Great Job on the photos

I loved the sunset ones.
Good Morning Deck 9 Sunrise friends and all other fellow cruisers
Sue-You were in my thoughts all day yesterday, how did the walk go? We had 1 1/2" of snow...

Hopefully the weather was a little better down there.
Good Morning Deck 9 Sunrise Crew and all of my friends!
Have sore ankles, will travel, here!!
Well, I'm back and none the worse for wear - except for two slightly sore ankles! I think the cold and wet part contributed to that, but I can't be sure whether it's that or just plain old age!! hehehe
Thanks Dave, for the thoughts! I'm sure that they helped, especially when it got to the end and the feet weren't moving quite as fast as they did in the beginning!
We all (my team of four) had gotten up early on Saturday and went over to one of our area malls and did about 7 or 8 miles inside there. It was still fun because there must have been over 500 of us or so just at this one. Some of the Crew came over and set up a little "pit stop" for us in the atrium at the center, with water bottles and snacks. We were hootin' and hollerin' like crazy! And the merchants were really great - some of them even handed out samples and goodies!
Then we were up at 4:30 am yesterday because we had to arrive in Philly before 6:30 and we knew there would be a line to get in - and so there was. (Upon talking to one of the Crew later that day, they were figuring about 2/3 of us would show up to walk since it was still really nasty in the morning - but we showed them! Almost every walker arrived and walked!!)
They opened the route at day break, about 7:05 am and we were off! Still in the rain, about 40 degrees and windy, so the windchill factor was about 34, so they said!

It wasn't the walk that made me a bit tired, it was the extra weight of all the extra clothes plus raingear!! I hope a lost a pound or two because I sure did end up sweating! I hate rubber rain jackets! Next time it's goretex all the way.
By about 11:00 the rain eased up to a mist and by about 1 pm it had all kinda stopped - except for the rain off the trees and such when the wind would blow - which was ALL day.
But after about 15.4 miles, we all made it to the finish line and closing ceremonies, and it was great!! John, Dustin and Gail were all there to cheer me in!

And yes, I'd do it again in a heartbeat - it's fantastic!!!!
