Well, today's Bashas' Outdoor Marketplace was sort of bitter-sweet for us. Today marks the last day that we will participating in the Outdoor Marketplace until the Fall. Granted, there appear to only be about 3-4 more Marketplaces scheduled, through mid-June, but we will not be in town to participate.Today's Marketplace was held at the Bashas' Grocery store in Gilbert, AZ. The day dawned beautiful and cool, a good sign for an outdoor event. By the time we got to the Gilbert store, the sun was already getting everything warm. The great news is that since it was cool all evening, it took time for the sun to warm everything up past comfortable. The participating vendors began appearing a little before 7 am and had a very orderly set up, even without assigned spaces.
Not having assigned spaces and an orderly set up is not something you usually see. Most vendors get a little crazy when there isn't assigned spots, and then they get a tad agressive towards others. What was really cool is that it appeared all the vendors got along with each other and none had any fits about where they set their booth up. A lot of that professionalism most likely came from the professionalism of the Store Manager, Paul Short. Even though there were no assigned spaces, Paul made sure all vendors knew where to begin setting up before they had parked their vehicles to start unloading. Setup was an extremely calm and wonderful affair. There are days where, even when we had assigned spaces, I wished for a very organized setup.
After all vendors were ready and open for business, we had an extremely large amount of people wandering around. Personally, I was very surprised at the people wandering the various booths at 8 am, but then, I have to remember that we are in Arizona, it gets HOT by noon. True to that, the temperatures started soaring. Depending on where you looked, today either broke the triple digits for the first time this year, or we didn't...
I know that sounds odd, but people here in Arizona track when we first break the triple digit barrier. As we drove past a Walgreen's, their display indicated it was 104, but all the other "official" websites I visited indicated it only got to 98 degrees. Wow, a difference of 6 degrees. Once temperatures get past 95, then in my book, anything is hot. It is either a measure of hot, hotter or painful. Today was only hot in my book. This was one of the rare times that anything over 95 really didn't make me feel bad. Perhaps I didn't respond to the heat like I usually do because I have been taking the STEMTech products for going on 6 months now. I will be keeping an eye on my heat tolerance and let you know if perhaps STEMTech products may help your body deal with extremes in temperatures better.
Well, back to the Bashas' Outdoor Marketplace today - we were all very busy up until about 12:30 pm, which was far busier than I had ever expected for this time of year, and for as warm as it had gotten by 10 am. The people that did wander around were also very eager to really look at what everyone had to offer. We have been at some events where people just walked up and down the isles, staying in the middle of the isles, and not even wandering close enough to any tables to see what may even be for sale. This event was different, the people looking, were actually interested in what we all had to offer. That was another wonderful experience today.
Overall, we had a great time at the Bashas' Outdoor Marketplace today and will be looking forward to participating in them once it cools off again in the Fall. Now we focus on our Motorcycle rallies, and traveling around the country meeting great people along the way. This is an extremely exciting time for us, and we look forward to getting on the road again very soon.
With luck, we may get to bump into some of you in our travels. Keep an eye on our Schedule of Events, that page is updated as we receive show confirmations. Perhaps you can attend one of the events we will be at. If so, please stop by and say "Hi".
Until tomorrow...
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