Treasure....?

Well......what an adventure the trip to the "junk" store turned out to be......

Can you say....."middle of no where?"

You drive along beautiful NC16 north and cross into Virginia, catching views of the New River as you travel and all of a sudden there's a stop sign!!......whoa!!!

Intersection of NC16 and 58......and across from the stop sign is this place......you're not sure what it is.......a general store.....a gas station.......a car dealership....it's those three and more.....the era is early 1930's....truly this would make a good backdrop for some period film.....!

I asked the old timer at the door about the name of the area....Mouth of Wilson......and he launched into a story about Wilson creek flowing into the New River just down the road and the mills in the area getting their power from the creeks and river.......then proceed to tell me that everything in the store was marked as to price ...but.... the dust was free!!

After searching the two story building for about two hours ...... this is what i found.....

It's a small bowl/dish/cup......glazed milk white......about 1.5" in height and about 3" wide.

It looks like it's some sort of stoneware....don't think it's hand thrown......but...who knows....

This is what's printed or written on the bottom....But....hey! it was $.50 and is perfect for holding my Kosher salt......

Mom found a wooden toilet paper holder fashioned in the shape of a cartoon cat for $2.00
Dad found "another" vinyl briefcase to hold "another" file for $1.00
City Boy found a US Navy flag for $5.00

Then we found Motley BBQ.....also in the middle of no where for lunch......

All-in-all ...... it was a good day......



PS......don't worry Girl Child...i didn't let PaPa buy anything for the boys......