The company picnic started like most picnics do. Cars arriving full of people, food and games. Folks scattering about, setting up tables and making sure all the food, plates, and extras made sense. The kids gravitating to their groups, to do what kids do. Mat brought music for a little background. The weather was perfect – plenty of sun for those that want sun. But we had shade to hold those catching-up conversations. And even an air-conditioned building to eat (and rest) in.
Troy was burning burgers on the grill. Well, maybe not burning, just fanning some foot high flames. They were pretty! He was nearly finished when he had to track down Mat to move the music inside because it had started to sprinkle lightly. 20 minutes later it was a deluge. Hard rain, high winds, thunder, lightening and even some hail thrown in for good measure.
While there were some attendees that resembled taking a shower with their clothes on, we continued to picnic in the safety of the building we had planned on using only sporadically before. The picnic inside from the elements wasn’t even noticed by most. I’m sure the kids would rather have been outside. But even they made do with the hallway as their playground. Good thing we had that building!
Pictures of the even can be seen here.