A Vibrant Farmers Market


The City of Billings Montana and its citizens actually support their Farmer’s Market.  They shut down 2 major streets in the heart of their downtown every Saturday morning.  It would be like shutting down 2nd Avenue East from 8th Street to 10 Street and 9th Street from 1st Avenue to 3rd Avenue every market day.  Can you imagine the City of Owen Sound and its citizens actually caring enough about its Market to do such a thing… probably not in my lifetime!

The Billings Market is vibrant.  It has tons of vendors selling almost everything you could imagine.  There were numerous vendors selling baked goods and breads.  It Looks like their rules are a little bit more relaxed than the Province of Ontario’s are about Markets…Do not get me started!!!  It had live entertainment on each street…not the riff raff we get in Owen Sound playing guitars (poorly I might add) for money.  The crowds were amazing.  This market had atmosphere!  A quote from the movie Field of Dreams comes to mind.  “If you build it, they will come.”  Hopefully with the redevelopment of First Avenue East and the Market Ramp, this will come to pass…I guess one can always dream!

Distance Traveled = 19 km.  Wildlife Sightings = None…that is what happens when you spend the good part of a day in the downtown of a city.


A Vibrant Farmer's Market


Elton John? ...maybe not, but not bad

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