May 9, 2008 - Continued

The Grand Opening at the Brantford Home Hardware newly expanded 6,000 square foot store was grand.

Jacqui Lyons and her co-workers made us feel right at home. They cooked up meatballs and a pork roast to serve with our demonstration samples. Our presentation area was directly below a 50" video screen where we could look up and see ourselves driving the motorhome down the highway.

Sandy Jordan, Sue Benner, Jane Wall, Ray Gabel, Joel Marks, Paul Strauss, and others from Home Office also attended the event. We even got to say Hello to Dale MacPherson whose mother, Helen, and grandfather, Harold Cress, were two of our best customers when we owned the Melting Pot Restaurant in St. Jacobs.

After the event, we drove the motorhome to the Home Hardware Paint and Home Products Division in Burford. In exchange for a tour of the motorhome, we got a tour of the plant. We had used their Natura spray cleaner the day before when hydraulic fluid sprayed all over the back of the motorhome, turning our beautiful wrap into an oily mess.