At (the ungodly hour of) 7am on Tuesday, October 19 (tomorrow!), Operation: Boob Tour 2010 will commence! I'll be hitting the road with my dear friends Mark and Alicia on the backs of our respective motorcycles which will be loaded down with riding gear and damn near everything pink we own and can stuff into our poor saddlebags.
I met Mark and Alicia in early 2008. We were all members of the Route (aka Moto) Safety crew for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. When my mom, sister and I walked this 2-day, 39.3 mile event in Boston in 2007, the moto crew members were my personal heroes. I had just gotten my first motorcycle - a 1996 Suzuki Bandit 600 - and this was the first weekend-long event in which I had ever participated, though not for my mom who walked the walks when they were 3 days long and journeyed from Baltimore and Frederick, MD to DC. The Route Safety Crew was *full* of energy, egging us on to take just one more step while also making sure that we were ok to keep going. We decided to try crewing in DC (which is a tad closer to home) in 2008 and that's how I found myself a part of one of the most amazing families around. Mark, Alicia and I got a lot closer that fall when we were all a part of the moto crew for the 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk and well, not to be cliche, but the rest is history!
The three of us are hitching our horses to our wagons (slash, loading down our bikes) and heading to the wild blue yonder (and/ or the southeastern US). Our journey will first take us through Charlotte, NC, where we get to reminisce with friends that we met last year at the Avon Charlotte 2-Day Walk, which was our first big road trip/ out-of-town walk that we did together, and then down to Athens where I'll get to show off the beloved town that holds the darn-toot'n-ist university in this fine land (that's UGA for those playing the home game). By the end of the week we'll be participating in the 2nd breast cancer walk event of October in Atlanta, GA. The following week will include a trip to Mickey Mouse's house which, if I may take a moment, has the kid in me tickled 8 shades of pink. Maybe even 9.5 shades. Yes, I think it's more like 9.5 shades of pink. The weekend of Halloween will find our little trio participating in the 3rd 3-Day Walk of October and our final collective event of the year. I'm sure we'll have a number of bittersweet feelings to mull over as we sip margaritas overlooking the ocean when we get over to Daytona Beach. On the way home we'll stick to primarily smaller coastal roads that will allow us to visit old friends before finally returning on Wednesday, November 3.
So strap yourselves in to this crazy ride we've dubbed the Boob Tour 2010 and hold onto your teeth as it's guaranteed to be wicked, wild and all together wonderful.
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