June 15-16, 2007 Barn Razing

Katie and her friend Allison, Jeff and I went out to Covo on Friday to get a head start on the weekend. They're using their girl scout skills to get the fire going for dinner.


                      Playing cards while the fire heats up!








Dan and Deena, Jessica and Mitchell arrived on Saturday for the barn razing, maybe not the best of days with occasional heavy downpours but it didn't stop the task at hand.




After much discussion, it was decided that this was the first post to come down and maybe some of the old hay barn would come with it.


                                                          Still standing!



The crowd breathlessly waits!
            


                        More discussion about what to do...
                        Deena had some good thoughts!






Finally, after more tugs with the tractor and physically yanking some boards away, the hay barn begins to fall and with it falls a piece of Mt. Carroll history. We speculate that the barns on the property are a century old, maybe a little more, maybe a little less, and worth preserving in one form or another.













Drenched, but happy Covoites.