Lena and Ole’s Gifts has closed in Woodville and Lena’s Gifts is Open!

Yes, it’s true, we closed our shop on August 6, 2011 We are on the road — taking our wares to Scandinavian shows, festivals, RV rallys. It is giving us an opportunity for additional travel across the country (before we get any older). Yes, our bucket list is growing and we need to get a start on it.

So, part of the business (not our name or logo) has been sold along with our building at 130 Main Street in Woodville. We are very excited that “Lena’s Gifts”, proprietor Juli Lorenz has opened her store at 130 Main. Call 715-698-4111 or visit Monday through Saturday. She will continue to carry Scandinavian items as well as many other interesting gifts from around the world. Limited items will be available directly from Lena and Ole, but Juli will also be offering many items through her website. Please visit her store — we all have to make an effort to save our “Main street” businesses or soon all gift items will be the same around the world!

Lena and Ole are on the road

Hello from northern Indiana. We’ve just completed our first two shows as vendors since closing our store in Woodville. The first was at the Family Motor Coach International Convention in Madison, Wisconsin the second week in August just 3 days after we closed on August 6 — let’s just say that it was more than a little hectic but we finally got set-up and experienced our first big RV show. Then we traveled immediately east to Goshen, Indiana for the Passport America Rally — unlike the 1500! motorcoaches of the previous week, this was a smaller show with about 300 plus motorcoaches, 5th wheels, travel trailers, etc. on the fantastic 4-H fairgrounds in Goshen Indiana which is actually able to handle 900 campers. We enjoyed the Amish region — buying their vegetables, blueberry pie!!, and seeing their beautiful, neat farms and fabulous gardens. Especially interesting — the horses & buggies all lined up shopping at Menards and Walmart (they even have a special shed to shelter the horses there). I think they have the right idea — no $4.00/gallon fuel for their vehicles. Now we headed south a bit to visit my last surviving uncle, Wally, unfortunately in a care center in Winona Lakes, Indiana. This was one of the important reasons we sold our store — the need to have flexibility to visit family and friends.

So, soon, we will begin our journey towards friends in New York and then on September 4th, we will be in Budd Lake, New Jersey to be vendors for the Scan Fest — check out www.ScanFest.org for more informaiton about the festival. From there, we will begin west to Elgin, Illinois for the 32nd Annual Scandinavian Day Festival on Sept. 11th — check out www.scandinaviandayil.com for more information. We hope to see some of our friends and customers at these festivals!