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RoadTrip A Market for the Masses in Pennsylvania

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At Renninger’s Antique and Farmers Market, clear your curio cabinet

for such collectibles as rare Pez dispensers and World War II-era milk bottles.

The Antique Complex of

Fleetwood caters to every

budget, from $395 life-size

sheep to the dollar shed, where

a buck buys an old postcard or

a collectible Coke can.

The Toy Robot Museum in the community

of Stoudtburg Village will transform any

humanoid into a sci-fi fan with its 2,104

robots from the 1950s to the present.

At Fantasy Skating Center, spin your wheelson a wooden rink with a live organist or Top 40tunes as backup. Competitive roller JamesAlzate practices his moves during team practice.

Schell’s 27 Hole Miniature

Golf Course gives you more

than two dozen chances to hit

an eagle. But watch out for

ramps and a windmill.

Driver’s route

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With 375 dealers outdoors and 300 more inside,you could very well drop while shopping at theoriginal Renninger’s Antique Market.

Cover your head with a summer straw orwinter bowler from Bollman Hat FactoryStore, which has toppers for all seasons.

The sun’s hot but the water’s not at Blue FallsGrove Water Park, which has two swimmingpools and a three-flume, 36-foot-tall water slide.

Minivans may have replaced the Conestoga wagons thatonce frequented the Inn at Moselem Springs, but 155years after its construction, the restaurant is still cooking.

Prairie dogs, a giant’s tooth and an ear of corn are justsome of the limestone sights 125 feet below ground inCrystal Cave Park, the state’s oldest operating cave.

Baking pretzels is a family traditionat Tom Sturgis Pretzels, which hasbeen churning out the snacks since1861. Taste the Sturgis recipe witha bag or two from the factory store.

No waxy tomatoeshere: Load up onfresh produce atthe FairgroundsFarmers Market,which draws asmany as 60 vendors.

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WHERE: Berks and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania.

WHY: Market mania, Mr. Roboto and stalagmite vs. stalactite.

HOW FAR: About 40 miles, or one hour by car, from start to finish.

T o market, to market . . . 20,000 shoppers go.The Antiques and Collectors Extravaganza returns to Kutz-

town, Pa., on Thursday for a three-day shopathon that drawsmore than 1,000 dealers and up to 20 times as many buyers.The event, held three times a year, is a supersize version of Sat-

urdays at Renninger’s Antique and Farmers Market, a mall that openedmore than 50 years ago and houses about 250 vendors.

At the extravaganza, about half of the goods on sale date from the CivilWar to the early 1900s, from soldiers’ uniforms to amateur artwork andtaxidermied deer. Other dealers sell mid-20th-century items, such as Bea-tles memorabilia, that will send baby boomers into nostalgic reverie.And, of course, collectors of comic books, vinyl records and neon beersigns will find other aficionados they can geek out with.

Renninger’s originally opened as a farmers market, with Moyer’sFrench Fries and Dietrich’s Meats among the first vendors. Today, thereare more than 50 local food purveyors, including Plain and Fancy Donuts,whose pastries squish with white cream centers; Tom Sturgis Pretzels,which bakes its snacks in the nearby Reading area; and, yes, the french frygals, who cook their taters with the skins on.

The extravaganza’s location in Berks County is fitting. Berks and Lan-caster County, where Amish farms and strip malls coexist, are known fortheir roadside antiques stands and drive-by flea markets. “People in thisarea are used to shopping in markets, not malls or stores,” says BrianBlock, a field manager at Renninger’s Antique Market in Adamstown, asister market about 30 miles southwest. “Markets are centers of com-merce and community.”

— Ben ChapmanAntiques and Collectors Extravaganza: Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 8a.m.-5 p.m. The next extravaganza is Sept. 27-29. Renninger’s Antique and FarmersMarket, 740 Noble St., Kutztown, Pa. $15 Thursday, good for all three days; Friday $6;Saturday $4. 877-385-0104. www.renningers.com.

Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as are addresses and hours of operation (be

sure to check before you go). Have an idea for a trip? E-mailroadtrip@washpost.com.

MAP BY JEROME COOKSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; PHOTOS BY BEN CHAPMAN FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

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His expense-account-padded job as a New York

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What passage in the Bible

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by all means, ogle Ricci in her

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Singer H.R.’s spaciness

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Though Kulish vividly brings the men of

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remains something of an underdeveloped cipher.— Reviewed by Adriana Leshko

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then on, he’d look for her, and

that was all.”

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and falls in love in the same instant

“We’re shooting at the

CIA? You really got an

explanation that’ll cover this?”

— Able wants to know the reason for the duo’s bullet-

riddled car-chase reunion

The virtual dollhouse game

returns with the addition of easy

point-and-click Wii controls and,

as the title suggests, animals.

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