Halloween Wrap Up

Halloween is over and we are exhausted. 

I want to start by saying thank you to our helpers: Mark, Robba, Randy, Karen, Kelly, Ron, Bob, Dan and Gina. These guys showed up at noon to help us get everything set up. There is no way we could do this without their help. We are forever grateful.

But we have to start asking, how much longer are we going to do this...at least on this scale.

Here are some pictures.

I don't have an exact figure of trick or treaters but it was somewhere around 1,900. From here on out, I think I'll just tell people we get over a thousand kids and leave it at that.

Pre Halloween

We are ready for Halloween.

We have all the tombstones and assorted decorations out on the front porch. We have a crowd of people coming over to help at noon.

Most importantly, we finished carving our eight pumpkins.

Here they are.

We are loaded with candy and Susan has the food all set up for our helpers.

This will be our 19th Halloween on the park.   

Witches Ride

This is the weekend before Halloween which means that tonight is the Party Night in the bars. There was a day when I would be in the thick of it but those days are gone for this old man. And I'm okay with it.

At 4:00 today, a crowd will be gathering in the park for the annual Witches Ride. The group does a little dance routine on the basketball court and then everyone rides their bikes around the park, concluding at the Hub Tavern.

We're going to go over for the dance, drive to the Hub after and enjoy the festivities there for a while.

Our neighbors, Derek and Terry Green are hosting a Halloween Party and we will head over there around 7:00.

Susan and I have again entered drawings in the Hub Tavern Pumpkin Coloring Contest. I think Susan is going to win. As of last night, there were only four entries, so our chances of winning are pretty good.

Stand by for the results!

The results are in and as expected, Susan won the coloring contest. There was a late entry that knocked me out of second place.

The party at the Green's was a lot of fun. Lots of neighbors were there and there was a lot of great food. Plus Jello shots and I brought a bunch of ice shot glasses there were a big hit. 

Boiler Game Faux Pas

If not for a Technical Difficulty, today would be the end of the Boiler Game. It got down to freezing last night and it was pretty chilly.

Unfortunately, the boiler has been running for a couple of weeks and I did not realize it. I thought the "Heat" switch was turned off. I checked it a while back only to discover it was in the "On" position and had probably been running for some time.

So, you all get your money back. But hang on...next year is just around the corner.

We are continuing to prep for Halloween, which is next Thursday. This week we will be carving our eight pumpkins, loading batteries into equipment and lights and bringing all the tombstones down from the Carriage House.

We are covered for candy, having over 2,000 pieces. Some are lollipops and licorice whips, some are fun size and a few, very few, are full size candy bars.

Getting Ready for Spooks

Susan and I went out today to get our supply of candy for Halloween. By my estimation, we spent about $120.00 and have just short of 2,000 pieces of candy. That total includes candy we already had on hand. I expect our friends who come and help out will bring some too so we are pretty well prepped for Halloween, as far as candy goes.

Our front porch is pretty well decorated so we are definitely in the Halloween season.