Thursday, January 7, 2010

Flintstones...meet the Flintstones

It was agreed that we needed to come up with a plan or system so we would all be accountable to one another for our walking. The suggestion that we set up a spread sheet to log our miles was made and agreed upon. Pam kindly volunteered to take care of that. And Pam, the ring leader, came up with the wonderful idea that we 'walk' to all of our kids houses. We all thought that was a great idea and nothing motivates us more than our kids and grand kids.

Now we're all picturing a Flintstones' car and our feet are making it go so we can see all our kids. Funny using the Flintstones image....I've been accused of having 'Barney Rubble' feet---short, flat and wide.

Our Flintsone journey begins and will take us on the following track:

We begin in Jefferson because all of Tweety’s kids are there in Jefferson.

From Jefferson to Greensboro (Stacey’s and Jenny’s) it’s 16 miles. That’s our first goal.

Then from Greensboro to Dilliner (Andrea’s) it’s 5 miles. We can cover that in one day if all of us are walking.

Now the long trek begins.. Dilliner to Winchester, VA (Becky’s) is 160 miles.

Winchester to Jacksonville, NC (Matthew’s) is 387 miles.

Jacksonville to Columbia, SC (Bridgette’s) is 263 miles.

Columbia to Toomsuba, MS (Joey’s) is 491 miles.

Toomsuba to Madison, WI (Chrissy’s) is 838 miles.

And then Madison to Alamogordo, NM (Greg’s) is 1342 miles.

And then Alamogordo back to Jefferson, PA (direct route) is 1685. The 1685 return miles are not in the 3503 miles.)

Robin was glad we didn't include her step-daughter's residence in Japan. Good thing since several of us can't swim.

Well, we had a lot of ground to cover and needed to get walking. Monday, January 4 would be our start date.

This is going to be so much fun.

2 comments:

Mom2USMC said...

Yes, it *is* fun. I know I'll keep up with my walking because I want to do my part to help my best friends, my sisters.

As for Kandy right now, I can't help but think, "She ain't heavy, she's my sister."

...and she really *ain't* heavy.... :)

CrS said...

This is incredibly awesome, Mama! . . .and Aunt Kandy, Aunt Vicki, Aunt Pam, Aunt Robin, and Aunt Tweety! What an inspired plan! I'll bee cheering you on--every step! Woo-Hoo!