Nashville Bound

We finally finished getting everything ready for the trip to Nashville. Well, we would like to have more bells making the trip, but you can only cram just so much stuff into any given space.... so we had to stop, pack up and go. Philip got the paperwork in order....

These were the last three bells ordered ahead by Nashville customers and were wrapped and ready to be packed.

Then began the loading process. We used to pull that giant trailer, so we had all the room in the world, but paying for gas while pulling that monstor cut deeply into any profit. So... now we manage to make everying fit in the back of the truck.

The old adage, "A place for everything, and everything in its place". is very appropriate for us!
But we also adapt with almost every show. Philip has now begun to use shrink wrap to temporarily hold the boxes together while we travel. And for this show, he decided to hold the 5 dot bells together in a stack.

                                              And actually, this gets a second layer later!
                           The sails are compressed from two to four boxes for the sake of space.

Ava, the current "shop dog" watched over the whole packing event.

   More is packed in. Those three bags are full of all the supporting poles and canopy pipes.

Now, I had to stop taking pictures so I could finish loading, get the ice chest ready, get the suitcases packed, etc.... but, when we get to Nashville, to the beautiful park in downtown, I will try to remember to take a picture of the back of this truck FULLY loaded!