Small Business Road Trip Review - Coburg, OR

Along our way up and down the coast (we've abandoned the pop-up trailer: see previous posting) we decided to review small businesses that we fell in love with - all serendipitous encounters of the best kind.

So, we had sandwiches packed in the cooler on our way back to California and were getting hungry around the exit to Coburg, OR. We started driving through a delightful little residential/antique shop area and stopped at a cool, shady park, and were surprised to see two hammocks hung between the posts of the shelter in the park.  They looked like well-made hammocks, but yet our hearts were sorrowful that perhaps this was the only way a couple who was homeless had to sleep.  Our sorrow was eased quickly as my husband looked over to the bikes that were chained next to the hammocks - expensive long trek road bikes

After we finished lunch and walked the dog, we started to drive away, but right next door to the park was a house with an open patio where the sign read Ice Cream and Photo Gallery.  We had to stop for that.  It turns out that his park is a common stopover for bicycle riders to snooze at mid-day before they finish the day's ride.  Walt was quite friendly and had very good ice cream.  He is a professional photographer with a little extra time during the day to sell ice cream.  If you're near Coburg and need a break, get off the highway and tell Walt you were sent by a blogger from 2015!

Business on the Road in a Pop-Up

I didn't know what a pop-up was either,  Now I'm writing to you from one. A pop-up is a camping trailer and doing business from one might not be for you and your business. (I'm not sure it is for mine, but we're giving this a whirl.) Would I like to have one of those top-of-the-line motor homes to do for our "on-the-road" business tour?  Of course,

"Yes!," but only under one condition - that a new Mercedes 
with conscientious environmental gas usage would be in our budget. (Sometimes old environmentalists just can't do the gas-guzzling thing. "It's a moral imperative" as the character Chris Knight says to Mitch in the old movie, "Real Genius") 

Is it easy to conduct  your business from the road?  If you're adventuresome, flexible, and motivated, you can do it.(I think the neighbor next to us is also doing business on the road because he was on the phone outside of his "Sea Breeze" motor home talking on his cellphone about sourcing some product. (Tip:  Just be sure you bring plenty of chargers for all of your devices.)

Right now I am blogging to you from inside "The Enterprise," getting ready to post this blog and then on to my 2nd blog. After that, I'll put in some hours doing my paid online job scoring student essays. 

Meanwhile my husband is out hiking the hills around Valencia, CA with his son Steve on Steve's 30th birthday.  
But tonight I swim in a beautiful pool and tomorrow we take off headed north (maybe) to San Francisco where my book "Lucky, the Left Pawed Puppy" is in Lefty's store on Pier 39. Meanwhile, in the evenings, Mike and I will be working on our new app which will connect to our blog "In Love and War: Love Letters from Vietnam" blog and our soon-to-be-released audio book "Spoken Stories".

So, if you see a tan Toyota pulling the pop-up in these pictures, just give us a wave!

Cheers from Billie, Mike, and Scooter - on the road with Language Rocks.