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This is a view from the our room in the Westin Hotel. All the walkers and crew are dropping off their luggage at the luggage trucks. Great America Park is in the background. |
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We all look so excited. We are in the Convention Center waiting for the Opening Ceremonies to start. Katie just wants to start walking. |
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The staff lead a group stretch. Seeing all these people together was moving. Everyone was a little nervous but so pumped up. |
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Out of the convention center and down the street. The walkers had to start the walk two by two to fit on the side walk. It took over 90 minutes to get all 4,400 walkers out of the convention center and on the street. With the front walkers moving between 3 and 4 miles an hour, by the time the last walker left the convention center, the first walkers were 4 to 6 miles out. It was something to see the 6 mile line of walkers. |
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Port-A-Potty central!! There were stops about every two miles. This was a good thing, because Katie was drinking liquid like it was going out of style. They had so many Port-A-Potties that the line was never more then about five people deep. |
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"We are Athletes. All the Avon Walkers and me." |
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The walk went down streets and on beautiful walking/bike baths. This one is near Santa Clara. |
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Lunch in Menlo Park. Each of the pit stops and grab-and-goes had a theme. There was medical, ocean, cowboy/ranch, Alice in Walkerland, ... themes to make the walkers smile and laugh. |
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Barbara's (standing on the left) day job was navigating one of the luggage trucks to the next camp. Her afternoon and evening job was in camp services selling the Avon Pink Ribbon products. The camp services crew were Team Angel. |
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Luggage, luggage, where is your luggage. |