The Yarrow Days Parade and Hazelnut Inn Open House are now only ten days away, and preparations are going ahead at full speed. Final decorating of the parade float will happen at the last minute, but in the meantime, we are in the operational test phase. We know the smoke machine works perfectly on house power, but it needs to be fully portable and battery-powered for the parade. Our properly sized inverter arrived this afternoon. We enlisted our neighbour Gord, along with his batteries, for the power. The smoke machine draws a fair amount of power, so today’s test was to see how long one battery would last. We will then do the math to determine how many batteries we will need to last the entire parade route. Next week we’ll do a final test with Henry to make sure we are ready for the big day. Stay tuned…