Off to Clearfield!!!

Memorial Day weekend we got to spend up north as a family getting the cabin "renter ready."  Thankfully we did and about noon on Monday we left and headed for Clearfield, PA.  Eric has been spending most of his time there since the end of April and now we got to come and stay with him because the girls had off for the week.

On Thursday we got to be there for the PGP Open House/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.  It was a beautiful day for it, and it was pretty short and sweet, Dan gave a little speech and then all the employees and some people from town got to cut the ribbon.

There really was just a lot of standing around and talking but it was nice to meet some of the employees and their families.  It changed things for me, from just being a place, to the place having people that cared.  I know it sounds silly, but it was a very good day for me.  The employees had spent a year working there without the plant running, not knowing what was going to happen.  That is a long time of unknown!  It was really good to talk with the employees and see their excitement and gratitude of being back to work.  I talked to one guy who seemed to be as amazed with Eric as we are.  He said if he could go to Cambridge and get that place up and going he is excited to see what he can do here.  Eric is always quick to point out that he can't do it alone.  There is a lot that goes into the plant and he is appreciative of all that everyone puts into it.

The girls liked being able to be there with daddy and grandpa.

We took a small walking tour of the facility.  A lot of the employees asked if we were going to move to Pennsylvania.  I just said what I always say, "I make no promises on anything."

This is the plant from the top of one of the "bins."  They are made of cement so I guess they are called silos.  It is a 110 million gallon a year plant, while Cambridge is 44 million a year.