Relay for Life - Keep on Truckin Nick

We (me and Fran) went to Fargo on Friday to help the girls with setting up and where ever they needed us. We left here around 1:30 and we were just 15 minutes out of Moorehead when the rain started.... Didn't look like a good sign.
Got to the girls apartment - then started calling them trying to find out where they were, then decided that a trip to the local dollar store for some rain ponchos was in order.
Went to the dollar store - purchased several bags of ponchos and also some munches as well. Then headed for the park where the Relay for life was to be held. It is now pouring.
Get there and find the girls - then put some stuff of there's in our trunk. Gave the girls the two heavy ponchos that I have had in the trunk from football games. They of course had gotten soaked earlier and then put on poncheo over their wet clothes, so they switched to these since they were out in the rain more then anyone else. Then we decide to head back to the apartment and put our stuff in their apartment and then see what the guys are up to. At the park they are trying to find a place to move it in doors. But are having NO Luck!
We get to the apartment - put our stuff in the girls appartment and then go down to the guys apartment and hang out there until 7:30 then we all pile in my car and head back to the park - all of us then put on ponchos and head out into the pouring rain. We head over to the tented area... then after the opening ceremony - and the survivors start doing there the first round then all the others start walking behind them, so after they have made a round and I have taken some pictures ... Me and Fran start walking..... one half of the track is now almost completely covered in water... fun.... then by 10 pm it starts to lightning off in the distance.... and by 10:30 the lightning is all around us... so we all are in a mad dash to pick up all of the luminaire bags - by seperating the candles and sand into separate containers and throwing away the bags as they are mostly in pieces.
Once done their... we all haul stuff to vehicles and then get into our cars and head back to the apartment and get into dry clothes and then head to Old Chicago for dinner - it is now midnight.
All and all - besides the rain ... it was a Great success. They had a good turnout and raised lots of money for Relay for Life - they raised close to $43,000.00 - three times more then they expected.