Walkers June 30 2008

Monday, June 30th 6:45 PM on the Parkway Trail
Bob - 3.1 miles
Gary - 3.1 miles
Tony - 3.1 miles
Mary M.- 3.1 miles

Total = 12.4 miles

Year-to-Date Total = 1467.75

Miles to go to hit "2008 miles in 2008" - 540.25 miles

From Mary M. about Monday, June 30th's walk on the Parkway Trail at 6:45 PM -

It looked like we might get rained on as we started out on the trail but we did get out to Route 60 and back with just a few sprinkles. It was warm, but not unbearable. We did see a few other walkers. Tony got some great pictures of three Sandhill Cranes and the Osprey. He is trying to get them loaded to the blog before his computer goes in for an upgrade early tomorrow.

We saw a lot new litter on the Parkway,.that hopefully the Expressway maintenance crew will pick up on Wednesday.

We talked about the write up for Liane about the Nameless Walking group. Gary is working on it and hopes to have it done by Saturday, July 12th.

We talked about new T-Shirts. I will put something out about new T-Shirts after I talk to Susan at Image Depot next week. The color discussed was florescent yellow. I am not sure the tag less shirts come in that color there was some interest in getting a moisture wicking shirt. I do know that the moisture wicking shirts are more expensive than the Hanes tag less ones like we have now. Gary is working on a small design to go on the left front of the shirt that will include something about the Parkway trail. My guess is with the addition of the new front design and the fact we will probably will not have 36 orders for T-shirts that the T-shirts will be at least $20.00 a piece, but I will know more after I talk to Susan. We also talked about the Susan G. Komen walk in October and if that could be put on the new t-shirts. We would have to obtain permission from the Susan G. Komen Foundation to do so and it looks like we will may have to abandon that idea for these t-shirts, but I will do some checking on it.

We also talked about using our Cash Cow money for a tail gate party when we hit 2008 miles. We currently have about $100.00 in her. I think we will probably be there some time in September or October. Summer time has seen a real drop off in walking participation, since it is so warm.