This Sunday!

We are organizing our first ever BooBQ! We are having a lunch event to benefit our team Holly's Girls. We sent out an evite earlier but if you didn't get it we're not trying to exclude you!! All are invited to join us at Kate Sessions Park this Sunday, September 6th from noon - sunset. Please let Karen or Kate know if you think you'll make it! We'll have plenty of food & drink and all are welcome.

If food and drink isn't incentive enough, we'll also have plenty of games and tourneys as well as a raffle drawing ($5/ticket or 5 tickets for $20), which includes great prizes (i.e. Chargers vs. Broncos tickets, Padres vs. Dodgers tickets and Hornblower cruise). We'll supply the food and beverage, but are asking for a minimum $20 donation (or more if you're feeling particularly generous) to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. Bring you, your friends and your leashed furry companion for an afternoon of fun to benefit your favorite boobs!

Kids are welcome too (they don't need to pay). Everyone who attends gets 1 free raffle ticket (more will be available for purchase). Bring a chair or blanket if you'd like to lounge. We'll have some games, but feel free to bring more.

Menu: Chips & Various dips, guac and salsa; wraps; beans & rice, carne & pollo asada; various sweets; plenty of pop (some call it soda), beer and water.

18 miles in an oven

It's Sunday and I'm currently slothing on the couch. Yesterday was one of the hottest days all year in San Diego. Of course, Karen and I had prior plans to get in a long walk since we are only 2 weeks out from the 3-day! We made plans to get started EARLY and were on the road by 7 a.m. We thought sticking to the coast would be best since there is usually at least a breeze from the ocean. Not the case yesterday! Not even an occasional breeze and temperatures were in the 90s with little to no shade on our route. We headed north to La Jolla and then up into Torrey Pines stopping at the glider port to stretch and re-group. Then headed north to Del Mar and finally Solana Beach where we met Tom, Justin and the 2 Patricks for pizza and beer at Pizza Port - A nice reward to a LONG walk.


La Jolla Shores


Looking back at La Jolla and Scripps Pier


Walking down the T.Pines hill and heading towards Del Mar


The beach was packed!


Made it Pizza Port!

Both of us held up great though I was quite sore last night and a bit this morning. In other news, our fundraising is going great. We're up over $6k, but still hoping to get to our goal of $10k. This week we have a fundraiser at the Corvette Diner on Wednesday night and our BooBQ is Sunday! Thanks to everyone for their support of our team and fight against breast cancer!

Walking through PB, Mission Beach, and OB

Today, I took out the camera on my ten mile walk. Kate wasn't able to join me since she is on a lovely trip to Kaua'i and is busy hiking the Napali Coast. I'm sure she's getting her miles in while there! It sounded like a serious hike.

I started from home and walked to the beach in Pacific Beach. It is around 4 miles to the beach from my house and it is mostly shops, taco stands, bars, and apartments. I took Garnet St most of the way - here is a picture from when I was almost to the beach: The beach was packed! It was a typical San Diego summer day - 80 & sunny. I wished I was sitting on the beach instead of just walking by, but I kept going.

I covered most of the area around Mission Bay:
I passed by The Dana, where Tom & I got married almost two years ago now:
Fishermen in the San Diego River:
Finally, just under 10 miles later I arrived at the prize. Tom was meeting me at South Beach in OB for dinner at the *best* fish taco place in the city where fish tacos were invented. I would have taken a picture of the taco but I ate it too quickly.

The walk went pretty fast since I had downloaded several Podcasts to listen to on the way. It took just over three hours to go the ten miles. There was so much to look at along the way so I hardly noticed how long it took. There are some interesting things to see in the beach areas of San Diego.

August 8 - 12 Mile Training Walk

Karen and Kate completed a ~12 mile training walk on Saturday morning. It's really hard to complain about getting up early on a Saturday when you're walking along the coast of La Jolla on a beautiful, sunny San Diego morning!

We started near Kate's apartment and walked through Bird Rock as we headed to La Jolla Shores. From there, we took a route over Mt. Soledad back towards Pacific Beach.

Here are a few pictures from one of our stretching/water breaks on the coast of La Jolla. Nothing but smiles from us as we enjoyed the picturesque views.

The walk went really quickly as we talked the whole way. Here's a rough sketch from mapmywalk.com of the route we took on our journey. The walk back over Mt Soledad was pretty tough, since it is a pretty steep uphill, but with the ocean views and dream homes to look at, it went quickly. We were both excited to get over the hill and stop for brunch!

What's the Story Morning Glory?

Why are we here? This blog was created to keep you updated on the progress of our Breast Cancer 3-day Walk team - Holly's Girls. Team Holly's Girls will be walking 60 miles over the course of 3 days in beautiful Seattle, Washington. The purpose of the 3-day walk is to raise money and awareness to help fight breast cancer. We hope as a team to raise $10,000 for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund and we are already almost half way there!

My dear friend Karen has walked in the 3-day walk twice before. I always admired her for this and thought maybe someday I'd join her myself. Earlier this year, I was reminded of just how important and urgent her journey was. In May, my Mom (Holly and the inspiration for this team) was diagnosed with breast cancer. I have to admit that I was extremely panicked and scared. Luckily, her prognosis is good and hopefully after this year, breast cancer will be just an annoying 'blip' in her memory. But still, we must not forget. In talking to more and more people, I began to realize just how prevalent this disease is - young, old, it affects us all - doesn't seem to matter. And so, Karen, Erin and I will take this journey, step by step - all 60 miles in the hopes that all of the mothers, daughers, nieces, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, friends, co-workers can someday find themselves in a world without cancer.