Taking the Pulse

Travel is necessary and always amusing. Two trips over successive weekends and I am ready to stay home some. Can I? Noooo I am Campmaster for CRK and then we launch into outdoor food cooking for the masses.
My family and friends from Brookstown UMC, Vienna Civic Club, and Vienna Fire Department will be cooking fish, steaks, chicken, chicken stew, and BBQ. Man get the grills, cookers, smokers, roasters and ovens ready! We will slide into winter with full bellies at least.
The trip to Las Vegas was business and pleasure. I should have extended for a couple of days but the money needed for food drove me home. WE normally go conventions and have food provided for 3-4 days. We provided our own eats except for one Magnificent meal with Auto Supply Co. Thanks to Charlie and Co. we had a great meal and evening.
Mandalay Bay was the headquarters for Barrett-Jackson. We arrived on Thu. and went over to the arena and watched “a few” cars roll across the stage and get sold for thousands of dollars. We then went Sat to the Chevrolet fan experience- Test drove, Rode in a New Corvette, drifted in same, and wore ourselves out in row after row of the most beautiful vehicles in the world. Then we watched the auctions and a few cars go for over 100,000$.
Vienna Fd had Open House and launches into the fall and winter fire season with over a hundred hours of Public Education. Fire Danger is real and being fire safe and Alerted is Very Important. Vienna installs smoke detectors and teaches about EDITH. Each FF preaches and practices the Exit plan and works to teach family and friends. We then pick the FF, Rescue, Rookie, and Cadet of the Year. We get honored and Honor ourselves. We eat Steak and Party for fellowship and Celebration. We play hard because we work hard keeping our community safe.
Brookstown UMC kicked off the 1st annual Fish Fry using Roy Lewis frying machine… A 3×4 ft fish frying setup. We can keep up frying to the largest crowd. Tested and found magnificent. Frys and Hushpuppies and Fish.. Brookstown has a good fund raiser…Thanks for Bill and Jeffery, We kept 130 folks in fish n fixins… Chip Webb Served it all and washed it all and blistered up chopping slaw. Great job!
Chicken is the meat of choice for Late October… First a 100 half chicken and hotdog lunch. Then a Trunk or Treat at Brookstown UMC with a chicken stew…Gonna bone some Chicken… Yeah
Last we will cook BBQ and Fry some more Fish. Christmas time is coming an We may cook some Shoulders? who knows?
Service to others and Serving ourselves… Aprons or Bibs… We are feeding and being fed. Thanks for the Servers and those needing served.