Thanksgiving Day Food Bank Bin Run 2010 - beta

Sunny and 35F at 8 AM, it was a great morning to burn off yet another frost and a few anticipated calories coming to visit later on today....

At the Boatyard, I was joined by Tom, Nancy, Rod, Maribeth, John, and Bob (7). We made our drops in the Fort Bragg Food Bank bin there, and took off for Safeway to do the same. From there it was on to Purity, but we had to carry our offerings back to Safeway as there was no bin there, and dry goods seemed more popular for some reason. Then back through Safeway again and on over the bridge to Harvest took us all just under an hour (3.4 miles round trip). Yes, I did manage another trip to Safeway and back in that time.

Along the way, several of us bumped into Jim and Cindy, and there was a Kim sighting as well. Hey, it's a small town after all!

A few confused-then-enthused cashiers seemed to enjoy our frenetic early morning shopping, though I'm sure they saw plenty of that later on. The breakfast choices are certainly limited on Thanksgiving Day, but Brad met 5 of us for breakfast at Perkos, where we eagerly plotted for next year. We hope many more will join us next year. If you have suggestions, do please let me know.

Hope you all had a Grand Thanksgiving Day. See you Sunday!

It's not a race. You won't even get a t-shirt for it. No goodie bags, and no start or finish lines, either.

THANKS-GIVING morning at 8 AM, we'll meet at the Boatyard -- NOT, I repeat, NOT the usual Thursday scene at Van Damme State Park at 7 AM. You can sleep in this Thursday!

First stop is Harvest Market, where you may wish to purchase something to put in the Fort Bragg Food Bank bin there. Then we'll run/walk to Safeway (1.1 miles), where you may wish to purchase something else to put in the Fort Bragg Food Bank bin at the east entrance. Then we'll run/walk to Purity (0.6 miles), where you may wish to purchase something else to put in the Fort Bragg Food Bank bin there. You get the idea.

Now follow the same path back, to Safeway, then to Harvest. You want to do a detour through Otis Johnson park with me? Sure, why not?

The walkers may only wish to do the Harvest-Safeway-Harvest route (2.2 miles round trip).

Who knows? Maybe this will become a feature event. That's up to you though.

We're still working on a breakfast venue following this, but unfortunately for us, David's Deli, Homestyle, and Laurel Deli are all closed. You'd think it was a holiday or something. Anyway, I'll update this when we find a spot.