Mark Bonnalie
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah. It's so scary. I mean, we're only here for literally like a flash in the pan. I, I, I've always had the ability at least within my, within myself to, to realize even as things are new and shiny, like I'm going to get tired of this or I'm going to get like, this isn't going to be what it is to me today forever. Um, go for it. I mean, just, just pursue it.
And I'm still a product of poor decision-making and learning, learning, learning through the hardships of it all. I mean, I can't stress that enough. I don't want to, I don't want to portray that I've got anything figured out here, but all I did know is that I did not have it in me to, um,
And I'm still a product of poor decision-making and learning, learning, learning through the hardships of it all. I mean, I can't stress that enough. I don't want to, I don't want to portray that I've got anything figured out here, but all I did know is that I did not have it in me to, um,
And I'm still a product of poor decision-making and learning, learning, learning through the hardships of it all. I mean, I can't stress that enough. I don't want to, I don't want to portray that I've got anything figured out here, but all I did know is that I did not have it in me to, um,
let my life slip away between the cracks and, and go on, um, not chasing my dreams to the point where I knew I either, I either failed or flew. Um, the longer you waited in that decision, the worst it would have been too. Yeah, absolutely. Um, so.
let my life slip away between the cracks and, and go on, um, not chasing my dreams to the point where I knew I either, I either failed or flew. Um, the longer you waited in that decision, the worst it would have been too. Yeah, absolutely. Um, so.
let my life slip away between the cracks and, and go on, um, not chasing my dreams to the point where I knew I either, I either failed or flew. Um, the longer you waited in that decision, the worst it would have been too. Yeah, absolutely. Um, so.
Decided there in the latter years of a decade-long career with Nightforce Optics that it just wasn't going to... I was either going to be a lifer or else I was going to make some drastic life changes. Started the Vintage Airstream, what I thought was going to be a restoration company. I always liked...
Decided there in the latter years of a decade-long career with Nightforce Optics that it just wasn't going to... I was either going to be a lifer or else I was going to make some drastic life changes. Started the Vintage Airstream, what I thought was going to be a restoration company. I always liked...
Decided there in the latter years of a decade-long career with Nightforce Optics that it just wasn't going to... I was either going to be a lifer or else I was going to make some drastic life changes. Started the Vintage Airstream, what I thought was going to be a restoration company. I always liked...
I've always liked building creative projects, whether it be old classic pickup trucks or we personally own that 66 Airstream trailer. And I knew from from a business and marketing standpoint, I knew that there was a cult following around these old old time trailers. And I also
I've always liked building creative projects, whether it be old classic pickup trucks or we personally own that 66 Airstream trailer. And I knew from from a business and marketing standpoint, I knew that there was a cult following around these old old time trailers. And I also
I've always liked building creative projects, whether it be old classic pickup trucks or we personally own that 66 Airstream trailer. And I knew from from a business and marketing standpoint, I knew that there was a cult following around these old old time trailers. And I also
through my own personal passion for them had realized I've seen, you know, maybe not hundreds of these things out in, in the sticks, like on these old country drives. Oh, they're out there though. Yeah. They're there. They were my neck of the woods in the Northwest of, of the country than in, you know, North central Idaho. I kind of attribute it to, it's just a little bit behind time.
through my own personal passion for them had realized I've seen, you know, maybe not hundreds of these things out in, in the sticks, like on these old country drives. Oh, they're out there though. Yeah. They're there. They were my neck of the woods in the Northwest of, of the country than in, you know, North central Idaho. I kind of attribute it to, it's just a little bit behind time.
through my own personal passion for them had realized I've seen, you know, maybe not hundreds of these things out in, in the sticks, like on these old country drives. Oh, they're out there though. Yeah. They're there. They were my neck of the woods in the Northwest of, of the country than in, you know, North central Idaho. I kind of attribute it to, it's just a little bit behind time.
So the people that, um, there, there was not this knowledge that, oh, there's, these things are valuable and these things could, you know, there's people looking for them. So I, I started a company called Hell's Canyon Vintage Airstream and I thought I was just going to be turning wrenches and creating airstreams. And, and, and, and I was cool with that, right?
So the people that, um, there, there was not this knowledge that, oh, there's, these things are valuable and these things could, you know, there's people looking for them. So I, I started a company called Hell's Canyon Vintage Airstream and I thought I was just going to be turning wrenches and creating airstreams. And, and, and, and I was cool with that, right?
So the people that, um, there, there was not this knowledge that, oh, there's, these things are valuable and these things could, you know, there's people looking for them. So I, I started a company called Hell's Canyon Vintage Airstream and I thought I was just going to be turning wrenches and creating airstreams. And, and, and, and I was cool with that, right?
Like it wasn't going to be an office. It was no longer going to be a cubicle or a computer. I don't want to take away the fact that I got to shoot a lot and get paid for it. I got to travel all over the globe representing the company and doing all sorts of cool things. But the core responsibilities at the job were getting funneled more and more into a computer, telephone, and a cubicle space.