The last couple stops have been quite the adventure.
Plattsburgh was really beautiful, our location literally on the beach of Lake Champlain. However, it was an intense breeding ground for industrial mosquitoes - they literally punch through denim!
It was a lot of fun in that my best friend from high school lives there, and I got to see her and her family - what a treat! Even her mom happened to be visiting.
One of our troupers was hit in the head with a Chinese Pole and had to have 7 stitches - he returned to the ring yesterday at the shows in Saratoga Springs, with an adjusted performance so as not to aggravate his injury. He was in great spirits about it all, and the situation was handled with speed and skill.
Saratoga Springs is beautiful - I haven't been here in years. It is odd to hear sirens again. The challenge here is the heat - it is in the 90's, and with humidity is over 100 degrees - today it is expected to be about 120 in the tent. The presenters are taking some fun measures to help - they have sprinklers set up, have bottles that people can use to spritz themselves with water, and are selling frozen fruit bars.
Tonight we strike and get ready to jump tomorrow to Manchester, VT - the weather says it will be more of the same, which will be challenging. I have concern for our more elderly patrons, and I feel for our tent crew, setting up the tent in this heat and blazing sun.
We also have a new cooks assistant, one of the girls who has worked for me the past 3 years at the Fine Arts Center. She's my new bunkmate, and I think it is going to go really well. We are settling in good, and she doesn't snore! :)
Oh - the other snafu - the folks who are supposed to watch the inventory for novelties and concessions missed that we were selling out of the battery-powered spray fans and they haven't ordered more. So in the middle of a humid heat wave, we are sold out of our best-selling product with no idea when they will have more...
I just keep in mind that times like these make the best stories... :)
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