The journey of our fish

We dreamed up and fabricated this cute little fish submarine almost five years ago as the centrepiece for our trade show booth at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) EXPO which was held in Orlando, Florida. The display garnered our fourth-in-a-row first-place award for that massive international show. Since then the fish has been on display in the planter in front of our shop. Last week we tore out the overgrown shrubs in that planter which got us thinking about a new display for that area to go with the new plants that will soon grow there. The fish was much too nice not to display somewhere else. As luck would have it we were visited this week by the owners of DISTRICT 1881 - a wonderful upscale downtown development in Chilliwack. They saw the submarine and asked if we would consider displaying it in their courtyard for a time to help promote our Hazelnut Inn project. It sounded like a great idea, so we lifted the submarine out of the planter and brought it into the shop for a quick refresh and to build a circular metal fence around it. QR codes will be mounted to the boxes on the three fence posts so guests can instantly link to Hazelnut Inn when they pose for a selfie. When the sub returns to us later this summer it will be located at the front of our property and the plasma-cut steel dinosaur that currently lives there will be relocated.