Walking for food

Bike club members, most in the glow-in-the-dark shirts, waiting for the buffet to begin.



These are walkers from our church preparing to walk for food.




We arose and drove to Mercedes to join Immanuel in the walk for Basketsful, the food bank in that city. There were only 37 walkers representing 11 churches but raised more than $4,000 for the cause. The walk was about 4 miles around the town. I took off faster than some so I could get exercise. I also left the route for a while and accidentally walked past the local high school. I had never known its location despite being here for nearly 10 years. We had two refreshment stops then a closing ceremony. We came home, and I worked on the sermon for tomorrow while Evelyn relaxed and made lunch. We had chicken salad and talked about selling the motor home. I think we will start trying in the summer when we return to NC. We need it until then. We missed the 50th anniversary party at the hall but were not sorry. Perhaps we will be when people like us miss ours! There were no good basketball games on TV in the afternoon. As I worked Bonny called asking whether we wanted some tomatoes from her garden. I rushed right over and got more than a dozen of various sizes. I returned and we went to the bike club farewell party, even though most of us will be here for at least two more rides. The party was a potluck which always features wonderful food and a chance to overeat. We had several door prizes, some donated by various places around town. Every family won three prizes even though there were close to a hundred in attendance. We won two pillows, a $5 certificate to the Blue Onion, and a free large burger at Dairy Queen. We really enjoyed the company of the people we sat with. We talked with one of them at length about their visit to Big Bend National Park last year. We plan to stop there on our way to California.