Another year has passed and last weekend’s 127 Corridor Sale went off without a hitch. Many buyers didn’t hit the sales hard until Saturday when the sun finally came out, leaving most of the deals to be had later than normal in the duration of the three day sale.

This year, at Mountain View Park, vendors seemed scattered out somewhat. Many of which disappointed in how the weathered fared for the weekend, but a good day Saturday made up for that.

One vendor has been set up at the park for several years and enjoys seeing and talking with the people who visit every year.

“It’s kind of thin,” Deloris Kemp said. “We’ve had a lot of visitors. We had a couple from England come this year and they were here last year. They said Lord willing they will be back next year. We’ve also had people from Virginia, Florida … It’s almost like they just make a trip out of it.”

Kemp, who shared a booth with Jean Thrasher, both originally from Albany, said they looked forward to setting up their booth every year.

“We had four sisters yesterday who were just having a good time,” Kemp said. “You do sell stuff, which is what you want to do, but you also get to talk to people and hear interesting stories.”

Thrasher said she loves coming to the park during the 127 Sale as well.

“I love it here. It’s just so nice and wonderful,” Thrasher said. “

Bobby Reneau, Mountain View Park Director, said things were slow during the early part of the sale, but people came out Saturday and it was standing room only at the park.

“We had cars parked up and down the road, you couldn’t get into the park,” Reneau said. “The vendors were very happy. If you can keep the vendors happy then that’s the main thing.”

Reneau said there were a couple more booths at the park compared to last year’s event.

Each booth at the park is $60 for a 20×20 foot spot and Reneau said he has several vendors tell him they are coming back next year.

“The day it rained, the booths in the Farmer’s Market did really well,” Reneau said. “Of course with it raining, people would go in there to get out of the weather and hang out for a while, so while they were in there they would buy something.”

The Farmer’s Market building will hold nine spots, but Reneau said there were only eight under the roof this year.

“They run $100 each, but you have a little more convenience with them,” Reneau said. “You are under a roof and you can lock up your merchandise every night. I already filled the ninth spot for next year, so that is good.”

With Saturday being the biggest day of this year’s sale, Reneau said one booth packed up early on Saturday because they ran out of items to sell.

“The tool booth said they didn’t bring enough stuff,” Reneau said. “They already secured a spot for next year, so maybe he will bring more items next year.”

Reneau said as a whole, he thought the weekend went pretty good, especially Saturday.

“Overall the vendors were pleased,” Reneau said.

With less than 365 days until next year’s 127 Sale, which will run August 4-7, vendors and buyer have a whole year to plan out their next adventure along U.S. Hwy. 127.

The array of items offered last week during the 127 Yard Sale was as varied as ever and included many vendors who were seeing brisk sales of flags, including the recently controversial “stars and bars” Conferderate battle flag, shown at this booth pictured above. In the bottom photo, Deloria Kemp had plenty of customers at her booth that was located at the Mountain View Recreation Park. She and her booth partner, Jean Thrasher, have set up at the park for several years.