07/06/2026
Well, this definitely wasn’t on the Looney Farm bingo card…
Tonight, we had a helicopter land right next to our pole barn. Yes, an actual helicopter. For a brief moment, we felt way more important than we really are.
About six months ago, the Porters Fire Department asked if they could use one of our fields for firefighter training. We said, “Absolutely!” Never imagining that eventually we’d be standing in our backyard watching a helicopter touch down like we were hosting a VIP arrival.
Fast forward to tonight—the big event finally happened. We invited some new friends and our immediate neighbors, partly to watch the training and partly to prove we weren’t making the whole helicopter thing up.
Of course, because it’s the Looney Farm, Mother Nature decided to throw a major thunderstorm into the mix. But the crew stuck it out, waited for the weather to pass, and flew in anyway. Nothing says dedication like landing a helicopter after a thunderstorm just to visit a bunch of farm folks.
Janice and I truly appreciate everyone who came out. It was great spending time together, seeing friends, meeting neighbors, and pretending for a few minutes that we run a highly classified operation instead of a farm.