Saturday April 2, 2011

 

 

Mid-America Truck Show

Where We Have Been For the Past Three Days

Thursday Through Saturday, March 31 – April 2

Part 1

 

Now that the show is over (at Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky), I have time to catch my breath and post a few pictures.

 

After checking into our motel on Thursday afternoon, we went to the Expo Center and located the TFC booth (with the help of Gary Nussbaum and our cell phones) where we found Pearl Nussbaum visiting with a friend.

 

 

Cerwin and Gary Nussbaum’s first job after our arrival was to hang the lighted cross we brought along. We have this available because it was designed for the new chapel that Cerwin and his crew are building – but has not yet been installed.

 

 

It was a great addition and eye-catcher to our area.

 

 

Because there were three people to man the booth, we walked to South Hall (we were in West Hall) to look for R.H. Sheppard where our future son-in-law, Roy, works.

Along the way we saw interesting vehicles, some used to advertise a product.

 

 

 

 

Finding R.H. Sheppard was not an easy task (and took several misturns), as there was one million square feet of indoor exhibit space with 1,040 exhibitors.

 

 

We talked to Tony, and discovered that he knows Roy quite well as they often travel together on business trips.

He extended his sympathy to us when we told him that Roy is marrying our daughter. However, he told us they love Deb – especially her cooking.

 

 

This beautiful Western Star was not far away, and while I was trying to find a good angle to take a picture, I noticed that Cerwin was talking to Facebook friends.

 

 

Andy and Rosetta Miller from Ohio and their youngest child.

I told Andy that I thought this rig would be a good addition to their logging business. He wasn’t sure it would do well on mountain roads. His brother Mahlon and his wife were also there, but I didn’t think to take a picture.

 

 

A unique part of this truck is its leather accessories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We got back to our booth about an hour later, and just before closing time, as I was perched on one of our high, captain chairs handing out Highway News, I said hi to this lady, and she looked at me and said, “Doris?”

It was Carolyn Kropf from Colorado – a Facebook friend whom I had never met. It was delightful to talk to her for a few minutes.

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The show closed at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. After closing our booth, we went to Applebee’s for supper with Gary and Pearl (TFC Director of Church and Community Development, Dalton, Ohio) and Chaplain Hank Rader (Knoxville, Tennessee).

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More tomorrow