{"id":11045,"date":"2016-01-26T14:37:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T20:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/?p=11045"},"modified":"2016-01-26T16:31:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T22:31:33","slug":"irony-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/irony-in-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Irony In The Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:14px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>While reviewing some of the pictures of our performance in Quartzite I was struck by an overwhelming feeling. I\u2019m following in my grandfather\u2019s footsteps, just in a more modern way! <!--more-->Details are sketchy as most of what I know about their life came from stories I heard my father tell when I was a small child. \u00a0My grandfather, George Clark, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1870.\u00a0 He and his brothers formed a group called \u201cThe Labar Brothers\u201d and supposedly there is a statue there honoring them for being the first to take outdoor motion pictures from coast to coast.\u00a0\u00a0 If anyone has any info on that I would love to find out more.\u00a0 Hopefully our RV travels will take us there one day for more research.<\/p>\n<p>George later married Julia and was determined to set out on his own.\u00a0 He traveled the US and Canada in the early 1900\u2019s as a vaudeville act billed as \u201cClarks Players\u201d.\u00a0 My father, Paul, was born in 1910 while they were on tour in Canada. \u00a0His delivery came so fast he was born on a makeshift table consisting of a bill board sign on top of saw horses.<\/p>\n<p>George and Julia traveled with a strong man and a knife throwing husband and wife team.\u00a0\u00a0 George had a unique gift of being a contortionist and is shown here bent over backwards in a snake suit. \u00a0He also played the banjo and walked a tight rope during shows.\u00a0 There were remnants of a monkey suit he would wear during his performances I found in his wooden travel trunk.\u00a0 Julia played the piano and was deemed \u201cThe Beautiful Singing Sufferette\u201d, according to a sticker I found on the side of the wooden trunk she packed her gear in.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column 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class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/clarkplayers.jpg\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='clarkplayers'><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay\"><div class=\"av-caption-image-overlay-bg\"><\/div><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-position\"><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-center\"><p>Clarks Players<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-11051 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-11051 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/clarkplayers-495x400.jpg' alt='' title='clarkplayers'  height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/snakesuit-814x1030.jpg\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='snakesuit'><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay\"><div class=\"av-caption-image-overlay-bg\"><\/div><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-position\"><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-center\"><p>George in his snake suit<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-11053 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-11053 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/snakesuit-495x400.jpg' alt='' title='snakesuit'  height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:14px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>My father recalled when he was 10 years old his leg had been injured while riding on the back of a motorcycle.\u00a0 Bandaged and bruised Grandpa set him on the bar of a local tavern with a tip hat. Grandpa then got on top of the bar and performed sleight of hand magic tricks, played a tune or two on his banjo and showcased his contortionist skills.\u00a0 As a marketing ploy he would announce where their tent was setup and invite people for show times.\u00a0 Dad said the tip hat filled with donations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-b757bdf615928fe2d71ee91eb4a636c9\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-b757bdf615928fe2d71ee91eb4a636c9 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-b757bdf615928fe2d71ee91eb4a636c9 .av-caption-image-overlay-bg{\nopacity:0.4;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-b757bdf615928fe2d71ee91eb4a636c9 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-b757bdf615928fe2d71ee91eb4a636c9 av-styling- av-img-linked avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-9  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  noHover av-overlay-on-hover'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/tent-1030x590.jpg\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='tent'><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay\"><div class=\"av-caption-image-overlay-bg\"><\/div><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-position\"><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-center\"><p>The traveling tent show<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-11055 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-11055 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/tent-845x684.jpg' alt='' title='tent'  height=\"684\" width=\"845\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:14px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Tragedy struck the show troupe in a series of freak misfortunes.\u00a0 Grandpa George had a dispute with an opera house owner over 4 dollars.\u00a0 He hit the owner with his banjo and pierced his skull with a tuning peg which ultimately killed him.\u00a0 George\u2019s brother was a lawyer and was able to get him off with self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>The knife throwing team came to an end when the thrower\u2019s wife was strapped to a spinning wheel while her husband threw knives at her.\u00a0 During a live performance, which was proceeded with too much alcohol, a misguided knife went into her mouth and pinned her to the wheel killing her instantly.\u00a0 The strong man would offer his services in front of the stage after performances for 2 bits, which was a quarter in those days, to bend any horseshoe in complete loop with his bare hands.\u00a0 He died from a blown blood vessel while carrying a piano on his back up a flight of stairs in an opera house.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to regroup the show troupe George retired from vaudeville and traveled showing silent films instead.\u00a0 Julia would play the piano during the films.\u00a0 My father said he would often be given the task of cranking the projector and was instructed to speed the films up during the chase or fight scenes and slow them down for the love scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Finding the road too much for them he started a string of hotels, 4 in total, in the Midwest.\u00a0 Fires caused by the oil fired lamps ended that enterprise.\u00a0 He is shown here inside a caf\u00e9 he started in Egan, South Dakota, which is my home town.\u00a0 The picture shows his wife Julia, daughters Dorothy and Doris.\u00a0 The man sitting at the counter is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>George was born in 1870 and died in 1933.\u00a0 Julia was born in 1883 and died in 1976.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_half  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-50a58884a88129b89fdb72fd4ecb84b7\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-50a58884a88129b89fdb72fd4ecb84b7 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-50a58884a88129b89fdb72fd4ecb84b7 .av-caption-image-overlay-bg{\nopacity:0.4;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-50a58884a88129b89fdb72fd4ecb84b7 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-50a58884a88129b89fdb72fd4ecb84b7 av-styling- av-img-linked avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-13  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  noHover av-overlay-on-hover'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cafe-1030x616.jpg\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='cafe'><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay\"><div class=\"av-caption-image-overlay-bg\"><\/div><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-position\"><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-center\"><p>The old Egan Cafe<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-11056 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-11056 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cafe-495x400.jpg' alt='' title='cafe'  height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-e1495bb05e5a8370014f89fd422e252f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-e1495bb05e5a8370014f89fd422e252f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-e1495bb05e5a8370014f89fd422e252f .av-caption-image-overlay-bg{\nopacity:0.4;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-e1495bb05e5a8370014f89fd422e252f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-e1495bb05e5a8370014f89fd422e252f av-styling- av-img-linked avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-15  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  noHover av-overlay-on-hover'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Clark-book.jpg\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='Clark-book'><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay\"><div class=\"av-caption-image-overlay-bg\"><\/div><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-position\"><div class=\"av-image-caption-overlay-center\"><p>George &amp; Julia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-11057 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-11057 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.rvdreamtour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Clark-book-495x400.jpg' alt='' title='Clark-book'  height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:14px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-a46e63d3243520f360b66d40f943954f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>When we sold our house in August 2015 the last items we loaded up were the travelling trunks. Many of the stickers have come off and are unreadable, still inside were some wigs and pieces of the suits my grandpa used to wear.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in some crazy way I&#8217;m going the way of my grandfather. Although today it&#8217;s much easier to travel cross country, no giant tent to setup, haven&#8217;t killed anyone with my banjo and there&#8217;s no way in hell Tanya would let me throw knives at her!!!! On a footnote, we won&#8217;t be retiring to open a cafe in Egan as I believe we&#8217;ve done that once already.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_third-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_third-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_third  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-dd7789bcb63df405012319f0b0b6d9ba\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-dd7789bcb63df405012319f0b0b6d9ba img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-dd7789bcb63df405012319f0b0b6d9ba 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