crop walk

This afternoon was the Bethlehem Crop Walk for world hunger. It began under the Hill-to-Hill Bridge. This is a faith-based organization so the teams were from Bethlehem churches. I can pretty much guarantee that I was the only atheist there. (Someone told me I'm a humanist. Isn't that the same thing? I just looked it up. I think they are right. I'm a humanist.)

Since I was walking solo, my brother Dave told me that Bob would be there and I should look for him. Then I'd have someone to walk with. Bob is a caterer and runs the "Freezer Ministry" and the "Emergency Shelter" cooking projects at East Hills Moravian Church. I help with both. The sheltering program is once a month for four months, and the freezer ministry (food for people with short term needs) every three or four months. We'll be cooking for that this afternoon.

I couldn't find Bob, or another volunteer named Pete.  But I found someone else. A former colleague—Rita—walking with St. Andrews team. It was nice seeing her. It's been quite a while.

This walk has routes for all abilities. There is a .3 walk for those who just want to walk the square around the green. There is a 1 mile wheelchair accessible route. Then the 3 mile and 6 mile routes. Four choices, but I think the 3 was the most popular.

I also chose the three. It went to Sand Island and used the D&L Canal path. While walking I noticed that the canal had a lot of trash in it.  The 6 mile also went there, and then when you returned to Main Street, it went up the hill, out Main and Broad till 10th. Then back Market, I think. They tried to cut out the bulk of the hills.

When I last did this walk —probably more than a decade ago, I couldn't find a mention in the blog search—we walked both the north and south sides. I was disappointed that the three miles was only on Sand Island and that we didn't cross the bridge.

It was a good walk. We started at 1:30 and I was done by 2:20. I'm happy with that, especially since I haven't done a 5K in forever.

Miles/Steps:           3

Weather:                mid-60s, sunny

Wildlife:                  a pair of mallards

Bathrooms:            Well there is the one on Sand Island. But I didn't see anything at the event