So the show we were getting ready for was kind of a bust. Attendance was down and consequently sales were too. However we had a great time. Management of the show realized there is a problem and they are working on it for next year. Moving to a different venue, big name concert, etc, all thoughts they were telling us about. We'll see. The new venue is twice as far away so we've kinda committed to going one time to see how it goes. The other thing is we both like to compete in these deals and would love to compete together and never have as someone has to watch the store......We'll see maybe soon. Neither of us competed this year although my son did. Anyhoo Little pictorial. Lots of leather work to see.
I'm an early riser and was up before everybody else. We were camped down below the area where we were to set up, so I started unloading some of the booth stuff from the trailer and loading it into the trucks to haul up above.
Here's where we were:
I was able to get this stuff all loaded in our truck without waking anyone else:
The rest was gonna be loud so I waited till everyone was up. All the booth panels still in the trailer:
Our friends Cara and Tyler"s trailer. Tyler was out and getting going:
Our trailer and Nichole was up and started breakfast:
Our ranching partner Steve and his little trailer. He likes his coffee the old fashion way on the fire. We've got a Keurig in the trailer:
Cara was up and helping with breakfast:
Both gals had Horsewright water buffalo belts, knives and sheaths on:
Meanwhile Tyler and I got the rest of the booth loaded on their truck:
So then we went up top and set up our booth in our assigned space in the vendor's tent:
There was another "jackpot muley" roping starting at 1 pm on Thursday the day before the Pro Am starts but they also assigned the pros on Thursday so we like to be set up for that. It was a wise decision, as we sold 3 or 4 knives and some other stuff, roughly $1000 worth, before there was any other vendors even beginning to set up. Sometimes the early bird does get the worm! Towards the end of the day our young friend Emma showed up. She was camping down with us below too. She was also properly attired:
Thursday night was steaks. Our own grassfed beef. We did 4 Ribeyes, 2 NY Strips and a Tri Tip. The girls and their Horsewright damascus knives:
I'll keep posting more of this tale as time allows.