Woody Cavenaugh

I can't think of a single time in my life I was surrounded by so many genuinely nice people as was at HoggFest. I can also feel comfortable saying that from my perspective as a volunteer that the event went off without a hitch and was a complete success. All David had to do was say out loud what he needed and people would fire off in all directions to get it for him.

At the event I met bloggers I had met before, bloggers I had read but had never met before, and bloggers whom I had never read, or ever met, and every one of them were amazingly good people to meet and know. It made me wish I had a job where all I had to do all day was sit around and read all of the local blogs every day.

I think the only person I wanted to shake hands with that I didn't, was probably the busiest looking guy at the whole event, Jay Ovittore. I don't think he stopped moving the whole day.

Sara and I arrived at about 10:30am and things were sizzling in the cooker, soon after setting up some tables we made a charcole run and returned with Cameron. Not knowing what to expect, I made three juggling balls before leaving and had those handy just in case kids showed up needing things to do. This was never a problem. At one point about 3pm I was sitting at a table just having finished a late lunch. Two 12ish girls were sitting at the other end, and one said to the other. "I think we can stay here a lot longer. I don't think I am going to be bored for a while." Success! Adults are easy to entertain, the only thing harder to keep entertained than a 12 year old girl would be a 12 year old boy, and all of them were too busy running around having fun to even have that kind of conversation.

Sara burned two rolls of film and we plan to 1 hour those after work today. I will post the best of them here hopefully tomorrow for your passtime and pleasure. (Assuming I get them scanned tonight.)

All that great fun, wonderful music, and terrific people, and all for the best cause too.