Halloween 2011, Better late than never

Well Halloween 2011 was one of the wildest rides we've ever experianced.. A Colossal Snowstorm 2 days prior to the big day brought trees down all over the East coast, Putting a record amount of people in the dark with no Power. I was outside desparately trying to save some structures from collapse as the wet heavy snow began to pile up. Tree limbs were snapping off and crushing everyting in sight for about 7 hours during the peak of nthe storm.,  It was Scary just to be outside. We ended up loosing a few props but all in all we were lucky.  We never lost power although we lost cable and telephone for several days.  Obviously our Party that was supposed to be Saturday prior to halloween was cancelled.

Despite the storm we were determined to be ready for the big day and were making great progress towards that end when I heard that the town decided to reschedule Trick Or Treating to the following Saturday. It was probably a good decision So we didn't have any qualms about that. 

On Halloween night,  several neighbors asked if they could bring thier kids by and I said "yes" of course. Given that everything was set up alreay, it wasn't a big deal. So we turned on the fog machines and ended up having 75 TOTers that night.  Not to bad given that Halloween had officially been moved till the Following weekend.

Sooo halloween stuff was Up and ready all week long which presented a unique opportunity for us to take a look at our setup.  It usually is only up for a day or two since it totally blocks my entire driveway. We ended up having guests several nights during the week.  It was fun but we could have used a little rest after that disasterous storm.

So, last night was the rescheduled Trick or Treating.  It went VERY well.  No Major failures.  In fact Most everything went FLawlessly.  I have to tweak a few things (as usual) for next year. but overall It was a great evening.  My brother actually had the opportunity to bring his family by due the to schedule change, so that was really nice.  We figure we had about 600- 700 people here this year.  That's down a little bit from the year before but given the unusual circumstances that wasn't too bad.  We all had fun and are now in the process of putting everything away. Hopefully these freaky early storms aren't a regular occurance. This is the second time in 3 years that we were affected in some way by an early snowstorm.

Looking foward already to next year.

Greg and Doreen