Two Penny Travels

Business in Yuma

We left Jojoba Hills mid-February to travel to Yuma where we prepared to show our LED wares at the Yuma HamFest. This served as an extension of www.PrudentRVer.com and our kiosk at the Arizona Market Place at 4E Ave and 32nd Street. We had a single table with no back-drapes, so it was a different sort of feeling.

The show was not exceptional for us though many of the attendees stopped by. They had already purchased their LEDs and were looking for what was new. I renewed several friendships and showed off the coming technology, the lumidisk -- a solid panel of LED light.

We were going to move north to Cottonwood and the Verdi Valley TTN, but the weather turned cold, rainy, and snowy in the higher elevations, so we decided to just hunker down here in Yuma. Our next commitment is the Gypsy Journal Rally at the Yuma Fairgrounds a week from today. I will also being doing a seminar there on "Understanding LEDs in RVs" on Wednesday. I need to get my slides back in order!

In the meantime, we are working some with Nancy on kiosk business. There has been a rash of new orders over the Internet, and we are trying to get our accounting worked out. It is peaceful sitting here without interruption to get things in order.

I got a phone call from our friend Jessie Herr. We will be meeting her and her guy in Palm Desert on 3/22. She said they were interested in knowing more about living the RV lifestyle. It should be a good conversation.

So, there is not much to report -- it is just a few more old retired life moments.  sjp

 

 

Amazing What Getting Rid of Obligations Will Do for an Old Man

When we got back to Jojoba Hills after our last trip, I attended a Board meeting then went to periodontal surgery the next day. The two events were equally distressing.

However, in the surgery they gave me some sedatives that were supposed to make me sleep off the pains of a couple of hours of scrapping and gouging. I remember some of the events, though the pain was not a big matter, but when I got back to Jojoba I met some compadres on the Board and discussed what was happening. I remember very little of what followed, but others told me I went ballistic. Guess I am allergic to that sedative -- it is now on my list of bad drugs.

A couple of days later (long enough to make a real recovery) we traveled over to Quartzsite to meet with the manufacturer of the the LED products I market (Kelly), some of his staff, and my partner in Yuma (Nancy). We had a good discussion, and the net result was that I told Kelly if he would stay out of my way, Nancy and I would become the sole stocking distributor of his RV LED products. He agreed, and a new adventure in my life started.

We returned to Jojoba Hills and I had my last Board meeting at the Annual Meeting. I was off the Board and "free" to go do my thing.

Even though I have made a big committment on the LEDs, the pressure is much less than when I had the obligations of the Board. I am somewhat revived.

So next Wednesday we start on our next short trip: to Yuma for a week to work with Nancy and take care of the Yuma HamFest, then to Cottonwood for a week+ at the Verdi Valley TTN Resort, then back to Yuma for the Gypsy Journal Rally, and finally back to Jojoba Hills. The LED business is picking up very nicely, and it should be a fun month.

And next month I will be 74.

sam