Now, you must know, I am a bargain shopper to the max.....and this bothered me that there was a great sale, on something that I use a LOT of & I couldn't get to a Joann's.
But then, WE DID THE MATH........
to make it worth it for us to go out of town, to get to a Joann's, I would have had to purchase over 100 skeins to even break even........due to gas prices!!!!
I can go to my local Walmart & pay 30 cents per skein & only drive 5 miles to get there.....and I go there once a week anyway, for groceries!!!
I no longer felt bad that I couldn't get to Joann's!!! I felt so thankful that we have floss back in town....when Walmart stopped selling it, I HAD to go out of town for floss.....
On Sat., we did use some gas & go out of town, but not to a town with a Joann's. We visited a State Park we have never been to. It is called Ouabache......I bet most of you have no clue how that is said! I sure didn't.....
The first trail we chose was a 6 mile trail, that wrapped around the entire outskirts of the park. We started by a pen of bison...they probably had a dozen of them in this huge pen. We passed a lake, a pond, several different types of trees, just nature's beauty at it's finest.
As we got back to the bison, we saw a family looking for the bison...We told them they were at the back of the pen and asked if they were going to walk the trail. The man just laughed at us.....no way was he walking a 6 mile trail. He showed us the radar on his phone & there was a huge storm rolling in....he said about an hour away.
We ate our lunch & decided it was probably time to call it a day. We didn't want to risk getting soaked. We had no more than loaded the car up & started to drive to the park office & the rain started....
It was a great morning walk.....I could have walked a lot more, but oh well!
No stitching most of the weekend, but I hope to have an update soon....I have gotten about 1/2 of the female oriole stitched but do not want to show her like she is.
I will post a couple of my favorite pictures from the state park for you to enjoy. The last picture is a fire tower. This was used for watching for fires in the town, many, many years ago.
12 comments:
very lovely pictures..
thank you for sharing..
have a lovely week x
What gorgeous pictures you shared of your time in the park!
Robin in Virginia
Looks like you had a great time. You did know that Wal-Mart matches sale prices from other stores - right? Sorry to have made you a bit green. I was just tickled pink!
I'm so jealous of any of yous in the US when it comes to dmc . We pay about the equivalent of about $1.40 a skein here in the UK!
Your walk looks lovely!
I almost drove down to Joann's this weekend, too, Shari, but the thought of wasting all that gas just for floss made me think twice, too!
Lovely walk through Ouabache (and no, I have NO idea how to pronounce that!!)
Great pictures, Shari!!
Yes, i am still around...so sorry been way toooooo busy...
Back from vacation and had work six days in a row, just had 2 days off but now's over...so quick!
Hope soon...it slows down a bit or else i need to give up my work!
Just post some pics on my blog/facebook of our week break in Turkey.
Lovely pics.
Love the pictures - they made me feel I was on that walk right there with you. The yellow flowers were especially stunning! :)
I have been to this state park many times as a child. I need to get back there again. Thanks for reminding me.
I'm also glad about Walmart! I had to go 30 miles for floss too. On my recent trip to DC I bet I walked way over 20 miles!
You can always email me...I would have been happy to pick up what you needed. Your weekend trip sounds wonderful!
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