Yesturday me, Mandy, and Mandy's parents wen't down to Gunnison for a walkathon for cancer. Let me tell you one thing, I will never think that my town is even close to be calling a small town. The gradutating class had only 89 students!! 89 STUDENTS!!! I swear that everyone in town was there. Thats not really alot of people but still they were all their.
On the way there we listened to a book on tape. All I remeber from the title was that it was a Maggie McKinze book. I'm thinking that there is more then that one book. It was a really good book! We didn't get to finish reading it so I might ask Mandy for the title and check it out from the libray.
When we got to Gunnison we went strat to the high school football field for the walkathon. The amount of cars there could easily have fit into our parking lot at school. Maybe even more than once! But onther than that is was like a normal thing for these guys. We walked onto the field and met up with some of Mandy's family. The wind was plowing so hard that Mandy kept getting push over alittle.
Mandy and I start walking around the track right at the get go and we ended up losing her parents for a while. After about 5 laps or so Mandy's mom calls and tells us to meet them at the car. We went to the car and then to her aunts house not to far from the high school so her dad could cahnge into some pants because the strong wind that was blowing was kinda cold and us girls decide we need a potty breack haha. We left there and went back to the feild. Mandy and I go back to walking around the feild while her parents stay to talk with some of her family. When had lapped around a few times we ran into her parents again. They were going to head to town to get some different food than what was being sureved there in the boths.
We ended up leaving the feild so many times before we finally stay there people most likely thought we couldn't make up our minds if we wanted to stay there or not.
When it was around ten or so they started a lap of silence. Which was actually more than one lap but anyway.... they turned out the lights and had light bags around the tract that everyone had made in memory of those who had died or for those that we know that have cancer. They played songs to have us remeber them and give us hope and all. It was very nice and just...... undescribable! it started to make me cry and Mandy too. I don't really know how to describe the feeling as we all walked around the track with the lights out and the music playing.
It was an amazing night! I could do that all over again! I can't wait till next year. Hopefully next year Zach can come with us and have that feeling. It was so amazing! Mandy and I stay up all night but just as the sun was coming up we feel asleep for about 20 minutes. that was the only sleep I got till after we had breakfast. When it was 6, it was all over and time to go home. We left and said goodbye to Mandy's aunts and unlces and then went to go pick up Mandy's dad so he could drive us home. We pile in the car and hit the road. Mandy's parents wanted to go eat breakfast from the Cracker Barel, so we head there first. The breakfast was so good! I loved it! Mandy and I got done and while we waited for her parents to pay we went to look at what was in the shop to see what was in there. I found two of my most favorite people there GUMBY AND POKEY! i loved them as a kid and watched it all the time! They are my favorite ever!! haha.
It was a great day! I loved it and had alot of fun!!! I hope I get to go next year! That is something I could keep doing every year.
I LOVED IT!
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