St. Cloud/Duluth Sport Show Recap

A picture is worth a thousand words, so they say.   This photo sums up the St. Cloud Sportsman Show.   Do you notice the steps leading up to one of the entrances of the auditorium?   Yup, no tracks in the snow (btw, that's the Mississippi River in the photo).   No doubt, the weather influenced the attendance this year.   The good news for us is that the people who did come to the show were definitely committed to researching and exploring new vacation destinations.   That being said, I'm glad we had the opportunities to talk all things Alaska with them.

Besides spending time with our friends, Dick and Kim Miller, the highlight of the show was the return of Twiggy the Waterskiing Squirrel.   Twiggy is always a hit with kids and big kids like me.  

After the St. Cloud show ended we packed up our booth and headed north to the Duluth Sportsmens show.  This was the first time we've been at this show and we were definitely pleased with the venue and the overall attendance.   You'll probably recognize Dan and Mary Meyer in the photo above.   They drove all the way from Peoria, Illinois to spend the weekend with us.   Of all the shows that we've done and that they've come to, Duluth is by far the nicest setting.   Maybe it's because the North Shore of Lake Superior looks a lot like places in Alaska.   Anyway, can't say enough about these two for helping us at the show.

Thought I'd include this photo of the main floor of the Duluth sport show.   Besides this there are two other similarly sized arenas that displayed boats, campers, and rv's.   We liked the placement of our booth (wood booth right in the middle of this photo) but not so crazy about the show stage that was set up to the right of it (elevated black platform).   Twice a day The Roy's performed bluegrass music for an hour and when the music started the lights in the arena were turned off.  Oh well, it gave us an opportunity to walk around the other areas of the show and get a quick bite to eat.

So that's it for the sport shows this year.   We'd like to thank everyone who stopped by to talk about Alaska and to listen to what we have to offer in the 49th state.