We expected a crowd. In our little area, there is not only nothing to do, but the two things you COULD do have been closed down forever due to all the Covid stuff. It's sad to see so many businesses go by the wayside due to our Governor's crazy demands.
We usually sell about 2000 shaved ice from Friday night to Sunday night. We expected the crowds to be minimal due to low attendance, but we were wrong. So wrong that we ran out of everything.
Here's my goat buddy giving me solace as I explain what happened.
We had almost 3,000 people show up on ONE day. Ecstatic would be a good word to describe it, followed quickly by exhaustion. The parking lot was full ... the overflow parking was full and people were parking on the highway. From 9:30 am until 7:00 pm the line to get in was almost a quarter mile long.
Luckily we eeked through with snacks, going through 11 boxes of Lays chips, 15 boxes of Doritos and 9 boxes of Flaming Hot Cheetos. I think there's 50 to a box. We ran out of cookies and fruit snacks at 6:00. By 6:30 we had no hotdogs, no nachos and no tri-tip sandwiches. Talk about good timing.
We now have no soda left and no cups for shaved ice. Amazingly, the new ice machine (just installed Thursday morning) was able to keep up with us. Shaved ice .... 1500 in one day. We usually sell that much over a three day weekend.
They finally had to close the entrance and only let people in as some people left. There just wasn't room. We broke all previous records and had an exhausting day. I literally went from ice chest to ice chest trying to keep them full of water and soda ... ALL DAY LONG.
Thank goodness I had a kid to run for supplies because I STILL walked 6.74 miles just in the snack bar. I think people would have bought the floor mats if we offered them up.
And so it goes again today. I'm up early to check my supplies so hopefully we will keep going until the owners can get to the Costco.
By the way, I also got paid. YAHOO!!!! That's the best part of all.
Total miles walked: 181.23
Thank goodness you have a GREAT Sheriff who won't shut you down for COVID reasons. Saw an article about the folks up in the Redding area telling the authorities that if they shut down the restaurants and barber shops that 100,000 folks with guns are going to be sure that they remain open. WOW, Nancy's Nephew is really making a lot of friends in his formerly wonderful state.
ReplyDeleteIt's true. People are tired of his unreasonable demands when California is at the bottom of the list for Covid. He's just a control freak.
DeleteNo, he just HATES President Trump that much...
DeleteWow! Lots of people and money rolling in. Don't spend yours all in one place. Glad they didn't shut the Pumpkin Patch down.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure if they tried to shut us down, this family would fight them tooth and nail. There's lots of power at this pumpkin patch.
DeleteYou definitely earned your money for that kind of day.
ReplyDeleteIf the owners continue to run the Patch they might consider investing in a Walk-in Cooler or Freezer so they can have product delivered Once a Week.
Be Safe and Enjoy your paycheque.
It's about time.
You are right on the money ... they are building a huge building with walk in freezers and lots of storage.
DeleteWOW.just reading your blog makes me tired everyday! Really though how fun it must be to see so many people just want to live a normal life and have a great fall getaway! Every time we turn around NV is cancelling something! UHHH..We do have people who stand up and plan a car parade or something, just not the same! Enjoy that pay check!
ReplyDeleteOh I'm going to enjoy that check all right. It's my RV spending money!! LOL
DeleteHello, I should have known better then read to many of your blogs in a row especially this time of year. I am exhausted...lol
ReplyDeleteI would certainly love to take that train ride in Colorado and that skyline ride looked fabulous. The golden color of the aspens beautiful. Fall has always been my favorite season. Mother nature always colors the world beautifully. I had to laugh about no guard rails in Colorado the first time we visited that state, back quite a few years, the first thing I remembered saying to Tom was obviously they do not want you to wreck you car as you leave the road.
Colorado was one of the prettiest trips I've been on. I would definitely go back.
DeleteCrazy how people come out in droves yet when there is nothing else to do, why not? Let's go to the Pumpkin Patch!
ReplyDeleteGood for you, keeping up with it all.
And payday to boot!! :)
We all expected the crowds to be very light in number. We have all been amazed at the participation.
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