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Direct to you from Janet Simons, author of the Colorado Smart Shopper and veteran Rocky Mountain News shopping columnist.
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| A RUMMAGE SALE FOR LEAF-PEEKERS |
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Seasoned aspen leaf viewers know the third week of September usually brings the crescendo of color in Colorado. And that’s why the tiny burg of Gold Hill schedules its annual Bake and Treasure Sale for that weekend.
Elon Bar-Evan, the organizer of this year’s sale, says a round-trip route from Denver to Gold Hill through Central City and back to Denver through Boulder will take you through some of the Peak-to-Peak Highway’s most breathtaking fall foliage.
“From Black Hawk to Estes Park, the serpentine highway meanders through valleys and skims the top of ridges, taking the most scenic route at every turn,” he writes. “Take Colorado 119 from Black Hawk north to Nederland, then follow Colorado 72 to Raymond. From here, proceed on Colorado 7 past the 14,255-foot Longs Peak to Estes Park. Quaking aspens pop up in surprising places along the entire route.”
As for the deals, Bar-Evan says estate-sale-quality merchandise is offered -- “no junk.” Last year, he scored an antique velvet couch for $30.
He, of course, didn’t have to schlep that couch back to Denver on one of the steepest roads in North America. We city folk might want to focus on smaller items and on the “Bake” portion of the Bake and Treasure Sale. The town’s 200 or so residents have been baking up a storm in preparation for the sale, which runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Gold Hill Elementary School. (If you find the town, you’ll find the school.)
For more information, and to learn what will happen if it’s snowing on Saturday morning, go to http://goldhilltown.com/category/bake-and-treasure-sale/, call Bar-Evan at 303-317-3303 or send an email to treasure@goldhilltown.com.
Money earned through the rummage sale, by the way, pays for the town’s Web site and for its fire mitigation efforts, among other things.
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This is also a big week for consignment and fund-raising sales of gently used children’s clothing and other gear, so let’s get right to it.
Selected children’s clothing – some new with tags – is going for as little as 50 cents an item Saturday, Sept. 19, and Sunday, Sept. 20, at Little Tykes Trading Post, 15250 E. Hampden Ave., Aurora, 720-870-7191, littletykestradingpost@comcast.net. If the mom in your house is no seamstress, consider hitting the consignment and other used stores for handmade Halloween costumes. Little Tykes is only one of the many places that has a selection.
Another source is the sale for the Twin Connection, where a huge selection of outgrown clothing, toys, furniture, strollers, swings, high chairs, bedding, books, videos, and other children’s goods gently used by twins, triplets, quadruplets or other multiples is on sale from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. Sixth Ave., Lakewood. The $1 admission charge helps the Twin Connection provide support for its members. For more information, go to www.twinconnection.org/. Other sales of gently used children’s goods set on tap include:
Double Delights of Denver, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 19, Grace United Methodist Church, 4905 East Yale Ave., Denver, www.doubledelights.org, admission, $1.
Your Kids Closet Consignment Sale, 1 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 20; 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Sept. 21, The Wildlife Experience,10035 S. Peoria St., Parker, 720-488-3300, admission, $1. On Monday, selected items are half-price.
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| EQUIP FOR WINTER AT HOSPICE CARE AND SHARE |
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Winter sports apparel and equipment is reduced by 25 percent on Friday, Sept. 18, at Hospice Care and Share Thrift Shop, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-604-5353.
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The Denver Gem and Mineral Show runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wed., Sept. 16 through Sun., Sept. 20, at the Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St., with more than 300 booths selling or displaying minerals, fossils, meteorites, gems, beads, jewelry, gift items, books and lapidary equipment. The $4 daily price of admission also gets you into the Denver Coliseum Coin & Stamp Show, which is running concurrently at the Coliseum.
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