Northern Illinois Boat Show

Northern Illinois Boat Show March 4th - 7th

The couch made it out the the Lake County Fairgrounds Friday night for the 1st Annual Northern Illinois Boat Show. The show was held in the new fairgrounds building and the place was PACKED with boats. Chicago Searay, Munson Marine, King's Island, Great Lake Yacht Sales, Chicago Mastercraft, were some of the leading dealers in the area that brought over 35 different makes of boats to the show. The cool thing about it was that all the boats on dysplay were geared towards the local boating community. There wasn't anything that was uncalled for on the chain o lakes There was everything from Bayliner to Hustler, and Regal to Lund. There was plenty of boats that has some real "wow" features to them too.

There were a bunch of service companies set up too. Audiosmith had the new Clear Internet Service on display, Ravewaves Detailing had some great show specials, Bottoms Up had his Jersey Skiff on display, and Road Rage Design had their wrapped Kayot...wow is it sharp.

Friday night was Fun on The Fox.com night. Craig Munson, one of the organizers of the event, was kind enough to let me roll the couch right through the front door. Once in, the couch had a front row seat at the FOTF booth. Mike Deron, one of the webmasters for FOTF, made the couch right at home by lining up O-Bombs on the table in front of it.

Once the O-Bombs started, it didn't take long for the FOTF'ers to start up the antics!

Word that the couch was there spread pretty smoothly and it got a lot of attention. Most of that attention was from the Fun on The Fox crew. A bunch of them joined me for the signature "Couch Picture"

I am so glad the couch was able to get into the show. The only trouble we had was physically getting it through the front doors. It didn't FIT! With the help of my freind Bill, we tipped it on it's side and slid it through. On the way out, I had one of the fairground personel pop the center pole out.

Last but not least is Kyle. He snagged a pic on the couch before anyone else at the show!

The coolest part of the couch is SHARING. Twitter it, Facebook it, email it, scratch it into the bathroom wall... the more who know, the farther we go!