Shopping

The old farmer and his wife spent a few days last week on a shopping/getaway trip up north. First stop was Schamburg. We hit Woodfield Mall, Ikea, Barnes & Noble, and Borders. Next day, we found an LL Bean store in Hoffmann Estates, and then spent a half day in one of my favorite stores - Cabela's.
The Granddaddy of all outdoor stores is Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Springfield, MO. I've been there several times and there is no store (or experience) like it. It is full of stuffed animals, huge fish tanks, and outdoor dioramas. But Cabela's is a neat store too, and I like their merchandise a little better, so I enjoy the store.

Then we spent a couple of days in Madison Wisconsin. We shopped the East Towne Mall and then found Rutabaga, a paddlesports shop. Its another neat store filled with canoes, kayaks, and all kinds of outdoor gear.

We then headed into rural Wisconsin in search of the "worlds biggest bookstore." An older couple runs it; he was a farmer and she was a college professor. After retirement, they turned their hobby of collecting books into a business. Their shop, sheds, barn, boat house, old school house, old house, and finally their old manure tank have been turned into bookshops.

The disappointment was that they were closed for the winter.

But we'll be back in the summer.

Here is the link to a youtube video about them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDAtNgjTRgM

The old farmer and his wife will probably be a lot like this couple some day with all the books we have!

We came home from our trip with a trunk full of stuff.:)

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 12:12