Rock Bottom Turnip Price

I got Gala’s goodbye letter in the mail today. She also included her picture with the letter.

Gala's goodbye letter.My turnip prices were awful last week, but this week, they’re just ridiculous! They’re falling further every day, and now they’re down to 23 bells! That’s the lowest I ever recall seeing them.

Reese: Currently, I'm buying each turnip for 23 bells.They can’t keep falling forever, though. This has got to be rock-bottom. I’m expecting them to rebound sometime soon…maybe tomorrow? Spikes do seem to come on Thursdays sometimes, so we’ll see.

Outside, Rolf was remembering the days of being a kid, when his mother would reward him for yardwork with some sweet potatoes.

Rolf: You see, when I was a kid, I'd often gather up the leaves around my yard and then eat some sweet potatoes.And then he realized his mom would “trick” him into doing yardwork without even being asked.

Rolf: Some days...I'd help out without even being asked! Hey wait! My mom totally tricked me! Gah!There was a camper at the campsite, and for once I actually had a spot to ask the villager to move in. However, the camper was Anchovy. He’s kind of cool, but I didn’t really want him in my pizza town.

Anchovy: I'm here camping in town, so you'll be seeing me around for a bit!Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Alrik from Vookie was my most recent dream visitor.

Squishy informed me that her dream town of Cosmic has been updated, so I went to check it out. Rosalina’s house now resembles the ship from Super Mario Galaxy.

Squishy's Super Mario Galaxy themed house.For more pictures, see the freshly updated Cosmic Dream Adventure.

Wendy informed me that Oakville’s Re-Tail was buying turnips for 197 bells. I still have a feeling that my turnip price will rebound soon, but to play it safe, I sold half of my turnips in her town. That way I’m guaranteed not to lose any money this week.

Reese: Currently, I'm buying each turnip for 197 bells.I don’t visit Oakville very often any more, but I caught up with Gaston.

Gaston: I gotta hand it to you... You really find time to travel, don't you?Wendy wanted me to visit Eugene (my arch enemy), who recently moved here from Wendy’s other town Pawnee. However, I had no interest in speaking to that slimy punk! I even took it a step further by digging holes around his house to protect everyone from him.

Digging holes around Eugene's house.I started to ask Wendy if she wanted to shop in my town, until I realized my stores had just closed. Oops. We hung out for a few minutes and then she ended the session for the night. Thanks for letting me sell turnips, Wendy!

Goodbye Gala

Copper informed me that an animal set up a tent at the campsite, so I went over to investigate. The camper turned out to be Wolfgang. Shouldn’t he be getting ready for Howloween instead?

Wolfgang: Sometimes it gets a little miserable sleeping in a tent... But that's all part of the experience! GAHAHA!He may have been in a tent, but Gala was in boxes. So to speak. She’s moving out and this is her last day in Forest. So I went to say goodbye to her.

Gala: Did you come to help me move?She said she hopes that we meat meet again someday. I’m sure we will.

Gala: I hope that somewhere, someday, we'll meet again, pork chop.Saharah was in town today, so I hired her to decorate my house. She installed a regal wall and a basement floor in my main room. Not a good match.

A regal wall and basement floor.And (much) later on, Wendy came over to talk to Gala and adopt her.

Wendy speaking to Gala.I spoke to Gala again, and she confirmed that she’s moving to Pawnee.

Gala: By the way, I decided to make Pawnee my new home!Wendy likes Gala a lot, and she was very happy to take this little piggy all the way home. It was time for the Shrunk Funk Shuffle!

Jeff and Wendy dancing.After that, Wendy went up to shop at my stores. I tried on a monster mask at Able Sisters, and Wendy said it was an improvement! How dare her! 😛 Even if it’s true. We also talked about Virtual Boy of all things, and then I soon ended the session for the night. Enjoy your new piggy, Wendy!

Explorer’s Day

Today is Explorer’s Day (Columbus Day) in the North American version of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and Isabelle can be found at the event plaza. She hands out sailboat models to commemorate the occasion.

Isabelle: It's a sailboat model! With it, you can really get into the excitement of Explorer's Day!If you haven’t seen the sailboat model before, this is how it looks:

The sailboat model in New Leaf.King Tom doesn’t have Explorer’s Day in jolly ol’ England Tomville, so he came over to get a sailboat model of his own.

Tom41 from Tomville has just arrived in Forest.There’s also a face-cutout standee for the occasion, so Tom and I boarded Kapp’n’s ship and set sail.

Tom41: Row row row ur boat.After our short voyage, I continued to water my flowers. Tom was having some router problems, so he didn’t stick around very long.

A bit later on, Octavian randomly offered me a rocket for free. I appreciate the gift, but is there a reason for it? Is he trying to tell me to leave the planet?

Octavian: You said you wanted a rocket, didn't you?Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Jerome from Jedric was my most recent dream visitor.