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Newsletter May 20, 2007 |
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Our event at Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area is THIS COMING SATURDAY! We need donated goodies, so call Nancy if you can bring some. If you haven't gotten an email directly about it, let me know. On Memorial Day our group walk (5 or 10K) in Brighton will start at 2 pm. We'll have dinner (and ice cream) afterward at the Yum Yum Tree. We've had a very busy May so far! On the 5th, MOVES held their first event on the Thornapple Trail in Middleville. The weather at the start point was very windy, but once in among the trees on the trail it was very pleasant. I helped with registration and walked 5K. I saw Nancy there and several folks from the Historic Pathwalkers. I walked a bit with Mary and Judy while Jim and Mike were together farther back. We found a great little Italian place very near the start point for dinner afterward.
pic by Cal Lamoreaux (edited by Chelane) On the 6th, the Washtenaw Wanderers held their 2nd annual event starting at the Gallup Canoe Livery in Ann Arbor. There were quite a few folks using New Walker Packets, which is great news! Again it was a bit windy (but not as bad as it was in Middleville), but otherwise quite nice. In East Lansing, on the 12th, Teresa, Kim, Tom, Noelle and Lydia (age 4) were waiting at the start point when I arrived for the group walk. Teresa, Mary and I walked with the Cruce family to Farm Lane, where they went west to finish the 5K and we headed south to continue the 10K. As we were heading back north along Farm Lane, we spotted Nancy heading south. Mary joined Nancy to complete her 10K while Teresa and I went on to finish ours. On the 16th, I got on the Amtrak train in Battle Creek and joined Eunice, Teresa, Rob, Karen K and new walkers Mary and Marty for a day of walking in Chicago. We had a very pleasant day, but because our train was late arriving and the route was longer than the expected 11K, we didn't have much time for touristy stuff along the walk. The train on the way home was late also and I got to bed just minutes before midnight. Eunice says she's thinking of doing the trip again in the fall.
Then, on the 19th, I joined the Washtenaw Wanderers on their group walk of Oakwoods MetroPark. We got rained on only lightly, so it was a very pleasant walk. I spoke to Tony about a date for our Crosswinds Marsh event next spring and with consultation from Stephan, we settled on May 4th next year. Chelane Previous Newletters |
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Great Lakes Weekend Bus Trip to Niagara Aug 3 - 5 , 2007 No changes this year for land travel between the US and Canada, so you don't have to have a passport for our Niagara trip! The trip page is up. Registration has already begun! You might want to get your reservation in before our article in the next American Wanderer comes out. There are pics from the trip to the UP. |
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2007 Membership List Chelane & John Priller, Nancy & Darrell Bratt, Jean Woltjer, Tony & Marita Coop, Jeff & Terry Taylor, John Pierce, Eunice Bottorff, Roxie & Rob Weaver, Joan Ritter, Mary & Jim Hinton, Dot & Rudy Meyers, Wayne & Pat Fieldhouse, Billie Tweedy, Craig Czarnecki, Martha Pousha (dues are $10 for 2007)
Donations Joan Ritter
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