One was this very chatty woman – within 10 minutes she’d told me about all the elected positions she held in the town and how she was the cultural liaison, director of the local art gallery and so on. He was holding court at the counter with two locals.
Inside it was nicely air-conditioned, which was great because it was 110° outside, and I started talking with the owner, who was an older gentleman who’d owned the store for 30 years and was very friendly. It was in this random town of maybe 700 people right in the middle of the desert. The sign took me about two miles off from the freeway, until there was a fork in the road and another sign. So I thought, “I’m going to follow that arrow.” That’s when I’d saw this yellow sign saying “THRIFT STORE” with an arrow. When I stop, I like to get out and stretch my legs and have a cup of coffee. I drive an electric vehicle so I had to stop halfway to charge it for 30 minutes.
I’d been in Las Vegas and was driving back home to LA across the Mojave Desert. Here, John shares the story of his ultimate barn find, which he randomly stumbled upon while driving through the Mojave Desert. I/trending 21641 The ultimate Rolex barn find in the desert: “I’ve been watch-hunting for 30 years, but never found anything like this…” Luke BenedictusĮDITOR’S NOTE: John Karambelas is the man behind an Instagram account that documents his watch-collecting adventures as he attempts to uncover old watches gathering dust in flea markets and thrift stores across America.
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