Strong Outing at Richmond Home Show

Big Red and crew had a great weekend at the Richmond Home Show at Richmond Raceway.  While it didn’t quite equal our record at the Equine Festival last year, it was our best show so far this year and ranks second in shows at RIR.

Kaitlyn, Peggy, Jean and I worked Friday and Sunday, and Peggy’s daughter, Allison helped us out on Saturday.  Kaitlyn got there about 4pm after her other job finished.  We all stayed busy.  The amazing person was Allison, who as you know from previous posts, suffers from leukemia and has regularly been on kemo.  She was unbelievable and must have walked twenty miles serving as our runner toting food from Big Red to our booth inside.  Jean and Peggy mostly manned the booth serving folks and slinging lemonade and tea.  I just about died in the heat on Big Red.  It was in the 80’s for the weekend, something I’m not used to yet this year.

We put Kaitlyn in charge of the camera so she’s responsible for the pics (of which she’s in all of them. ) Peggy, the most un-photogenic person in the world, as usual was un-photogenic.

I only had one major problem this weekend.  I was approached by Officer Eckert of the Henrico County Police and was threatened with arrest if I didn’t cease making lewd and lascivious comments to his daughter.  I explained to him that I’d told Kaitlyn when I hired her that if it was possible to be politically incorrect, I would be.  He didn’t see the humor in that.

In truth, he and I were discussing the possibility of adding another venue in Richmond that appears to be in need of my services.  I’ve been checking up on that but no news yet.

To follow up on a couple of posts ago, Jean’s van was totaled and is now in the Caravan graveyard in the sky.  She’s sporting a nice new one.  I think she parked somewhere in West Virginia and walked to the raceway this weekend to keep it away from those pesky Richmond drivers.  Also, she dressed like some kind of a hippy on Saturday.  I’m not sure what that was about, but I needed sunglasses every time she got near me.

On a serious note, if you have a minute, please check out the below listed video.  It is our cousin who has cancer and is valiantly battling the disease.  It’s pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXXs4iy6AJY

More to follow.