Marketing an old man

Henry, Jasper, Jon, Chris, Satchel

Dig the new shirt!

We had a mini family reunion with the Sogn family -- my cousin Chris (Knutson) Sogn and his family and hangers-on. Kristi, his wife, has been my "social media manager," lining up interviews and making connections that I dutifully try to fulfill. She could have a career in this, and it's been a lot of fun. The shirt is the newest wrinkle in marketing Jon. The Sogns were vacationing in northern Minnesota and stopped by Napoleon, North Dakota, on their way home. Though I don't think it was quite on the way.

One of the recent interviews was by Alex Taylor of the Jamestown Sun. He's from Michigan and has been at the paper just a couple weeks, and I think is still getting used to North Dakota. It's tough finding work in the newspaper business, let me say, and congrats on the position. It's a small staff -- two news reporters, a sports guy, and maybe one or two others.

Here's Alex and his story:

His story:

https://www.jamestownsun.com/community/3972519-Cross-country-biker-with-muscular-dystrophy-stops-in-Gackle

Nice job!

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To make a jarring segue, I want to introduce two guys and their innovative sag wagon.

Ron and Bill

Ron that day, at 81 years old, had ridden 70 miles. Bill, in his 70s, had delivered the trailer, which opens into a built-in tent, to their destination campsite, then biked out to Ron, and ridden back with him, getting 58 miles himself.

The trailer looks like something you might haul an ATV on -- square, flat-bed, a little fancy, but nothing special. But raise the roof, open it up, and you get this:

A bunk on each side, a common aisle in the middle, and all the stuff you didn't want to carry on your bike in the car or in the storage space in front. Better than an RV, and easier to park.

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Here's Chris's dog, Harvi.

And here's me signing off:

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