“Don’t know if we will (make it to Celina), but we’re going to try,” said Church, who’s shopped the longest yard sale for seven years.
The World’s Longest Yard Sale — also known as the 127 Yard Sale — was founded in 1987 by a Tennessee county executive. It crosses six states: Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. The yard sale, which started Thursday, continues until Sunday.
The yard sale is intended to encourage people to bypass interstate highways, like interstates 75 and 71, to experience the scenic roadways and highways, and the small-town charms of communities like Seven Mile, where Church and her daughter were shopping Friday.
Credit: Nick Graham
Credit: Nick Graham
The deals are what draws her to the yard sale year after year, Church said.
“You can find great deals you can’t find in the stores,” she said.
In the past, she found deals on furniture, a cedar chest, clothes, mowers, back to school items, and crafts.
“(You can) anything you can imagine. You can find everything,” Church said of the year sale. “Sometimes you find things you don’t even need, but you want it. Most of the stuff you don’t need.”
