Philadelphia 3Day 2010

after work at 7pm on Thursday October 14th I left Salem, MA and drove to NJ in the pouring rain. I arrived there at 2am and the rain was just ending. My sister was the only one who knew I was coming home for the weekend...(gretchen did too...) we woke up on Friday to a BEAUTIFUL sunny day, windy and chilly, but perfect for walking. After stopping at Wawa ( we dont have them here in MA...Lame, I know) for our morning coffee and breakfast sandwhich and discussing how one is just never enough, we headed to Germantown, PA to surprise the Glorious Victorious Walkers at mile 7 of their 60 miles!!!!! Vicky had no idea and I was sooooooooo excited to see her! we decided to not go to the "true" cheeringstation. we stopped behind some trees infront of a house....7925 Germantown Ave to be exact. it was a perfect spot. While waiting for them we ran into so many 3day friends!!!! I even saw Pam Clark, who i met in 2007. She was walking with her husband this year! it was awesome!! Kaylen, Pam Harrington, Bernadette, SK, Linda and Susan and so many more!! we had so much fun cheering everyone on!!!

<---- Pam Clark and Breast Wars 2007!

We couldnt text vicky to see how far she was from us, so we estimated when she'd be there...we waited 2 hours and there they were! She screamed along with Gloria and Lori as she saw Becca walking next to her...and then i came out from behind the bush! it was so awesome and tears were shared! I am so happy i was able to do this- I know it ment so much to her! We were only 2miles from lunch so we got to stay with them for alittle. :) we finished at Germantown, we walked with them to our car and then we headed down the streets beeping to Manayunk. Here we got some drinks and some grub and waited at the cheering station. When the Glorious Victorious Walkers saw us again, Lori and Gloria joined us with some Blue Moon's and we all toasted to find a cure!!
Cheers For A Cure!!!

DAY 2!

Melissa met Becca and I at my dads house and we drove together to meet the walkers of course we went to Wawa first!! we went to the first cheering station which was near lunch and again, we made our own spot a cheering station and we got to eat lunch with the team. It was sunny and chilly again but who cares, atleast it wasnt raining. We were so excited to bring high energy to the walkers who were getting tired....this time the medical tent at lunch had a line! after the first station we headed to another, where we met walkers from Previous years. They were so nice and so cool! I LOVED them! we all had a good time meeting eachother and cheering one the tired walkers. My new friend Caroline had the CUTEST sign she made...FREE HUGS! I stole her sign and stood in the middle of the sidewalk...walkers had no other choice. I was happy to make those in pain, smile even if it was for a second! :) they were a fun crew and Im so happy to have met them! hopefully we will all walk together sometime in the future- for now, they found me on facebook and I am super happy about that!  yay!
<----- my new friends!

Vicky came walking in alone to this one. Lori busted a move to get to the end sooner b/c she had a party to attend that night and Gloria had some blisters that stopped her from going for alittle.

After this cheering station it was time to go, i needed to head back to MA cause I had work on sunday. even tho it was a rushed trip, it was so worth it to see Vicky. She is such an amazing person and someone whom I look up to. I love her and I am just so happy to have seen her walk, I know she was walking for so many reasons and it makes me happy she was able to walk this year!

Its awesome that Vicky was able to share this journey with 2 new walkers. They now understand how hard this journey is and they are able to say "they get it". and those three words...mean everything.....

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