On Friday, I knew I'd be going out on a story with Karen because Joleene was out for vacation. As we sat in the morning news meeting and I overheard one of the reporters say this week was "one of the slowest" he could remember "in a long time," I realized we wouldn't be covering any significant piece of hard new.
But it was a fun day regardless because Karen and I went to Strawberry Farms in Clay for the major community garage sales the development holds every year. Many families and homes held garage sales, and as usual, hundreds of people stopped by the neighborhood for some bargain hunting.
Vendors told us people starting coming to their houses at 5:30am and continued throughout the day to scope out clothes, furniture, books, and toys. People parked a mile outside Strawberry Farms just to get in. Ice cream trucks were parked down the street to make the most of the heat and craziness.
We put an economic spin on our story, asking shoppers and buyers whether or not they think the economic recession is over, why they thought people were coming to the garage sales this year, and if there were more or less people attending than in years prior. As it turns out, there were mixed opinions on whether or not the recession was ending, but some did think there were more at the sales than usual since the cheaper, the better!
It wound up being a quick, easy story to turn, which allowed for a lot of girly bonding back at the station between all the reporters and made the day really enjoyable!
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