It was a beautiful day today. Lots of sunshine, fresh air and the temperature was perfect.
This is a tourist town. We left the trailer at the Church so we could get around town. We went to the bank and then across the street to a pasta place. It was good food.
Our sale was different. After the first hour we had almost no customers. The pastor got busy on his phone. Within the hour we doubled our sales. It's so nice when we get help like that. Apparently everyone is out of town this week.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
May 5 Blanding, UT
We found that if we drive down through Arizona to get to Utah, from Colorado, it's an easier trip. There's not the mountain roads with the 8 - 10% downhill grades.
By the time we stopped in Colorado for fuel and WalMart for water, then again in Arizona for more fuel, we didn't have time to find dinner. So we bough a couple of our TV dinners off the truck and had that for our other meal. Much better than nothing.
Our two hour sale became a four hour sale. We'll start later next time. They just straggled in.
After the first hour, we ran out of propane and there was no electricity available. So I had to do all the rest of the sales by hand. This is the first time that's happened to us. Everyone was so kind and patient with me.
We had time to visit with my cousins, Joyce and Joel and their family while we waited for customers. They are doing such a neat missionary work here with the Navajo Indians. We're always inspired after we've been with them.
Since we're staying in motels, we drove on to Blanding for the night. The one motel in Monument Valley in UP a narrow dirt road that semi would never fit on. The trip was about two hours. We'll figure out something different next time. The road is two lane, has 8 to 10% grades (with curves at the bottom) and it was dark. And it was at the end of an already long day.
After we got here, I had to enter all the sales we had tonight and cash-up. It's almost midnight now.
By the time we stopped in Colorado for fuel and WalMart for water, then again in Arizona for more fuel, we didn't have time to find dinner. So we bough a couple of our TV dinners off the truck and had that for our other meal. Much better than nothing.
Our two hour sale became a four hour sale. We'll start later next time. They just straggled in.
After the first hour, we ran out of propane and there was no electricity available. So I had to do all the rest of the sales by hand. This is the first time that's happened to us. Everyone was so kind and patient with me.
We had time to visit with my cousins, Joyce and Joel and their family while we waited for customers. They are doing such a neat missionary work here with the Navajo Indians. We're always inspired after we've been with them.
Since we're staying in motels, we drove on to Blanding for the night. The one motel in Monument Valley in UP a narrow dirt road that semi would never fit on. The trip was about two hours. We'll figure out something different next time. The road is two lane, has 8 to 10% grades (with curves at the bottom) and it was dark. And it was at the end of an already long day.
After we got here, I had to enter all the sales we had tonight and cash-up. It's almost midnight now.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
May 4 Mesa Verde National Park
Jim climbing the ladder.
We decided to go to Mesa Verde National Park on our way to Cortez. The two towns are only about an hour apart, so we had plenty of time.
Just outside the park we stopped to drop the trailer. Jim went inside to ask where we could leave it. We found a relative of Sandi Bowman. I think we met her a couple years ago on our first run.
I never expected for these Indian Cliff Dwelling to be on the top of a mountain. The trip up was nasty. Look at some of the pictures looking down the mountain that show roads of where we were, just minutes before. Pretty scenery, just down right scary for me.
It's amazing to think people lived in these caves. This is Colorado high country. It must have been cold. They were probably snowed in months at a time. I just can't imagine.
Jim took the tour down into the cave. When I saw the ladder you had to climb, to get out, I decided to stay on top and take pictures. Jim said he was winded when he finished climbing out.
We got to our sale about an hour early. This time no one came until it was time to open. That doesn't happen very often. But we still had a full house and good sales.
May 3 Durango, CO
I was going to eat my breakfast in the truck. Jim ate the motel's continental breakfast. He came back and told me this one had so much more variety and he was sure I'd like it. So about 20 minutes later, I went over for breakfast. All they had out was chocolate muffins. Now that's what I call a great breakfast! They had already put everything else away, about a half hour early.
We worked about three hours in the truck. You'd think that once it's all organized and put away that would be the end of that. But after you sell thousands of dollars worth of stuff, there are big holes on the shelves.
We had a nice sale here too. The best thing was seeing Mrs. Schultz. I must have been about 13 when I first met her. We saw her son about a month ago.
We worked about three hours in the truck. You'd think that once it's all organized and put away that would be the end of that. But after you sell thousands of dollars worth of stuff, there are big holes on the shelves.
We had a nice sale here too. The best thing was seeing Mrs. Schultz. I must have been about 13 when I first met her. We saw her son about a month ago.
May 2 Durango, CO
What an interesting day. Lots of different things happened. First, Jim had a sale in the motel parking lot. A lady who couldn't come to our noon sale saw the truck, so she stopped by. She bought for her Church and for herself.
The sale in Farmington was super. Our sales were almost double from last time, and it was good then. We had customers still coming in an hour after we were suppose to close.
We were restocking the shelves when another lady came in. She saw the Bookmobile so stopped. She was a Seventh-day Adventist about 40 years ago. She remembered a book that she liked, but gave away and wanted to replace it. Of course, she couldn't remember the name or the author. But she told us about the book. We are going to try to find it and send it to her.
So finally, I started to cash-up. The first lady this morning forgot to sign her check. We called her, so she came over to sign it.
While we were waiting for her, another lady came in. She wanted the Bedtime Stories for her grandchildren. Her children grew up on them and loved them. We didn't have them on the truck, but showed her how to order them.
Our 3 hour sale lasted more than 5 hours! (sound like Gillian's Island?)
After our supper at Golden Corral, we drove on to Durango, CO. Jim always calls ahead to find a motel, with truck parking and hook-ups for electricity. The first place was clear through town (N). There was no way you could get a truck in there. Same with the second place on the opposite side of town (S). And the third place had truck parking but no electricity. We do need that electric for the deep freezers. All this took more than an hour. We finally found our new home for the night around 9:00 P.M. (W) Even at that, Jim plugged into our room and ran the cord under the door. (most rooms you can see light under and around the doors)
The sale in Farmington was super. Our sales were almost double from last time, and it was good then. We had customers still coming in an hour after we were suppose to close.
We were restocking the shelves when another lady came in. She saw the Bookmobile so stopped. She was a Seventh-day Adventist about 40 years ago. She remembered a book that she liked, but gave away and wanted to replace it. Of course, she couldn't remember the name or the author. But she told us about the book. We are going to try to find it and send it to her.
So finally, I started to cash-up. The first lady this morning forgot to sign her check. We called her, so she came over to sign it.
While we were waiting for her, another lady came in. She wanted the Bedtime Stories for her grandchildren. Her children grew up on them and loved them. We didn't have them on the truck, but showed her how to order them.
Our 3 hour sale lasted more than 5 hours! (sound like Gillian's Island?)
After our supper at Golden Corral, we drove on to Durango, CO. Jim always calls ahead to find a motel, with truck parking and hook-ups for electricity. The first place was clear through town (N). There was no way you could get a truck in there. Same with the second place on the opposite side of town (S). And the third place had truck parking but no electricity. We do need that electric for the deep freezers. All this took more than an hour. We finally found our new home for the night around 9:00 P.M. (W) Even at that, Jim plugged into our room and ran the cord under the door. (most rooms you can see light under and around the doors)
May 1 Farmington, NM
It's been a slow day for us. Just Bible study, reading and relaxing. It's still cool here, 50's, but a nice sunshiny day, with beautiful fluffy clouds. Jim even took a walk. My legs didn't want to go. They're older than the rest of me.
April 30 Farmington, NM
This was a very long day. We drove millions of miles to get here. And it felt like it took forever. Spring is over. We drove through winter today. It's been cold, compared to recent weather, the 40's. And in a couple places it actually snowed! Once for almost a minute! We were driving through 7000' mountains. But at the end of the day, we had a safe trip, good roads and a decent motel to stay in.
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