This is our neighbor Chad. No, not the pig, the guy standing smiling at the pig is Chad. This is about 4 am on the 4th of July. I built the stands for the spit and rigged a motor to spin it automatically. It worked with some hiccups along the way.

"Wilber" as Chad called it, cooked all day. We took breaks as well as got things set up, chairs, tables, pool cleaned, etc.

Wilber kept shifting it's mid section when it would rotate and would cause a lurch in the spit rotation that eventually sheared our nails that were used as pins on the motor shaft. The lurching eventually just ripped the parts that held the pipe to the motor apart and Chad had to get more fittings to last the last 3 hours or so so that we wouldn't have to sit there and manually crank it. When it was all done and over, Chad mentioned that he didn't think the whole process was worth it and I don't think we'll be doing a pig next year. I'm good with hot dogs and barbequed chicken which is what we got filled up on while waiting for Wilber to get done.

We spent a few hours in the pool. Clara loves the water.

In her new star dress.