Layover

Well here's my tent, this is the 20' x 10 that I will setup outside, I have started using a 10x10' inside as most of those shows are VERY expensive... over 500 each most of the time.  I can use the gridwalls on each side and the back to hang alot of product.  I also have lights everywhere to make my tent light up.  I have also learned that signs make a big difference, people really appreciate not having to guess what the product is or hunt for the prices.

The leather is over 75% of my sales with the other items making up the difference, I figure the others are paying for the booth space while the leather is making it possible for us to be out here.

We made a long trip to wichita falls from lampasas yesterday, very boring drive on hwy 281.. it went on forever through the hill country of tx.  Very beautiful scenery but all the same... the little towns were averaging 400 people... and we went through a lot of them.  It's nice to be able to stay off the interstate, but sometimes the boredom makes us wish we hadn't LOL.

Peter has so far stablized in his morning blood sugars at 250, still very high but he's got to get used to it being lower than the 400's that it was... once that happens he'll see a dr and try to get it lower.  He is being very good at dropping sugars and carbs.  I also believe that once he starts getting out more and walking it should drop even further.  His whole family is diabetic on both sides so it was bound to happen and with the stresses that he has with taking care of us on the road it just happened now.  He's feeling a whole lot better though.

We will be taking interstate 44 up through OK and MO to IL over the next few days.  It's been many years since I've been through OK city, it will be interesting to see the changes.

We're staying here today also as we're waiting for some more product... I've got orders to fill and we just got in 12 hides that have to be sorted and matched for Peter to start working on. The weather is beautiful, not too chilly so I can pull out my bike and take Hoshi for some well deserved exercise.  I also have to sort out the trailer, it's very full and with the new product I have to rebalance the load.  We'll take off in the morning for our next stop. 

 Texas was not as fruitful a winter as we could have hoped for.  We'll have to go elsewhere next winter, probably back to Cal, but one never knows.  The trailer is getting very heavy with product and we're not sure that this RV can haul it up over the mountains... out here in the midwest and central, the mountains are just hills and it makes it fine... Peter says our mileage dips down into the 6-8 mile per gallon range and we can feel it lug.   One of these days a diesel pusher would sure be nice, just have to let the business pay for it.

I am trying to come up with different product ideas that dog people will go for... it has to be classy, reasonably prices and irresistable as well as unusual.

Time to get moving for the day...