First Annual "Rawk the Coop"!!!

We decided to mark our new ranch with an annual event, deciding upon the May long weekend as the best (and least contested) time to have a bunch of people over for a big bash. After sending out postcards with crowing roosters on them, a group of intrepid adventurers descended upon Wheatley for three days of May-hem....

A combination of about twenty locals and friends from away turned out to mark the inaugural occasion, which included camping, bonfires, a live music jam, horseshoes, a fish fry, a BBQ, a rented porta-potty, and the obligatory kite flying in the high winds of Chatham-Kent. We even enjoyed a very sudden and threatening thunderstorm.

Thanks to all in attendance for a great time - in no particular order: Carrie and Dan, Jessie and Sarah, Bridget and Mel, Louise, Dora; Denise, Luke and Martin; Cindy and Laurie, Kester; Tanya, Grayson and Keith; and Julie and John.

If any special awards of recognition need to be handed out....full points to Keith for driving his brother's truck (a standard!) all the way to Wheatley just to deliver the long-awaited riding lawnmower. Kudos to Dora for toughing it out all night in the (summer) tent, even when Louise gave in and went into the house. Finally, a half-point to Julie for retrieving a young boy's kite from the midst of a wheat field.

Same time next year for the 2nd Annual "Rawk the Coop"!

The Tent Village on the East Lawn
The Parking Lot - note the rented Port-a-Pottie!
Hungry Folk Await the first BBQ offerings
Some evening magic