Gas prices shouldn’t hurt Buy-Way sales

Lincoln Highway Association information

In spite of anyone’s guess on higher gas prices, shoppers will still want to fill their tanks for the Buy-Way Yard Sale August 4-6 and travel to more than 1,000 yard sale locations in Ohio.

“We actually saw an increase in participants two years ago when higher gas prices threatened us,” said Mike Hocker, Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway executive director. “Maybe that’s because the great deals, the ability to find virtually anything and a lot of clean, cheap fun made the event worth every penny of gas.”

This special weekend is the seventh annual Buy-Way Yard Sale along the Lincoln Highway in Ohio.  The event jumps across the border to West Virginia, parts of Indiana, Illinois and many of Iowa’s Lincoln Highway communities.

He also pointed out that a free Travelers Guide, featuring a map of the historic byway across Ohio, will be available to travelers at businesses along the corridor. The official byway website, www.historicbyway.com, lists the locations where the guides will be available, as well as many of the yard sale sites.

An “online” scavenger hunt, a contest that prompts participants to find a list of items, photograph them and e-mail the photo to the webmaster for their entry will again be part of the three-day event. The three top drawn entries of completed collections will receive “fun things to do for a year” along the ‘Lincoln,’ including overnight stays, tickets to attractions, gift certificates and free dinners.  A list of prizes and donors is available on the website.

“This three-day Buy-Way Yard Sale has not only introduced people from all over the country to the history of America’s first coast-to-coast paved road, but it also provides an economic boost to the hundreds of small and large communities that participate while serving the thrifty side of us who shop,” Hocker added.