 optimism was high here higher than the mercury even with hundreds of people in line including stephanie murray miller who is here from missouri to visit a friend i mean i've been sanding for most of my life so i think i've got this they had hoped to have over 700 people participate but the fact that everyone had to be in a poncho so it looked like ice cream or a cone and in this heat meant that patience was melting faster than real ice cream would ice cream people need sarco