I had four hot dates at the last carnival we did. Tree is asked where they stay when they're in town. The carnies stay at the armory. Two trailers are placed there for them. They are equipped with bunk beds and a couple of showers.
Tree adds there are temporary quarters for carnies near every festival site.
These accommodations, he says, are a joke. However, carnival life provides him with other sources of income. One of his sidelines is to sell garments to the new carnies. He collects these clothes by rummaging through people's garbage cans on tree lawns the night before trash pick-up. Another way he boosts his earnings is to stock up on beer and sell it by the can to the other carnies.