The Fog Dodgers invite all residents and visitors of the Mendocino Coast to join us on our weekly group runs and walks. We have runners and walkers of all abilities (and even some bikers) and we have only one "rule" - we start at exactly 8:00 a.m. on Sundays. Exercise at your own pace (1/2 hour out, 1/2 hour back) and experience the fresh Mendocino coastal air.

Fog Dodgers provides a fun, safe way to explore some of our local trails and back roads and to meet new friends. You can find out where we're going to be by reading the bottom of last week's post, then clicking on the "Our Routes" tab above. We average 15-20 persons each Sunday and typically half will go to breakfast together afterwards at a nearby restaurant.

Sunday, July 23, 2023

FOG DODGER'S SILVER JUBILEE / MENDOCINO


Silver jubilee marks a 25th anniversary. The anniversary celebrations can be of a wedding anniversary, the 25th year of a monarch's reign or anything that has completed or is entering a 25-year mark.  

Such as the Fog Dodger's having completed 25 years of Sunday Group Runs and Walks having begun on July 26th, 1998. I thank Deb, a Charter Member, for the reminder that it was July 26.  Did you know, that it was Deb that coined the name Fog Dodgers and it was Sam that drew the logo? 

We've evolved a lot and are mostly a walking group now.  I felt great excitement today though, actuallly having a running group once more.  Our good friend and great runner, Healdsburg Tony, is visiting for the weekend.  He won the Jesse Pittman 5K in Willits yesterday.  Anyway, having Tony here, and then being joined by Bob and Scott and Nancy, and even some out of town lady, it brought back memories of the Fog Dodgers Running Group.


We have evolved though, mostly walkers now, and today we had a great group of friends.  We welcome all walkers and runners.

Present today: John, Fran, Barbara, Pat, Leon, Kim, Doug, Deb, Sam, Eric, Charlene, Cheryl, Scott, Shari, Bob, Nancy, Tom and Tony (18).


                                       Sam and Deb, Fog Dodgers Silver Jubilee

                                             Blue door, thanks to John for all of today's photos

The weather was great this morning, good for running and walking.  We went around Mendocino's Heeser Dr. and up and down the streets of Mendocino.   Seven of us enjoyed breakfast at The Good Life Cafe.

                                                        Mendocino in the morning

                      Agate Cove/Jack Peters Creek/Russian Gulch looking north from Heeser Dr.

                                                                  Blackberry time

                                     Across Mendocino Bay to Chapman's Point



The venues for the next three weeks are listed below, a slightly different way of posting our next run/walk.

NEXT 3 SUNDAYS, @ 8:00 A.M.,  GROUP RUN/WALK/BIKE,  

    JULY 30TH, COASTAL TRAIL - NORTH (GLASS BEACH),

    AUGUST 6TH, CASPAR LOGGING ROAD

    AUGUST 13TH, COASTAL TRAIL - SOUTH (TACO BELL)

You can click on the "Our Routes" tab at the top to get directions, if needed.

EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, GROUP RUN/WALK @ 7:30 A.M.: COASTAL TRAIL - MIDDLE, behind the Fort Bragg Fire Station.

Posted by Tom at 1:08 PM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting pic of runners on main street. It looks as if there is a hill behind them.

July 25, 2023
Bob C. said...

anonymous I'm not

July 25, 2023

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