Our trailer was long over due for a new wrap, so earlier this year Doug
manned a high pressure steam cleaner and slowly stripped the trailer of
the film. This was a tough process because our original wrap was more than 10 years old. Back in the old days when this trailer was wrapped, the vinyl was not designed to be removed easily like it is today.
After several weeks of prep work, the trailer was finally ready for the trip to the sign shop for a new look. It just arrived home tonight, just in time to be put to use at this weekend's 29th Annual Great Clermont Triathlon. Although it was dark when the trailer was delivered, I decided to snap a couple of photos so I could show off our new look. Here's side one -
And the front - 
And side 2 - 
And finally the back -
We still have some additional cosmetic stuff to do to get the trailer looking real sharp like repainting the trim and wheel rims. We'll also be adding a few race logos, website URLs, and our contact info. We decided to put the additional graphics on via cut-out vinyl, rather than make it part of the original art. This way it will be easier to change copy/logos if needed, and will also allow us to use reflective vinyl in places.In a couple of weeks this gal will look almost new again and will be ready for the monthly trips we make up the Eastern U.S. for events we time.
The trailer looks much better in the daylight when the colors jump out at you.
Fortunately I think we have a couple more years to go until we need to worry about re-wrapping our semi-trailer. :)
I know I'm going to date myself here, but I have lots of fond memories of the Highlander Hut. As a kid I attended many a boy scout and cub scout meeting in the hut. Back then the train still passed through town so we would put nails and coins on the tracks when we arrived for our scout meetings. The train would pass during the meeting and afterwards we would rush out to gather up our flattened souvenirs. The hut was also the home of many of our high school dances. When I started producing triathlons back in Clermont in the early 80's, the hut served as our race registration headquarters.
A year ago spring the Highlander Hut became history when it was demolished to make room for its replacement. This project was long overdo and at least five years behind schedule. It always amazed may that although Clermont's population had grown by leaps and bounds, we still had the same amount of community meeting space that we had over 35 years ago.
The wait was worth it as the new building opened in time for our Great Clermont Triathlon season opener in March. The main building has more usable space than the old hut and as an added bonus includes a large open-air pavilion.
This new facility is a great asset to our community and certainly enhances all Waterfront Park events, including our triathlons. Waterfront Park looks like a brand new park with the addition of these buildings. I'm especially excited about the opportunities the new pavilion offers as we plan for this fall's Great Floridian.
Don't be fooled by the photo below into thinking that's all the shirts we have. An equal amount of shirts were still stacked up in boxes in our warehouse waiting to be pulled out and sorted.
My guess is that we went through at least 4,000 T-shirts. I had
promised a couple of church groups that we would donate shirts for their
relief efforts in Haiti and Nicaragua so about 1,500 shirts were boxed up for them. The rest of the shirts were put in tubs marked by size. We plan to sell vintage T-shirts at our events this summer at a great price - 3 for $10. 
Who said painting had to be tough? All you have to do is put a paint roller in Doug's hands and he is all smiles.
Cindy was our master trimmer. Who else but Cindy would step up to the plate to do the job most painter's despise, the trimming!
Mark soon realized that he was short on hands because he could not paint and tweet at the same time. 
To get a lay of the land, The south Lake Trail and Lake Minneola are on the left. The building behind the band shell would be the replacement building for the Highlander Hut. In the past we have often used the Highlander Hut for race registration for our triathlons.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=e154bad3-72d8-4953-a755-0079e9618979)