The Kruse Auction

We headed to Gerry and Sandy’s house- and "Camp Runamuck". Gerry has full hook-ups in his driveway and it was wonderful to have our own private campsite. Gerry and Sandy had set up camp at the Kruse Auction in Auburn for the week. So, we got set up and drove over to meet up with them, take a tour of the auction grounds and get some greasy food stall gyros.

The Kruse Auction was quite an event. 100’s of motorhomes and 1000’s of people and cars everywhere. We watched a bit of the auction(s). In one large building, they had two auctions going simultaneously, moving cars through in 10-15 minutes. Outside, there were hundreds of vendors- selling car parts and accessories, a giant flea market (selling mostly junk) and food vendors (ala the Minnesota State Fair, without the stick).

Gerry was parked next to some TGO residents (in Prevosts) and we shared information about the status of Hurricane Frances. Good news- our house made it through Frances without damage (only a piece of siding blew off-and one of our neighbors put it back up). We may have lost one of our bottlebrush shrubs and had to throw everything out of the refrigerator (after being without power for days, we had Bunny- our house-sitter, clear it out). We were feeling very lucky -and hope that our luck will hold out for Ivan.