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Give A Woof Walk A Thon - We Did It!

3/28/2020

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The watch word of America's Walking Club (ava.org) this year is "Walk Long, Stay Strong." This provided the motivation for our members to reach out to friends, family, and acquaintances to encourage them to join the walking community, and to support the community in it's mission to help members live longer, healthier lives. 
A funny thing happened in the middle of the fund raising campaign: COVID-19. It resulted in a nation wide effort to avoid gathering in groups, as walkers typically do, to "flatten the curve" and starve the virus of unwitting victims. This put a bit of a damper on our group walking efforts.
Nevertheless, Panda, my Giant Schnauzer, and I managed to pull off our 8 day, 200km "give-a-woof" walk-a-thon to raise awareness and raise money to support the AVA.
Below are the results, a day by day synopsis of how things went, with pictures, companions, and hiccups, all leading to a successful campaign.
It's not too late to pledge and donate. You can access the webpage to make donations by clicking here: http://www.tinyurl.com/vshakqa
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Give A Woof Big Give 2020 (Still on!)

1/25/2020

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Last year, I walked 100 km over a weekend with Panda, my Giant Schnauzer, and we raised over $800.
 

This year, I am again walking to raise money to support the AVA vision: “To increasingly engage Americans in lifelong walking and other noncompetitive physical fitness activities.” 
 
AVA is asking for all donations to be made on March 26th. 
 
I will walk 200 km in the week leading up to the “Big Give” date and I am asking friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, and associates to make a pledge to support my walk. A generous pledge of $1 per km translates into $200 for AVA. 10 cents per km nets AVA $20.
Download the brochure and the pledge sheet below.
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Pledge Sheet
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Some of the routes I plan to walk during the walk-a-thon week... 
The longer routes are in a "figure-8" configuration. If the total distance is too much and you would like to join Panda on just one of the loops, she would welcome the company!
Date: Wed 3/18
Beacon Rock State Park
10am: Start Loop 1 (7km). Beacon Rock and Doetsch Path
Noon: Start Loop 2 (13km). Hamilton Mountain
Start: Beacon Rock Parking Lot, Hwy 14
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​Date: Thu 3/19
Camas to Washougal
Start Loop 1 (15km) : 8am
Start Loop 2 (10km): 1pm
​Start: Parking Lot 3rd and Crown
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​Date: Fri 3/20
Forest Park
Start Loop (20km): 10am
​Forest Park Loop - Leif Erickson & Wildwood
Start: Top of Thurman Street
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Date: Sat 3/21
Columbia - Salm. Crk.
Start Loop 1 (30km): 5am

Start Loop 2 (30km): 1pm
Start: Leverich Park

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Date: Sun 3/22
Washington State U.
Start Loop (10km): 3pm
Recovery Day. Just 1 loop!
Start: Legacy Hospital
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Date: Mon 3/23
Tryon Creek Park
Start Loop 1 (12km): 9am

Start Loop 2 (8km): Noon
Start: Lewis and Clark Campus
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Date: Tue 3/24
Butte to Butte
Start Loop 1 (20km): 8am

Start Loop 2 (20km): 1pm
Start: Adventist Hospital
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Date: Wed 3/25
Multnomah Falls - Angel Rest
Start Loop 1 (16km): 10am

Start: Multnomah Falls Parking Lot
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Won't you join me and Panda, either on part of the trail, or with a generous pledge!?
Call 360-369-8296 or email bobhallfamily@aol.com to let us know your plans.
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The results are in ...

4/1/2019

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Over 98 km walked over 3 days, over 20 hours of walking. Thanks to the generous donations of about 20 people, we raised $800 to support the AVA.
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Friday, Mar 29th. Started at 4:45am…
Hazel Dell: Started at Oh Dark Hundred outside the Black Rock Café. I look like I’m not sure what the heck I’m getting into!
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Ran across a Poetry box in the woods on Burnt Bridge Creek Trail.

   Roses are red,    Violets are blue.
   I gotta bend down, ​​   And tie my shoe!
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Ok, 10 km down.

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Felida: Panda gives me the raspberry as we enter Raspberry Fields Park. Herzog Farm Estate is at the halfway point.

​20 km down.
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WSU: ​There are a couple of landmarks on the WSU walk which starts at the Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital. After a detour through Vista Meadows, the route goes through the campus. A major feature in the center of the campus is the Firstenburg Fountains, not active today. And in the woods behind the campus is the "bell".
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​30 km down.
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​Tech Center Park: Stopped home, dropped off Panda, grabbed a shower and a change. Ready to tackle the next 3 walks.  This walk winds through the upscale Westridge neighborhood and  through a picturesque park.
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​40 km down.
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Camas: Two trails, one at Round Lake and other follows Lacamas Lake out and back. Nice Trillium and Waterfall on the Round Lake trail. Quite rugged, with lots of roots and rocks. Glad I finished before dark. Accompanied by Susan Treacy and Tom Baltes.

Finished the Lacamas Lake trail in the dark thanks to some excellent pace setting by Tom. They had barricaded the road with flares which turned out to be a motorcycle fatality. Sad. However we met a kindred spirit on our way back who had hiked the Appalachian Trail in his youth and kept up with us as we blistered our way back to finish. Turns out we both knew several of the running legends from my high school and college days in upstate NY and the conversation helped take my mind off of tender undersoles.
61 km down.

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Saturday, Mar 30th. Started at 5:30am…
Washougal: The Steigerwald Nature Preserve doesn’t allow dogs so I made up for it by walking the length of the Dike and back (8 miles) and an extra loop through Washougal for a total of 16 km. This is the tunnel you have to go through to get to the Dike. Looks a bit eerie at 5:30am.

Spectacular sunrise over the River at the end of the dike! Truly breathtaking. The picture doesn’t do it justice. The gates are as far as you can go before you have to turn back. Plenty of wildlife to see  along the way.
77 km down

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Stevenson: ​Kept it under the trees as much as possible. Panda was in fine fettle scampering up and down the rock and root studded trails. The Orange Trail is moderately hilly and takes you along a stream bed and several golf holes. The Green Trail is quite hilly and goes into Zip Line territory. 
88 km down

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​Beautiful scenery on both sides, like this view of Hamilton Mountain.
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North Bonneville:  When we arrived, the sun was high in the sky and a light breeze was blowing. Panda was starting to show signs of slowing down, so we cut it short at 4km

We came back on Sunday to collect the remaining distance and I took along my daughter and we took it nice and easy. The Sasquatch were out in force!
​98 km - Finished!
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Raising money for Big Give...

3/26/2019

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Hello friends!
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I'm looking for sponsors for walking all the “All Weather Walkers” (www.allweatherwalkers.org) walks in one weekend!

All Weather Walkers has 100 km of scenic trails across a 100 km swath of Southwest Washington from Hazel Dell in the West along the Burnt Bridge Trail Greenway, to Stevenson in the East. Other trails go through Felida, Washington State University campus, Tech Center Park, Camas, Washougal, and North Bonneville.

I'm raising funds for the AVA’s annual fund-raiser this year by walking all the “All Weather Walker” walks in one weekend. I estimate each 10 km will take about 2 hours to complete. Feel free to pledge any amount. Ten cents per km equates to a total of $10, $1 per km equates to $100.

I took up walking a year ago after recovering from colon cancer, joined several walking clubs, and have been tremendously blessed. As a side benefit, it has virtually eliminated a chronic backache I developed from crouching over a computer for twenty years. After I retired last year, I vowed to take my dog Panda on long walks every day.

If you decide to encourage me on my quest and want to make a pledge, please drop me a note and I can share a couple of ways you can make a contribution! Check out the attached Checkpoint for one way to do it on the Big Give Day!

Or go here: https://www.thebiggivesa.org/organizations/american-volkssport-association-inc
If you want to join me on one or more of the walks, I’d welcome the company. Give me a call or drop me an email.

Here’s my planned schedule:

Friday – Mar 29
5am: Hazel Dell – 10k
8am: Felida – 10k
11am: WSU – 10k
2pm: Tech Center Park – 10k
5pm: Camas – 21k
 
Saturday – Mar 30
6am: Washougal – 15k
10am: Stevenson – 10k
1am: Bonneville – 10k
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    Hi, my name is Bob Hall and I joined All Weather Walkers last year and started walking seriously last summer before I retired in August. During my career, I spent several decades hunched over a computer and developed a chronic back ache. When I retired I vowed to take the dog for long walks every day. Guess what? No more back ache!  I am doing these challenges to repay AVA for the benefits I have enjoyed.

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