Annual club picnic!

It’s that time of year again, The Hop Barley Picnic at the Heil Ranch. Time for hanging out with great friends, great beer, great food, mountain croquet, wiffle ball, horse shoes and an all around good time. Make plans to camp out, because once the barchives are broken out, you're not going to want to drive home. As always, we'll be providing breakfast on Sunday morning for those who spend the night.

I think that just about everyone has attended in the past, but here are some details for those of us who are new or the old timers who recently burned the brain cells containing the relevant picnic info.:

Where: The Heil Ranch (let me know if you need directions)

When: Saturday, September 8th, starting around 1:00 to Sunday morning, after breakfast

Who: Hop Barley members may bring one guest for free. Additional guests are $10.00 (we pay the Heils based upon attendance). Please remember, NO DOGS. Once again, it's a cow pasture, and we don't want to bother the livestock (really, no joke)

What to bring:
-Camping gear (if you are staying overnight)
-a hat
-sunscreen
-closed toe shoes (its a cow pasture)
-beer, and/or something from your barchives to share (if you so desire)
-a food item to share (details below)

BEER:
-I’m sure that many of us have extra beer left from the NHC. Please bring some to the picnic
-we'll provide ice to keep the beer cold and CO2

FOOD:
As always, the club will be providing the meat for the picnic. I'll be barbequing a pork shoulder for pulled pork sandwiches, a brisket, and who knows what else. If you'd like to contribute some barbeque or such, please do, just let me know. We'll also provide plenty of water and soft drinks.

We do need need everyone to please contribute something to share. We'll have a sign up list on our website, or please reply to this email with what you'd like to bring. Here's what we need:

Appetizers:
-Chips and Salsa
-More Chips
-your choice
-your choice

Bread
-rolls
-other bread (corn bread, anyone?)

Salads
-Green Salad
-Green Salad
-Other Salad

Sides
-potato salad
-cole slaw
-macaroni salad
-other

desserts
-your choice
-your choice
-your choice

Of course, if you have a favorite dish you'd like to share, please do.

I do need a few volunteers to help me with a few things. Here are a few things we need help with:

-Ice and CO2 for the beer

-someone to bring a gas grill to help warm up the food

-someone to be in charge of breakfast (I'll provide details)

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Looking forward to seeing you there!