Cars line the roads as far as you can see in any direction. Vendors begin setting up long before sunrise (so they can sit and watch the crowds while they hold their double barrell shotguns; see above photo). You can smell the livestock area from the street. Oh, Collinsville Trade Day. An event that Mark and his family have been going to since he was a kid. I was initiated long ago, but with this last visit, I just had to share. Should you ever find yourself in Collinsville, Alabama on a Saturday morning, c'mon by. Here are just a smattering of the treasures you can find:
- A man named Daryl (I know that's his name because it was airbrushed on his shirt)
- A Peacock (that I was told "needed me as much as I needed him")
- A Horse with blue eyes
- 1 million roosters
- Used makeup
- Opened pill bottles and boxes
- 22-caliber rifle
- Children selling puppies out of a fish tank
- Army camo gortex jackets
- A baby pig the size of a wallet
- Tomatillos
- Justin Bieber tshirt
- Diamond Alabama earrings
- Corndogs dipped in mustard
- Turquoise snakeskin cowboy boots
- Cajun boiled peanuts
- A sign advertising creamed oppossum
- A billy goat
- A reindeer made out of firewood
- A Bootleg copy of Jillian Michaels work out video
- People lighting their cigarettes from a burn barrell
- Funeral flower arrangements
- Pleather Auburn purses
- A house flag with a giant picture of Bear Bryant's hat
