The Tucson Rodeo is history for 2013, ending yesterday, on a cold, windy day. The first picture shows that there wasn't very much merchandise left in our trailer when we shut the doors for the final time. Our sales ended up being in the top 3, since we started working this event 8 years ago. There were two other years with slightly higher gross sales, but both of those years were when we had left over National Finals Rodeo merchandise, that was on sale for half price. When you almost sell out of stuff, I guess that would be considered a successful event, by just about anyone's standards. We'll see in the next few months, whether MainGate will make the decision to continue being the official merchandise company for the rodeo, or not. By their standards, this is a small event, and they may choose to step away. We should get the word on their decision in the near future.
The wind really kicked up, with gusts over 30 mph, causing folks sitting in the grandstands to become a little bit on the cold side. Patty's internal thermostat is much different than mine. Her tolerance to cold weather is much lower, and as a result, she was chilled for most of the day. Her $1 ear muffs, purchased at the Quartzsite swap meet came in handy yesterday.
Our neighbor, who had coffee for sale, complained about his lack of business for most of the rodeo. I'm sure he didn't have any complaints yesterday, as people were lined up for warm drinks most of the day.
We did inventory, and reconciled the cash after closing last night, and have a few things left to do this morning. Jim will be here about mid day to pick up the trailer, and start the long drive back to Indianapolis. Despite the 10 day grind, we've always enjoyed working here at the Tucson Rodeo, but we're both glad it's over, and we can return home later today.
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