Whew! It has been quite the week / weekend getting this tour off the ground! I must apologize to those of you receiving an email from me recently. I went back to re-read some of my emails and BOY did I not edit that before sending. I was a bit tired at that point in time, but if you are reading this it means you made it to the correct blog address!
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| Our first fill up of the 50 gallon tank! |
For those of you that heard about the bridge collapse in Seattle, no, we were not involved. Ironically, I have a fear of drowning and falling from bridges into water while driving. Irrational, I know. But, as we drove in to Seattle I had asked Lucas about the way the truck doors lock from the inside because I was thinking, "What would we do if we went over a bridge in this thing??" Sure enough, the next morning we heard the story about the bridge on I-5! Bad timing. My heart goes out to the people that were involved, but man-o-man that did that make me nervous!
On Thursday, we picked up the Peel the Love truck from the airport and finally had a chance to feel how the thing drives! It wasn't too bad, although getting used to how wide we are will take some time. We basically take up an entire lane. It is nice sitting so high above everyone else...so much so that we can't see anyone as they drive past to see their reaction to how bright we are. It was fun to finally get to drive around, fill up with gas for the first time, and discover that our windshield definitely leaks when it rains! That will be fixed soon though.
Lucas also discovered the great acoustics that compliments our truck. We anticipate there will be some great singing sessions during our longer road trips...maybe we can get a video of that at some point. We also "get to" stop at weight stations! Riding at 14,050 lbs. qualifies you for a weigh station stop, so that should be an experience! Don't worry, some quality trucker hats are on the list of things we need to purchase sooner rather than later.
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| Bed full of t-shirts |
Otherwise, we have been doing a lot of shopping, organizing of the truck and figuring out how to clean dishes since the sink on our truck is relatively small. Oh yes, I also sorted 1000s of t-shirts in my hotel room. The picture shown is a birds eye view of the queen bed at our hotel...the bed is there somewhere! There is a lot to figure out but we are starting to get some systems down so our sampling days are like a well oiled, but very delicious, running machine.
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| 1,400 DOLE Bananas |
We also loaded up our food truck with 1,400 bananas....and no, that is not a typo. With 15 boxes stacked every which way, we arrived with 1,400 bananas on the truck for the first event. We served 1,000s of samples and still had plenty of boxes on our truck. We are constantly surrounded by bananas but I can't say I mind it so much. I was worried about the smell, but so far that hasn't been a problem.
Our first event has gone really well and I will be blogging about that it my next post, but we have also had some time to see the city of Seattle, walk around the Northwest Folklife Festival (where our first event took place), see Luke's wonderful cousins, eat some local Seattle fare and also met some great people. I wish I could write about it all right now, but I really like the idea of going to bed. So I will show some photos instead!
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| The first brewery we tried of the summer. Delicious!! In Kent, WA. |
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| Puppets and guitars at the Folklife Festival |
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| Space Needle |
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| Pikes Place - I finally got my own pic of the sign! |
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| I was tired and this seemed like a good idea... |
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| The gum wall....so gross, yet so cool!! |
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| One of the many garages under The Pike Brewing Co. |
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| Clara - our cousin, doing some dancing with her flower balloon! |
Our last day at the Northwest Folklife Festival is tomorrow and I will post about it then, so be on the lookout!
For now, I will leave you with this:
Blue Diamond Almonds is a 100 year old company and is a co-op. They work with 3,000 almond farmers from California for all of their almonds and work closely with them to make their snack almonds, Nut Thins, and Almond Breeze delicious!!
Good night and Peel the Love!!
Our last day at the Northwest Folklife Festival is tomorrow and I will post about it then, so be on the lookout! 
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