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Decal Guy travels the West with mobile business
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| Daiton Bartow tries to convince her mom Fawna which decal to buy for their car while shopping at the Decal Guy mobile store along South Douglas Highway. The stand is one of a few that frequents Gillette throughout the summer. - News-Record photo by Nathan Payne |
By J.D. STETSON, News-Record Writer jstetson@gillettenewsrecord.net
Along the wall in front of Mark Hopkins’ trailer, there were images reminiscent of those that adorn the inside of a tattoo parlor.But these images aren’t tattoos, they’re decals meant to be stuck onto a vehicle made by The Decal Guy, the name of Hopkins’ business.
While most of the images are harmlessly cute or that of a popular cartoon character, others bear some of the more colorful words in the English language — the ones that if said in school would have made the teacher send you to a corner.
Those stickers weren’t going to deter Fawna Bartow and her two girls, 8-year-old Taylor and 6-year-old Daiton, from picking out a sticker for their Trailblazer.
If it were up to Fawna, she would have gotten a sticker that read “Cowgirl in Training,” but she also wanted something that her husband would enjoy — so the “girly” stuff was out.
In the past six days, many found their way to Hopkins’ temporary digs on Highway 59 in the open lot north of Mingles Lounge.
It will remain there until Tuesday night. He’ll leave town for a while and then be back in the middle of July, Hopkins said.
Hopkins and his family is from Washington state, and they usually make it to Wyoming about four times a year.
Over the past 10 years, the Hopkins family has traveled along a circuit to hit various fairs and events in the West. The furthest he’s ever traveled is Texas, but he prefers to stay in small towns. Business is better there.
“Rednecks love this stuff,” Hopkins said. “Roughnecks, too.”
Besides running the moving decal store, Hopkins also owns several graphic design shops that create signs.
He also runs a Web site where customers can order decals without waiting for the stand to turn up again.
Back outside the stand, Bartow and her daughters were deciding which decal to buy.
Taylor thought that a sticker that depicted a deer next to the words “Buck Off” would work to please her dad, who is an avid hunter. Daiton thought a decal of Scooby Doo would be the better choice.
Instead, Fawna chose a slogan that she knew would work the best to personify the kind of person she knew her husband to be.
“Born to Hunt, forced to work.”
- Net FYI: www.decalguy.com
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