Triple Fat Back BBQ wrapped up another season this weekend, with our big American Royal BBQ party event.\u00a0 I am still somewhat out of sorts from lack of sleep and over-partying, so forgive my lackadaisical effort at this.\u00a0 I am definitely envious of the team members who had the foresight to take today off, that was fine planning on their part.<\/p>\n
The event started (for a small part of the team) on Thursday afternoon, when a few of us showed up at the site to start setting things up.\u00a0 By the time I got there, we had two big campers already in place, all the electrical work done, and the big tents were being set up.\u00a0 That pretty much took the rest of the afternoon.\u00a0 For dinner Firehouse Subs<\/a> (one of our proud sponsors) showed up with some sandwich boxes.\u00a0 Apparently they had just taken a guess at how many would be needed, which turned out to be “way too many.”\u00a0 (Were they a little more familiar with the workings of our “team,” they would have known that a very small portion of the members show up when there is work to do.)\u00a0 Not being ones to waste food though, we managed to take care of all the sandwiches, which put us all in food-comas and effectively ended the work for the day.\u00a0 For the rest of the evening we sat around and rocked to the sounds of “Guitars For Christmas” and tried to stay warm.<\/p>\n Friday was spent getting ready for the big party of the evening.\u00a0 We usually have around 300 people show up throughout the evening;\u00a0 That’s a lot of BBQ to get prepped, tables to set up, decorations to hang, hair gel for Scotten to apply, etc.\u00a0 I can honestly say we are getting better at it every year though…\u00a0 By now (our sixth year) we have a rather effective process for getting it all done by the time people show up.\u00a0 Other than some uncooperative weather I think we had a great fiesta.\u00a0 Unfortunately it was ridiculously windy, which we had to fight all day, and by the time the party got going the temp had dropped to a somewhat uncomfortable level.\u00a0 I walked around a bit throughout the evening though, and I really think we had one of the larger parties in the area.\u00a0 I had my fun to be sure, and that’s really all that is important at the end of the day.<\/p>\n