Tent flying at Balloonfest
Forty minutes earlier, this area looked like the deck of a ship on 'Deadliest Catch', Matt, Scott, Kent, Pooch, Russ, Carl, Larry, Bill & Ted secured the entire grill, food prep and service area thru an incredibly powerful storm, we re-lit the warming grill and were ready to serve for one of the most beautiful BalloonFest afternoons in years.
Multiple Lions with incredibly inaccurate cell phone apps convinced us it was just going to 'blow over', well it did, lots of ez ups blew over too - the one by stage was sailing in the wind, tethered by a rope on one corner. As other canopies were flipped over and crushed with horizontal rain, we were ready to bail into the 'burban - everyone was to let go at once. We could somewhat hear each other but could rarely see each other. Pooch yelled - if that big trash bin starts cartwheeling east, we're bailing! Then he said 'If it starts to get real quiet or calm - everyone in the 'burban!'
Well, it never got calm and the trash bin never moved so we hung on with both hands and 'rode it out', great to feel like 'the last man standing' even if I spent most of the time positioning the vehicle and laughing at the lunacy.
Great storm, great group, great work.
Parade Winners
Duck Race Winners
$400
Traci Hoernke
Terry Jacobs
Harold Ellertson
$100
Sue Splan
Janice Martin - (Twice)
Rhonda Gilbert
Sherry Vogltanz
Heather Siemers
Joan Halter
Deb Lyons
Jean Casey
Parade Winners
Best of Parade
St Thomas Aquinas School
Commercial
1st - Today's Child Learning Center
2nd - Riverside Chiropractic
Non – Commercial
1st - Cloverview 4-H
2nd - Waterford Recreation
Open
1st - Western Racine Co Special Olympics
2nd - All American Kazoo Band
Vehicles
1949 & Older Stock
1st - Bob Gariepy 1921 Cadillac Truck
2nd - Richard Pagel 1947 Sterling Dump Truck
1950 & Newer Stock
1st - Tom Hincz 1964 Amphicar
2nd - Larry Martin 1957 Chevy
1950 & Newer Modified
1st - Lorin Fry 1972 Nova SS
2nd - Thomas Dean 1998 Corvette