Our 25 foot flocked Christmas Tree stood next to the main street through Paso Robles. The tree had to be flocked 3 times do to rain storms that came during December.
These folks have been selling there trees here for 25 years. Their tree farm is located near Woodburn, OR.
Part of the lot between the street and the sales tent.
My picture are not of a good quality because I had lost my lens cap and had to remove the filter because it was dirty, I didn't think about adjusting the white balance.
There is not snow on the ground.
The lot we were on was half a city block and we kept about 300 trees up at all times.
Trees ranged in size from table top to 14 feet.
Price was competitive, ranging from $18.00 to $350.00.
Our RV parked behind the sales tent. About the middle of the lot.
We spent most of our time on the lot with one day a week off except for the last week. Actually a short week with very little sales.
With us at the lot were 3 guys from the tree farm, they took care of the tree. setting up the trees, giving them a fresh cut, and taking them to cars.
Inside the sales tent. We had syrup, jam, and seasonal decorations for sale.
Also inside the tent were 15 to 20 flocked trees.
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All trees sale were completed in the sales tent. Customers were also offered popcorn, coffee, and apple cyder.
We sold over 1500 trees, a 7.5% increase over 2009.
A couple of the guys were quite the sculptures. They would cut the trees in some of the most different ways. Using trees that were damaged or had a problem that made them less valuable.
We referred to them as Charlie Brown trees.
The younger of two reindeer that spent a week with us. They were also at the other two Hopper Bros. tree lots.
In North America it is also called caribou.
Caribou is a sub-species of reindeer.
This one caused all kinds of trouble at our lot in Santa Maria, or should I say off our lot. She got away from the people who were supposed to load them into the tailor to take them to Paso Robles.
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