That is, I’m not the only hound. Just part of the pack. A pack of gear hounds.
Someone from Georgia was checking out an album on my photo site to scout a location for paddling. He wandered off track into photos from travels elsewhere and asked how many hits I usually get on my site. I told him and asked why he was asking.
“I was just guessing you got a lot. You do some pretty interesting stuff.”
Maybe, but that’s not the star attraction. Last month, I posted a link to an album of my kayaks as a means to promote what I’d be bringing for sale at an upcoming swap meet. It drew almost 500 views per photo, or about 25% over what I see for some of my most exotic trips. Last night I posted an album of photos taken at the swap and the hits are already in excess of 350.
The swap was like a feeding frenzy of almost 300 hungry sharks with the blood in the water. I was going outside to get something from my truck when a man was entering with a boat on his shoulder. He asked where I wanted him to put it. I suggested a place, making a mental note of it because it was a nice specimen and I wanted to look it over when I got back inside. Never had the chance.
He took about five more steps and someone stopped him to ask what he wanted for it. Deal done. The juicy morsel was swallowed up before it even touched the floor. I never even had a shot at it.
I have no complaints about that because I was the beneficiary of boat fever. Three of my boats sold just by posting the album link before the swap meet. Never even made it to the event. If you had a popular river running whitewater boat or a kayak in the 14-16’ midrange, you had gold. Everyone was shoving hundred dollar bills in your face.
Yes, photos of sunsets over oceans and underwater video of manatees and dolphins draw a following. But, if you really want to light up paddlers, dangle some boats for sale in front of them.
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