prairie du Chien to check out Pete's Hamburger stand.

This stand has been here for 100 years.
100 years!!!
The line is long all the time when they're open. They are definitely a beloved institution in this town.

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Look at this retro sports shop right next to it! 
Cute!  

A lot of stores have closed in historic downtown here.

Sad.

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This boat shop is still operating though,
with lots of shiny boats inside!

Well, after rounding out the day with a quick trip over to Marquette to visit our favorite store...the old Marquette Hardware Store...

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...we decided to go somewhere to grab a healthy dinner....

We failed miserably.

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHE!!!
Okay kids, thanks so much for reading today's post.
It took me fo-ever to write!!!
I appreciate it!
I seriously can't wait to show you the craptastic and some cool stuff we bought at this flea market!! 

Okay, so have a good Thursday ya'll!!!
Talk at ya soon!!!
P.S. Just so ya know...probably a million typos in this post...my apologies :) My proofreader is on vacation. HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR!
See ya next time!