We headed out to the JC Community Picnic on Canada Day for the 39th annual picnic at Caledon Place. Even though the forecasted weather was iffy we aren’t fair-weather picnickers. We arrived around 9:45 in the morning, the rain started on our drive up, but had stopped by the time we unpacked the car. As usual Mark brought his dining tent and a large tarp just in case the rain came again.

There were lots of picnic tables to be had.

It was pretty quiet early on as you can see by the amount of vehicles parked in the background.

By the time everyone arrived, it was almost lunch time.

There were 14 of us this year, seems the threat of rain kept some of us away.

After lunch it was time for the races.

As you can see the skies cleared although it was a little windy at times.

Angela and Claudia  and Darin and Eoin ready for the 16-40 3-legged race.

Off and running.

Angela and Claudia came in 3rd place, while Darin and Eoin ended up breaking their tie.

Next up was the 41+ 3-legged race. Sansei Mark had his own cheering section from some of his students.

Carey and I had a slow start.

In the end we finished 4th or 5th, Mark and Gaila finished 3rd.

There were only 2 teams in the 7-15 geta race.

The girls and Dylan were up for the 16+ geta race.

In the first heat they had competition from Mark, Darin, Orla and Eoin.

The girls and Dylan finished 2nd in their heat and moved on to the finals.

They didn’t fare as well in the finals.

There seemed to be some sort of breakdown.

We were trying to figure out how long the geta skis were, Julie offered to lay down next to one, but we thought standing next to them would be easier. Julie is 5 ft and Dylan is over 6ft.

Next was the shoe kick, here is Angela.

Claudia.

Dylan placed 4th in his first Shoe Kick event.

Darin.

Me, Mark and Carey getting ready for the 41-59 shoe kick.

Gillian took some photos of my attempt.

My shoe up in the air, the wind picked up just as I released my shoe, otherwise it would have went further.

Mark.

Carey with his 2nd place shoe kick.

I placed 3rd, here I am with my prize ( a small bag of Lay’s Salt & Vinegar chips, that’s like 1st place to me).

Time for the Saikoro game.

I don’t think any of us were in the final group.

The water balloon toss.

Angela celebrating victory after the Candy Toss.

It was onto Bingo!

Here is Claudia waiting for her bingo to be checked.

Carey was one of the big bingo winners. He won one of the special games and here he is sitting on one of his two Canada chairs.

It was a pretty successful bingo for the Tanabe-Uyeda’s, of the 15 regular games we won 6 bingos and Carey’s special game.

After dinner they did the Fukubiki draws back at the Bingo Pavillon. Once again the Tanabe-Uyeda’s did well. Of the 34 prizes we won a combined 7 in total (21%). We won 3 including a pair of pearl earrings from Kobo Jewellery. Gaila won 3 prizes including a can of Shoyu and Julie won a prize.

Here are the table of prize winners. Unfortunately none of us won the Share the Wealth draw this year. The top prize was $125. It was a great day and we had a good time, good food and good laughs.