June 6 Ely, NV

This was it! Our last sale for the Spring run. And just barely in time, actually about a week late. Our sale was from 10 - 12:00 this morning. The trailer started out at about 93 and was 97 before we quit. It was suppose to get up to 112 by 5:00. Now that's HOT!!!

We curtained off the back of the truck, so we could keep the cab cooler for our drive. It took a couple hours even to get that cool. I don't know what the actual temperature here in Ely is, but it had to be 10 - 15 degrees cooler than Vegas.

We've had an excellent run. Our final numbers came in at 10% more than last fall, which was 25% higher than last year. The Lord has blessed us in so many ways, with the sales only being a part of it. It's exciting working for the Lord.

We'll get home tomorrow. Next week we're scheduled for one more trip to Montana, for campmeeting. After that we're having a family reunion at Yellowstone National Park. Then we'll have about 6 weeks to get ready for the Fall Trip. Our schedule makes me tired. But we still enjoy our work.

One interesting tidbit about our trip... When we started our trip in March until getting home now, in June, we have had more than a 100 degree temperature change. Can you imagine packing for three months, with that big of a change of weather? We should take almost everything we own. We pack in two suitcases and two handbags.

So check back the last of August if you'd like to take another trip with us. We would love to have you join us.

June 5 Las Vegas, NV

There's a fine line between a restful day and a boring day. I would say today was boring. It's hard to be somewhere, doing nothing, when you really want to be at home doing nothing.

I don't know how hot it got today, but I do know that going outside just wasn't an option. Jim went out to the trailer around 3:00. It was 107 in the trailer. He turned on the air conditioner. It's not big enough for the trailer. By 8:30 for our sale, it only got down to 90.

Surprisingly, it stayed around 90 during our sale. We were all hot, but it was bearable, almost. After everyone left, and we closed the door, it clear down to 89.5. I was looking for my sweater....NOT!

June 4 Las Vegas, NV

Not much to report for today. We drove back to Vegas. We had a bit of time to work on our Fall Schedule. That's not an easy project. We have to live with our mistakes, things like giving ourselves enough time to restock or to drive to the next sale.

I saw a sign saying it was 104 today. Boise is probably 40 cooler, and rainy. The middle ground would be nice.

June 3 Pahrump, NV

Yep! It hot here. It's only in the mid 90's though. There's only one room left at the motel we always stay at here. It's big and cool. Too bad we can't stay here the rest of the weekend. Actually it has mirrors all over the place, makes it look much bigger. It has a bar area that is bigger than our truck. It also has a whirlpool tub. It's too hot to want to set in hot water.

Not many people came to our sale tonight, but those that did bought big. Nice people.

June 2 Las Vegas, NV

We sold about $100. worth of product before we even left Wells. The Pastor and another family spent their money with us! That's a nice way to start the day.

We were on the road by 8:00. We got to Vegas about 4:30. Our sale was scheduled for 5 - 7:00. Customers were waiting before we could get the trailer open.

We had a real TV Star at our sale, Buck Weaver of the "Buckaroo 500" series in the 1960's. He is quite a guy and had lots of stories to tell. He gave me one of his books.

By 7:30 we had finished cashing up and securing the books for travel. Then a group of people came to the door and wanted to shop. One bought food and the others said they would come to our sale Sunday.

This has been a 12 hour day, then we went looking for food and a motel. The food was horrible and the room is great.

It's really warm here. Everyone is saying that by the weekend, it will be 107. I hope they're wrong.

June 1 Wells, NV

Wow! That was one fast week. And now we're back on the road. We only got as far as Wells, NV. We're at the foot of some mountains, and there's a lot of snow on them. It's jacket cold here. I'm sure by the time we get to Vegas, it'll warm up considerably.

We've already had an interesting travel experience. wells is a very small town with only one or two motels. We're in the classiest one, a Super 8. About a half hour after we got here someone knocked on our door. It was the pastor of the Billings, MT Church. We saw the Bookmobile and knew we were here somewhere. We had a nice visit with him. We'll see him again in a couple weeks at Montana Campmeeting.