26 - 27 Sept 2015 Pennsdale VFD, Pennsdale, PA

**Boondox** · August 18th, 2015, 11:54 AM

Day one 9-5
Day two 9-4.

Halls/Pennsdale exit off I-180 just east of I-180 and the Lycoming Mall

As my info has it.
Looking forward to this one as it's been a long dry summer.
I hear it's good.
Comments/corrections?

**Boondox** · September 8th, 2015, 04:18 PM

Anyone?
Does it exist.
Take a lot of money? Take a little?
How's the parking , that can be important some times.
Will I need 4x4 if it rains?
Getting close and I am excited.

**Noah_Zark** · September 8th, 2015, 04:40 PM

Parking lot is paved. Overflow parking is on the road berm out front.

The show is in the VFD social hall / meeting room on the upper floor and the truck garages on the ground floor.

This show tends have narrow aisles and get very crowded, especially during the panic buying of pre-elections and the post Sandy Hook frenzy.

Many dealers here will be familiar from Bloomsburg, Harrisburg, Lancaster / Lebanon, Gettysburg, Centre Hall.

Not sure where you are from, but prices tend to be higher in central and eastern PA as compared to western PA, in my experience, and I find prices at Pennsdale to be comparably higher than to what I am accustomed here in western PA. So as far as how much $$$ to bring, that depends on what you are looking for.

There is usually one dealer with bulk ammo and GI surplus items (member HECTOR THE DOG). Not a lot of vendors with parts.

It's a 2.5 hr one-way drive for me, and I've stopped going due to the crowded aisles and comparatively high prices. But that's me.

Have fun,

Noah

**Boondox** · September 8th, 2015, 05:32 PM

That's exactly the info I am looking for.
Crowded , narrow aisles means I get to throw elbows SWEET!
GI surplus items AWESOME!
Not looking for anything special. Won't know it til I see it.
As long as the coffee is hot and comes in a cheap Styrofoam cup , I'm good.
The reason I had been looking for this is , I got to Morris every year.
And last time there a vendor mentioned this Pennsdale place and said it was like Morris.
It'll be about 2.5 hours for me to.
Sort of sad the parking lot is paved.
Nothing like a good rained out ball-field full of cars that need pulled out to give the trip a little extra something special.

**Boondox** · September 26th, 2015, 09:09 PM

I went.
Had a good time.
I did not think the aisles were too narrow and there was very little in the way of a crowd.
Many of the vendors said it should be more crowded but blamed it on the Penn State game.
Did some horse trading , bought some smalls and ate , FYI , the ice tea is NOT sugared.
Overall it was pleasant.