Company Picnic

Yesterday was the company picnic for J. F. Taylor. We had heard that it was a big deal and it delivered. The president of the company hosts it at his house every year. There were pony rides, bounce houses, a skipjack, a cotton candy maker, a clown, and tons of delicious food. The boys maxed out their junk food intake for the week!


Nolen swimming in Mr. Taylor's pool. I guess I didn't get a picture of Max in the pool. Oops.

Ed manned the grill for awhile. Looks like he was working real hard!

We took a ride on a skipjack. These boats are used for oyster dredging in the Chesapeake Bay. There is a lot of talk about how polluted the bay has become. As an example...out guide said that in 1981, you could dredge 150 bushels of oysters in three hours. By the early 90's the number of oysters had been so greatly reduced that after fishing all day, you only had 35 bushels of oysters. It was a a fun boat ride. They also pulled up a crab trap with a few blue crabs in it and he talked about the life cycle of a crab and how the traps work. Max loved it and he helped throw one of the crabs back into the water.