2011 Arizona 3 Day Walk Pictures

Opening ceremonies start early, very early - it is still dark



One Heart One Goal One Step At A Time

Many of the reasons we walk - someday I hope to carry in the adventures flag

Team Grand Canyon ready to go!

Team Grand Canyon's favorite girl scouts

Even the horses wear pink during the walk

Enjoying the rain

You have to watch out for pirates on the course

And knuckle rapping nuns!

Follow the arrows

Loved this shirt

The crew was great helping set up tents this year

Home sweet home for two nights - this year we got rain during the night

Some of my flair

The shower water was wonderfully hot this year

This sign says it all for me

Closing ceremonies - survivors circle

Big smiles

Holding up our shoes in honor of the survivors

Love Love Love This Picture!

Our Team T-Shirt "From the Canyon to the Cure - Team Grand Canyon"

Yea! Team Grand Canyon!

Goofing Off

Team Grand Canyon, Three Long Days and We Are All Still Smiling

Enjoying some post walk celebratory champagne!!

AZ 3 Day Walk Begins This Friday

I leave tomorrow for the Arizona 3 Day Walk.  Thank you everyone who donated this year.  The seven of us on Team Grand Canyon have raised over $22,000 this year which puts us at $58,000 in three years.  We could not have done it without all of our friends and family.  It is nice to know that such good had come out of such a terrible time of my life.  This is my third year walking. Since last year I have had two friends diagnosed with breast cancer.  Both of them in their 40s.  This year I walk for them and for the hope that I have that in the future others will not have to experience the breast cancer nightmare.  I look forward to spending time with the ladies on our team.  There are three of us that are walking for a third time, three of us walking for our second time, and one of us getting to experience her first walk.  Three of us live in Grand Canyon National Park, two of us live in Denver, one of us lives in Phoenix, and one of us lives in New York.  I am truly blessed to have such amazing women to walk next to for three days.  I look forward to the others that I will meet this weekend.  Everyone who makes the commitment to raise the $2,300 and participate in the walk has a story about how breast cancer has changed their lives.  I would like to thank each of them personally for making a difference.  The weather looks like we might be rained on a little.  We only had a slight shower in 2009 so we are not used to rain on the walk or on our tents.  I’m bringing more rain gear and some trash bags to wrap everything up in during the day when we are away from camp.   I have the world’s largest sleeping bag since I get so cold at night.  I needed help last night smashing it into my duffle.  I don’t have much room for anything else now but at least I’ll be comfy when I sleep.  I will take lots of pictures again this year and I’ll post them next week.  Thanks again to all of you who donated.  It means the world to me and it does make a difference.

Grand Canyon Chili Cookoff 2011

Saturday is the third annual Grand Canyon Chili Cookoff held in memory of Deb Gardner.  For the second year in a row all proceeds will go to Team Grand Canyon's AZ 3 Day Walk fundraising.  For $10 you can enter your best chili.  For $5 you can taste all of the chili and vote for your favorite.  The winning chili cook gets $50 and dinner for two in the Arizona Room at the Bright Angel Lodge. 

In conjunction with the Chili Cookoff Team Grand Canyon and their supports are selling raffle tickets for Arizona Diamondbacks games.  Sysco, for the third year in a row, has generously donated four of their box seat tickets - this year the July 23rd Rockies game.  We also have tickets for four other games as prizes.  Raffle tickets are $5 for one or $20 for five.  The drawing for the tickets will be held at the Chili Cookoff. 

Last year we were able to raise over $2,000 with the raffle and cookoff.  We shall see what this year brings.  If you are interested in either make chili, tasting chili, or baseball raffle tickets please leave me a message and I'll contact you soon with details.

My fundraising went over the $2,300 required minimum today.  Thank you so much for everyone who donated this year.