20250412 - Up in the am and L&I headed to the Farm. We got there and helped get things set up. People started showing up and we had a huge group this year, we think about 120! The day was perfect sunny and a bit chilly. Had a lot of first time attendees and a lot of people i haven't seen in YEARS! The day went very well and the syrup was perfect. There was a presentation in the tent on the history of the farm and that is when DJ&G and their friends decided to start shooting... Things wrapped up at the Farm and I cleaned the syrup stuff up with Brads help. DJ&G got all the trash out to the barn and L cleaned inside. We hung out for a while and then headed to the dinner in Ashland. It was a beautiful place and just the perfect set up with historic photos and items on display. I was the MC and it was a nice event. We had a slideshow rolling that folks enjoyed watching while they ate, there were some special presentations by a county commissioner and a state representative. The videos people sent in were very touching and some very funny. Several folks came up and shared stories and then we took family pictures. It was a wonderful event! Afterwards we helped get some things cleaned up and headed home. Home late, Hazel was happy to see us, to bed and dead asleep.
