Well I survived the night in the bunny barn. It was a colder night then I expected and the blanket I grabbed before I left wasn't big enough! I also didn't think to bring a jacket, when I left the house last night it was a nice 75F out. During the night it dropped down to a chilly 56F.
When I arrived at the fair around 8pm, they were having everyone park in the very farthest areas from the fair, they do have shuttles to the gate, so even though I had a parking pass it doesn't mean I get a good spot. It just means I can park in the lot closes to the bunny barn. Well that didn't apply last night. Around 9:30pm I told another club member I will be back shortly, I was going to move my car closer. I was concerned being almost parked in the next county someone might decide they want to see whats in my car and break in. So I go out to the car and start moving it closer, a sheriff deputy asked what I was doing and he said OK just tell the next officer what you want to do and he will let you pass. Well the next officer was a sheriff deputy wannabe, who was going to show me he had powerand he started giving me a ration of crap about not following directions etc. So he finally let me pass and I managed to park much, much closer then I was before. Then I went back to the bunny barn and started my overnight duties.
I got about 2 1/2-3 hours solid sleep, then about 3:30am one rooster started crowing, then another and another, then the ducks didn't want to be outdone so they started quacking. Well of course the cows couldn't let this pass them so a few of them started mooing and some sheep joined in about 4am.
Meanwhile before the roosters started, the bunny's were thumping, rattling food dishes etc. The cages for the bunnies are two high and there is a wooden sheet under the upper cages angled towards the rear of the cage. So when the bunny's on the top do their thing it doesn't fall on the bunny below but rolls dripsdown and then onto the floor. So I fell asleep to the sound of bunny poop falling onto wooden sheets then dropping onto the litter on the barn floor. Not as soothing as listening to a gentle rain,
really not as soothing a sound as a gentle rain!
Have you ever tried to use a port a potty in the dark? I don't recommend it, I almost got my cell phone out to provide light, but I thought with my luck I would drop my new upgraded phone into it and I really wouldn't want it back. So I let my eyes adjust to the light that was entering.
Finally around 8am another club member came to relieve me, I helped her open up the barn and get it ready for the day. Just before that though they had a sunrise hot air balloon launch. It was really a sight to see, beautiful. The night before they had the same balloons tethered to the ground, music playing and the balloons would turn on their burners to the music and light up their balloons from the inside. There was also a plane doing acrobatics shooting off fireworks from under its wings behind it. There were some sparkler/flare device on the wings so you could track the plance in the dark.
Here are a couple of pictures of the sunrise balloon launch this morning. Sorry for the quality I took them with my cell phone camera.
Now I think I will go to bed and rest before going to my moms 80th birthday party.
