Now this is more like it!

Memorial Day weekend and this is what it should be like. May has been a great month - breaking records and may end up being our best May ever. Making up for those slim months of March and April. The Sacramento River is almost in flood stage from the remains of those rainy months so fishing season hasn't kicked off yet, although a few people are fishing and a few are catching fish and we've actually sold out on our first order of Canadian night crawlers. Gardening sales are strong and so are paint sales. We got hit hard this past week with large shipments of True Value merchandise, giftwares, hats and gloves, fasteners (nuts and bolts and screws) and National Hardware (traditional hardware - metal goods). Our back room was jammed for most of the week but finally got most of it checked in and moved out. Gotta keep it moving because more will be coming this next week. Dunsmuir's annual British Car Show was Saturday and brought us a lot of business. It's a nice event that brings a lot of people to town to see the cars - which are parked on the street right in front of our store. We'll be closed on Monday for Memorial Day - one of the few days we close. It will give us a chance to catch our breath and then jump back in. End of the month is coming so will be doing accounts receivable billing. Don't yet know what gas prices ($3.47) will do to our tourist business this summer. There are a lot of angles to consider. It may keep local people in town to do their buying. It may keep out of town people away. I tend to think the effect will be minimal insofar as tourists. If gas is $1.00 per gallon more than a year ago then it will cost $15 to $20 more per tankful - roughly 500 miles of driving - or 4 to 5 cents more per mile. I don't think that will stop many people from traveling. Well - we'll see.