On the Road Again...

After nearly two months of attending to family matters in Arizona and Colorado, we are finally heading back out to do what we do best: show off our cool products to nice people at shows around the country. We're heading into Southern California for the beginning of April and will do several shows in and around the San Diego area as we evaluate the markets and determine which locations will be best for the remainder of our Spring road trip.

With lots of friends in the state we should have buckets of fun seeing and catching up of everyone's lives since our last visit. We especially hope to reconnect with our great friends Joe and Mary Kay Ghiglia in the San Luis Obispo area. There is a tremendous street market there which we'd truly love to get in. Anyone from there knows about this market and will understand our interest in being a vendor. Even if we don't get to display, we know we'll have a fun time with our friends, exploring the many and varied booths at that fair.

Once the weather turns warmer in Colorado, we'll be moving back to our home state to engage ourselves with several markets around the state. In June, we'll be doing one of our favorite shows in Salida, Colorado. It's a four day river festival, FIBARK. This remarkable weekend celebrates everything river sports related. It is the oldest river festival in the country and is a huge, fun time for a ll whom attend. We we there last year and really had a ball. Check out fibark.net for detailed information about this festival and come on down to beautiful Salida for four fun-filled days in the sun. Hope to see you there.

We've also been looking into shows in Buena Vista, Colorado and some select shows in the Denver area. We'll keep you posted on our plans as they solidify. Our Saturday morning farmer's market in Steamboat Springs will be our most regular venue and we hope many of you can join us in the high country for a get-a-way weekend on the continental divide.

Our summer looks like a busy one with our first two grand-babies due and all the activities that go along with that. We're really looking forward to that as well as to getting back to Colorado. During this winter, we will have pulled our travel trailer over 7,000 miles and visited 13 states, from Colorado to Key West, Florida, then all the way to San Diego California and back to Colorado! Our truck has pulled our load without a hick up so far and hopefully will continue its stellar performance.

We'll try to be more frequent with our posting now that we're back on the road, We appreciate all the kind words during these past two months while we dealt with our family matters and feel good that we have such great family and friends to support us. My Pop is in a "better place" now, as they say, and we feel lucky to have been able to share his last days together as a family. They were special and will never be forgotten.

So, until we meet out there on the road, get some time to enjoy your lives with those that mean something special to you. We have recently been reminded that life is short and second chances are rare. Remember, life is not a rehearsal. ENJOY IT THIS GO 'ROUND and above all.... Get OUT THERE! We'll see you soon.