Getting ready for the Harvest of Excellence
Holstein World team member Tim Baumgartner is in California these days, helping his friends Daryl and Pam Nunes get ready for next week’’s Harvest of Excellence Sale. We thought it would be neat to gain a perspective on what it takes to get ready for an event like this and how many different kinds of preparations are needed to make sure things go smoothly. In his own words - Tim will give us an update from Windsor, CA, and we thank him in advance for this inside look at a world-class event!
“Yesterday I arrived at Ocean View Farms to assist the Nunes family in getting ready for their upcoming Harvest of Excellence Sale.
It was an eventful day in some respects. There were multiple loads of gravel hauled in all day, the water line in the bull barn broke, spraying water all over. Pam lost her diamond bracelet, Daryl got stung by another wasp, and two cows calved with bull calves. To top all that off, I got to be a part of my first earthquake! Only problem is, I didn”t even realize it.
It is 19 days until sale day, and much is going on. Pam and the Westwynde bunch are busy with last minute catalog requests, and double checking on number tags and room reservations. That is in addition to multiple advertising deadlines for horse and cow ads, and updating various websites. Adding to that they are planning for a wedding on Saturday for one of the Westwynde employees. Daryl and Marvin are busy with the daily routine of managing Ocean View Farms, which leaves me the task of being the facilities facilitator.
So on my first day, I got to be a traffic director, a plumber, a window washer and a box stall washer. Can”t wait until tomorrow when I get to be a mason, a painter and a fitter!”
Stay tuned….