Posts Tagged ‘Al Hesselbart’

Another Project Finished

Posted on July 7th, 2009 by by Administrator

Miss Terry has been busy the last couple of days finishing a project on our MCI bus conversion.
When we started the conversion, we left the escape hatch in the roof of our bus, which was in the bedroom, accessible. When we had our tripod mounted HughesNet satellite dish, we installed a custom roof mount on [...]

Vintage Mini-Motorhomes

Posted on June 19th, 2009 by by Administrator

I spent most of yesterday doing the same thing I’ve been doing all week – working on the new issue of the Gypsy Journal. So I was ready for a break when Al Hesselbart from the RV Hall of Fame Museum stopped over in the afternoon for a visit.
While we were talking, Al mentioned that [...]

First Vending Day At Affinity Rally

Posted on April 18th, 2009 by by Administrator

Yesterday was the first vending day at The Rally, and while vendors in the past have told me they did gangbuster business at earlier events, so far I don’t think anyone here in Albuquerque is setting any sales records.
That may be partly due to the fact that the rally attendees are parked at the Balloon [...]

Road Trip To Albuquerque

Posted on April 15th, 2009 by by Administrator

As I wrote in yesterday’s blog, I wasn’t sure if we could get out of Show Low Campground because the weekend storm had made the roads so soft. But with very high winds predicted for today, we decided to give it a try.
Dee, the new campground manager, and I walked over the soft patches, and [...]

Making Lemonade From Lemons

Posted on April 9th, 2009 by by Administrator

So what do you do if you run a company that supports the RV industry, and most of your customers go out of business?
If that company is Decorator Industries, of Elkhart, Indiana, you put on your thinking cap and come up with a way to keep your employees working. Decorator Industries was a major supplier [...]