Swim to Feed the Hungry

It rained! For the first time during this 18th annual fall event, we were soaked!

Pic from last year, the dry season!

Regardless, 26K+ people registered to run, sit, or in this case swim in a 5 or 10K race to raise money for Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services. Despite staying out later than expected at a Thanksgiving Eve dinner (training for the big day of course), Jessy and I still managed to drag ourselves out the door and arrive at the event tents by 5:40. 

Photo from the Sac Bee

Sacramentans get crazy on this day~ turkey hats and costumes, as you can see. None of these pictures are mine- still no camera! I can only occasionally borrow someone's cell cam and snap a pic or two. These are from the local newspaper Sacramento Bee.

Photo from the Sac Bee

I spent several hours stationed at the finish line, shoving apples and granola bars at the exhilirated, yet soaked, runners.

Again, last year. Pretty much the same but wet and cold.

 Later in the day, once we finished on post-run clean-up crew, Jessy and I drove to Fairfield to eat a Thanksgiving meal with her family. Going to the movies was also in the plan, but her sister came down with the flu so we red-boxed our evening instead.

Jessy, my fellowVISTA, digging in the pumpkin pie!

  Not too bad! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and Gezuar Diten e Faleminderimeve!