Making Money in Bribs

Today I headed over to Merka’s town Bribs to sell some turnips. Kita was also there.

Hanging out with Merka and Kita in Bribs.Merka’s Re-Tail was paying a whopping 514 bells for turnips! I sold my 3,500 turnips for a cool 1.8 million bells.

Reese: Currently, I'm buying each turnip for 514 bells.I also had a little chat with my old buddy Drago.

Drago: Yaaawn... Is that you, Jeff? All right! I'm so happy you came to visit!While Kita went up to Main Street for a haircut, Merka started throwing beans at me!

Merka throwing beans at me.Kita returned with some cool purple hair; I let Merka and Kita catalog my headkerchief.

Kita with purple hair and Merka wearing my headkerchief.Merka then ended the session and I returned to Forest. I had enough money in my pockets to afford over 1,000 bags of fertilizer! (But I only bought the one, of course).

Leif: The price is umm... Ah yes! Right! It's 1,600 bells!I put my money into my bank account, and my balance soared past the 45 million mark. I’m not far from 46 million now!

Your current balance is 45,820,000 bells.Tom wanted to catalog the headkerchief too, so I opened up my gate for him. Merka also dropped by for a visit.

Me turning into a giant after eating a famous mushroom.We all went out to the island to go on a few tours. Tom selected a balloon-popping tour to get us started. We won the gold Tortimer award, but it only gave us six medals.

Tortimer: Wow! You must really hate balloons! Please accept this Gold Tortimer award and 6 medals!When we first got to the island, I said “no hammer tours.” The hammer tours seem rough on the circle pad (and my thumb), and since my replacement circle pad is twice glued on, I didn’t want to risk breaking it off again. But Tom apparently didn’t see that I asked for no hammer tours, and he chose it anyway. I told him I would sit it out, but maybe he didn’t believe me. So once it started, I just stood there. 😛 Eventually Merka joined me and we started hammering each other.

Me and Merka hammering each other on an island tour.Tom and Merka hit the thing enough times to earn us some medals (but only two of them, plus the bonus).

We also went on a dangerous fishing tour, where we had to catch things like sharks and piranhas. We returned to the mainland and I ended the session.

Later on, I headed up to the Dream Suite to try to update my dream town. Unfortunately, it wasn’t working. But Luna told me that Storm from Stardust was my most recent dream visitor.

Outside, I was walking around with my net out, catching some fireflies. And I met up with my first tarantula of the year. Sadly, I lost this battle.

Me falling and passing out after getting attacked by a tarantula.

Summer Solstice 2015

This morning, Joan was selling turnips for just 90 bells apiece. I believe that is the lowest price she can charge. I bought 3,500 of them at that price.

Joan: The asking price is 90 bells per turnip. What do you think, kiddo?Later on, Pete met me outside my house to give me this letter from Nintendo. Now through July 4th, a headkerchief is available at Nintendo Zone locations. It was previously only available in Japanese versions of the game.

From 6/21 to 7/4, the headkerchief is available via Nintendo Zone!I also received a letter from Dad. Today is Father’s Day, so he sent me some red carnations. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!

Jeff, How ya doing? Made any friends? Eating enough? Your mom is always worrying about you! -DadAnother letter contained some 3D glasses from Merka. Now I can see the world in three dimensions! And red and blue…

Me wearing some 3D glasses.And of course, today is the summer solstice: The day when the sun never sets! It stays sunny all night long! Molly said that an endless day means endless playing. Sounds good to me!

Molly: And an endless day means endless playing, ducky!Isabelle was at the event plaza to inform everyone of the special event. She also handed out some ladder shades.

Isabelle: Hello, Mayor! Today is the Summer Solstice, so don't expect to see the moon at all tonight!I put my ladder shades on, and then poked my head through the holes in the special face-cutout standee. I’m the sun, I’m the flower, I’m the sun, I’m the flower.

Summer solstice face-cutout standee. I'm the sun, I'm a flower...After finishing my walk around town, I headed up to Main Street. In the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Blossom from JamDown was my most recent dream visitor. And in the post office, Pelly gave me the headkerchief.

Pelly: Sorry to keep you waiting! I hope you enjoy your new headkerchief!I tried it on, but it’s not really my style.

Trying on the headkerchief in New Leaf.The good news is that it can be ordered from the catalog for just 480 bells.

Headkerchief - 480 bells.When I returned to town, evening had arrived…but you couldn’t tell that from all of the ample sunshine. The fireflies gave it away, though. It’s always weird seeing fireflies and other night bugs in broad daylight like this.

Fireflies out in broad daylight, thanks to the summer solstice.Enjoy your long sunny night! I’ll see you all next time!

June Bug-Off

The Bug-Off competition was held today, and Cally was out searching for bugs.

Cally: I need to find the perfect bug! I'm going to end this tournament with my net held high.Dizzy approached me and told me he was moving out of town on June 24th! I was not ready for him to leave yet though, so I twisted his trunk and made him stay.

Dizzy: I'm leaving on the 24th of this month.I grabbed a few bugs out of my dock box, and a goliath beetle earned me my highest score of the afternoon, 132 points. No animals surpassed that score, so I won the competition.

Merka came over to collect signatures, but I made her attend my ceremony. It’s not often I get to force my friends to applaud for me. 😛

Me celebrating a win in the Bug-Off competition.Merka was then free to collect signatures for her petition. I’m not sure what the petition was for, but I think it was a bit shady.

A silhouette of Merka.I ran into Kabuki on the street, and he was feeling much better now. He thanked me for the drugs I gave him, and he gave me a trunk measure as my reward. I’ll be sure to use it on Big Top and Dizzy.

Kabuki: I was suffering, but you helped me like my own mother would have!Lauryn was resetting her town tonight, so I let her store some of her belongings in my town until she got a town that she liked.

Me waving hello to Lauryn.She later returned as a very different looking character; I wasn’t even sure it was her at first! But I confirmed it was her, and she took her stuff home. Good luck with your new town, Lauryn!

When I updated my dream town, Luna told me that Spot from Spandit was my most recent dream visitor.

That’s all for tonight, but I’ll be back with another entry tomorrow. Believe it or not, it’s already time for the summer solstice. This will be the third one since the game came out…time flies, doesn’t it?

Notice: Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in Forest!