"i've never seen so much pink"

My 11-year old niece saw a brochure for the Making Stride Breast Cancer walk at a subway. She convinced her mom, brother, Bonnie and I to join her team—The Pink and Powerful. Mom was the team captain because 11-year-olds don't meet the age requirement.

We decided when to meet. Eryn and the kids would meet us about 9. They live 6 blocks away. I received several texts, the most important being "we are waiting at the pink Camero." She loved that Camero and wants one when she can drive. I told her Uncle Dick had one when he and Auntie got married. But his was blue. I think she was a bit jealous.

It was cold this morning. Thirty-seven degrees when we left my house.  Everyone had lots of layers on. We had about an hour to kill. First the registration line, then we just went from vendor to vendor. We even had our picture taken in a photo booth. Hopefully in a few days I can download the electronic image. They gave each of us a strip. That has never happened before.

Finally it was time to line up. After a countdown we were off. We headed up Lehigh street to the Fahy bridge. Lil Bug had never walked over the bridge and was fascinated by the river. By the time we crossed back, Lil Bug was walking with Bonnie and I was walking with Eryn and KoolJ. We walked around the city center, out Church, up New and down the alley by the city garage. We returned to Main Street and headed down to the Hotel B., down the ramp and thru the historic area. Finally it was out to Union and back Conastoga. There were people in pink as far as you could see. I picked grey shirts because of Kool J. Though we did see one on a guy that was regular green camo and in huge hot pink said "Boobie Brigade". There were all men on the team. I need to keep that in mind for next year. 11-year-old boys aren't comfy wearing pink.

Kool J was tired. I think that's the furthermost he ever walked. Lil Bug asked when she could come with us again.