Saturday in Blacksburg

As you may know, we are fond of Saturdays in this Manz fam. Particularly the ones where we can enjoy a farmer's market, good coffee and maybe a sweet bakery treat. Blacksburg has a farmer's market every Wednesday and Saturday that we have been wanting to visit and today was finally the day! They open at 8am which we thought was kind of late, I mean they are farmers right? So after Heath was up at 6am we waited for two hours then began our journey downtown (it's roughly a mile from our place).

Heath got this awesome wagon for his 1st birthday from his great aunt's and great uncle's families. This was the inaugural, out of the yard trip.

We arrived at the market close to 8:30am and there were very few people there. We thought it was odd that the aisles weren't packed, but the farmers at their tents were pleasant as we did a pass through. Everyone commented of course on how the wagon was the best way to experience the market.

We went to this little Italian bakery and cafe, Bollo's. It was only a block from the market and surprisingly not packed either. We picked out some items from the case. We got up to pay and with only a credit card and $5 cash, the owner told us she didn't take cards and our total was $11.07 "it's fine you eat your food and then you can pay- there is an atm across the street." We were grateful.

Cherry Almond Coffee Cake, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin, Cinnamon Roll

No high chair inside, but Heath didn't mind of course.

Also no changing table, but the wagon was our utility player for the day.

Not only was the owner sweet, their coffee and baked goods were delicious! We will definitely be returning. So by 9:30am we start to see a bit more people traffic walking around outside. We make another pass through the market to pick up some peaches (for a blueberry and peach cobbler) and the place had exploded with families, retired folk, strollers and music. Apparently 10am is when Blacksburg likes to wake up. No wonder the market didn't open before 8am. Heath played in the grass area for a bit and listened to the musician playing and watched the kids running around.

Heath started to get tired so we thought we better head home, that and it started to sprinkle. He was too tired to sit in the wagon, he wanted to be held. So after I got my 22 lb arm workout the first half back, dad took over here. Going...

Going.....

Gone!