After a year and a half of selling cars, I have come to realize just how brutal the car business is...especially in a smaller city. My General Sales Manager at Broadway Ford was fired and then the next day so was I! I had seen the hand writing on the wall, so I had already been looking for work but to no avail. I really would rather not ever have to look for work so I tend to look for jobs I would enjoy long term. Car sales was never even my intent....I originally applied for an RV sales position and my application was transferred over to the car dealership which started this crazy year+ for us. It got me very interested in learning more about sales and the process and the psychology behind it and I have honestly enjoyed the challenge as well as the differences each day has to offer. But, it was time for a change....to get out of the car industry....and I still wanted a shot at selling travel trailers! So, after weeks of looking for yet another job, I was asked to come in for an interview "all the way" out in Boise (a 4hr drive) at Dennis Dillon RV and Marine.
A trend I began to notice is that many businesses here in Idaho Falls do not have qualified management, are 10 to 15 years behind in technology and have little to no ambition for success! Crazy! I can not continue working in a town that has no desire to grow in every aspect and that can not think outside of a box! Bethany and I had already been playing with the idea of moving to another town/city in Idaho, it was just a matter of where and when. So, when given the job opportunity we decided to go ahead and head out to the Boise area and do some exploring. We got into Boise just in time for my interview and by the time it was over it was a given that we were moving.
So begins the next part of our adventure!
We are chipping the Kurios out of the ice and will be heading to Boise!
A trend I began to notice is that many businesses here in Idaho Falls do not have qualified management, are 10 to 15 years behind in technology and have little to no ambition for success! Crazy! I can not continue working in a town that has no desire to grow in every aspect and that can not think outside of a box! Bethany and I had already been playing with the idea of moving to another town/city in Idaho, it was just a matter of where and when. So, when given the job opportunity we decided to go ahead and head out to the Boise area and do some exploring. We got into Boise just in time for my interview and by the time it was over it was a given that we were moving.
So begins the next part of our adventure!
We are chipping the Kurios out of the ice and will be heading to Boise!
Here is our trailer...our home.....Kurios is her name. She was completely frozen to the ground and it took a little (a lot) of work chisseling her out!
We do not have 4 wheel drive on our van, so for the best traction we (the maintenance guy and Luke)
layed these grates down to drive over so as to not get stuck in the snow and ice.
It was actually very helpful also, having the maintenance guy snow blow the front yard!
We had so much stuff under and behind the trailer, we are very thankful for our enclosed trailer that we bought this past year. We stuffed it full and took it over to some great friends until we are able to come back to Idaho Falls to pick it up.
Luke had quite the task of unfreezing, un-skirting, and unhooking all the plumbing.
While Luke worked on the outside I was busy on the inside. Packing up a trailer with 4 littles on the inside is crazeeeeee!!!! hahaha But all in all, it got done!
After about 3 full days of getting things ready to be mobile we were off! Our little saying, "West is best!" The kids are so great traveling....with the exception of poor little Charis Faith who still has a lot to learn from her siblings. lol
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