Rohde Ranch

By Brian Riecker; posted May 1, 2019

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Rohde was a great show. Delivered six cabinets and sold a seventh during the show. Made some decent insulator sales and bought a few pieces for resale.

Picked up a super nice two tone cal egg from Dwayne and Mike Doyle gave me a German strain in better condition than the one I had.

I left OK on wed at 4pm CST and arrived at the ranch Thur at 7pm PST! (Yes, that's 29 hours elapsed) Was too excited to sleep much on the 22-24 hour drive by myself with a 5x8 uhaul trailer.

Unloaded my stuff thur night and slept on the lawn in my tent next to the pole filled with colored crown jewels. The next morning I gathered with the crew at IHOP for breakfast at 8am friday. It's hard to believe how quickly 10-20 people can set up and arrange 80 tables. By noon or probably earlier, people had loaded their tables and started wheeling and dealing. Pizza dinner Friday night was a big hit. By sunrise on Saturday people were up and swapping stories and cash. Pit BBQ for lunch with all the fixings was excellent and no one went away hungry. All too soon people were starting to pack up. Take down and cleanup was even quicker due to Lou Hall asking dealers to stack their tables on the carts. With everything Bill Rohde does to host this show we figured we should at least pick up all the tables and chairs.

I made even better time without a trailer on the way home. Left at 4pm PST and stopped for a nap at Tom and Lynda Katonak's house. Slept for a couple hours and made it home by 8pm CST. (Yes, that's 26 hours elapsed). Maybe a bit crazy, but I wanted to be home and see my wife and cats.

Brian

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