3 Amazing Days

As I started this adventure 5 months ago I never could have imagined how INCREDIBLE it would be.
I thought "It's only 60 miles" but it was soooooo much more than that.
What is was was HARD. Really HARD. It was also gratifying, fun, emotional, fulfilling, exhausting, challenging. I could go on for days.

I ended up raising $3,409.00 to date.
Our team of seven is at $20,936.00 and the event hit $5,000,000.00.
Wow I'm just so proud to say I was part of all that.



We (Team *Breast Friends Forever* AKA (B.F.F.)) began our journey Thursday night as we piled in Tere's car and headed to the city and to our hotel. It was wall to wall full of people in pink ready to take to the streets. Not much sleep was had that night do to our ride through Pacifica (Inside Joke) and nervous stomachs. We were up at 4:15 and in a cab by 5:15 on our way to the Cow Palace Friday morning.



The opening ceremony was really amazing and after many tears and cheers we were off.

As we left the Cow Palace we headed down the streets of Daily City and around Lake Merced where we were met with cheers from Barry full of positive words and hugs. As we continued on we enjoyed our stroll through neighborhoods and a trip by the Zoo till we hit the coast were we had lunch.


The pit stops were always so fun and they all had a different theme. You could only guess that this was my favorite.




Back on the road we walked the coast, covered part of Golden Gate Park and a corner of San Francisco which took us to our last and LONGEST mile down to Crissy fields.




With 21 miles under our belt we got our bags and set up our tents. The food at camp was great and I never thought a shower in a trailer could ever feel that good. After the earthquake we were in bed and asleep by 9:00 pm. I slept soooooooooo good.




Day two was full of challenges. To start it was 22 miles long and 96 degrees. Our walk over the bridge was fantastic. We dropped down into Fort Baker then walked through Sausalito till we hit Mill Valley, made a loop and headed back. Lunch that day was at mile 12.6 and I was tore up. The heat had people in tents with IV's and at that point Dina, Tere and I made the conscious choice to get on the bus and have it take us 6 miles to Fort Baker to wait for the rest of our team that felt they could walk that hot dusty road. I felt that by getting on the bus I got to experience the whole 3 Day (Ha Ha).



At pit stop 5 our whole team was together again and headed the last 3 1/2 miles back over the bridge and down to camp. Again dinner and a shower never felt so good and slept like a baby.


Day 3 was exciting because it took us through all of the wonderful little areas of San Fran and we knew closing ceremonies were in sight. I was sad that it was the last day to be greeted by the wonderful volunteers that controlled traffic and cheered us on. These are a few of my favorites.






Day three was a blast. You would run into people you had come to know and I found a pace that really suited me (at the back of the pack). We got to walk through so many of San Franciscos greatest places and ended up at The Marina Green where 1500 of our fellow walkers cheered us on as the seven of us walked to the finish line arm and arm. That was a truly amazing moment for me. Probably my favorite and one I will NEVER forget. We received our pink rose and got our t-shirt and headed to the closing ceremony.



As we walked in I was so happy to spot Scott, Devin and my Mom. Keeping with the theme of the weekend I cried again (I did a lot of that over the 3 days).

After the first walkers walked in and then the crew, all of the survivors that walked in the 3 Day came in to the ceremony. As they did we took off a shew to them. It was really moving.



I was so happy to have been able to spot Dina in the group of survivors and tell her Love you. I'm so proud of her and us all. I was so glad to have shared this experience with my BFF's.



WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I will never forget this amazing experience and will forever hold it close to my heart.

That being said I was more than happy to come home and cuddle with my loving family.

This was my welcome home.







For those of you who know me well enough you will know that these are not all of my 100 or more pictures I took.

If you would like to flip through my whole 3 Day please fallow this link.


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Thanks
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Stacy

New member of the family

Today we took a long drive to Fresno to add a new member to our family

Her name is Lucky and she is 9 weeks old.

The shelter we got her from was amazing. It is called ARF and if I was a dog I'd never want to leave.

Lucky "Shalom" was fostered by a lovely family that took such good care of her till she became a member of ours.

She was fantastic on the way home and found her favorite place in the back yard right away.

What a good girl she is and we are sooooo happy to be spending many more years together. OOOHHH the scrapbook pages I have ahead of me.

My little Pine Grover

We just got back from a wonderful week at Pine Grove. It was sooooo hot. 100's or so everyday. Devin has become quite a swimmer and loved the pool this year (even the cold pool). He was unisheated in the cold pool by being pushed in for the 1st time. He pushed in Scott with Scott knowing and then his buddy George got him good by surprise. He wasn't to happy but got over it. We all thought it was great. They never got off the big raft except to hit the slide and diving board. We also snuck into the pool area at night for the first time to take a dip in the cold pool to cool off. They caught us which made it fun. Devin went fishing in the creek. He first tried to trap crawdads with Grady but they got nothin. Then Mr. Bill took him to a spot he calls the honey hole. Mr. Bill bought him his own pole and they had 2 fish in about 5 min. Devin was elated and wanted to catch his limit but they caught on to him and that was it. He is dreaming of his next big fishing day in the pine grove creek. Speaking of the creek we did a lot of walking in it. Devin says that the creek is his favorite place on Cobb mountain. My parents finally were able to walk the whole creak and make it to the bridge because the water is so low this year and that was fun. We picked and ate fresh berries and took a great mile walk to the store and Devin joined us. I was planning to walk to the store and back 15 times but not in that heat so one trip did the job. Barry called bingo one night and there were no winners from our cabin but fun was had by all. We played a few cut through games of old maid and toasted marshmallows till we were sick. That's what we call fun in our family. One of the highlights of the trip was when I was woken up by a loud noise on our deck. I was freaking out then we saw that there were 4 raccoons snooping around. They were really cute till they hissed at Scott. Devin was so disappointed that he slept through it. We waited for them every night after that but they never came back (that we know of). I played my WORST game of golf in my whole life but had fun. We had two lovely dinner invites. One was to what I consider the prettiest house ever. It is like being in a tree house. Total Cobb Mountain Martha Stewart. We had wonderful meals and cocktails every night. It is always soooooo sad to come home. There are always tears. It was time to celebrate Scott's mom's Birthday and we wanted to be sure that his Dad was feeling better so home we headed.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.
xoxoxoxox
Stacy

P.S. Ken and Kathy, where did you disappear to?

Thanks for taking a look

Well here I am with my first ever post. Thank you for checking it out. Book mark it and check back for updates to see what is happening with our family.

Devin went away to Clearlake for the week with my parents so Scott and I went to get new tattoos. What better way to spend date time together than to mark yourself for life.

Each of our designs include Cherry blossoms. Mine will continue with blossoms around my waist that will each represent a family member or friend.

Come back soon to hear about Devin's camp fun, How our team is doing preparing for our walk, Clearlake and First day of school.

Thanks for taking the time to check out what we're up to and hope you make it back.

xoxoxoxox
Stacy