3-Day 60-Mile Walk
Santa Barbara to Oxnard
October 18 - 20, 2002
Total Walkers: 4,663
Total Survivors: 420
Total Men: 198
Over $6 Million Raised!
Day One - Friday, October 18
Today's Journey: 17.10 Miles
Route Highlights: Leaving from the Earl Warren Showgrounds, you will pass through the lovely city of Santa Barbara and enjoy a stroll along the beautiful oceanfront promenade. After lunching in residential Carpinteria, you will continue on to the secenic bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. From the Bluffs, you'll get a relaxing bus ride to our campsite at College Park in Oxnard.
Day Two - Saturday, October 19
Happy Birthday Carrie!
Today's Journey: 18.03 Miles
Route Highlights: Day Two begins with an exhilarating morning route through the Channel Islands Harbor. Enjoy coastal views and light sea breezes as you continue through the friendly Mandalay Beach community. After lunch, the route winds its way along the spectacular waterfront beach walk of Ventura. Merging onto tree-lined Main Street, you will be greeted by another relaxing bus ride back to camp at College Park in Oxnard.
Day Three - Sunday, October 20
Today's Journey: 14.10 Miles
Route Highlights:The morning route winds its way through the quaint and friendly community of Oxnard. Pasing through the secenic River Ridge Golf Club, you will emerge into a peaceful residential area for lunch. You'll merge onto busy Rose Avenue before enjoying the final stretch to College Park for Closing Ceremonies.
Imagine...
Imagine walking 60 miles.
Imagine walking 60 miles with
thousands of strangers.
Imagine walking 60 miles, in 3 days.
Imagine drinking 24 gallons of
Gatorade and water.
Imagine walking 60 miles in 3 days.
Now, imagine this:
Imagine a woman and her daughter handing out Popsicles in a corn field.
Imagine a small boy standing in his yard with blueberries in a plastic bowl.
Imagine a bald woman in her driveway saying, "Thanks for walking."
Imagine hearing the stories
of hundreds of walkers.
Imagine getting a foot massage from another walker on day 2, mile 22.
Imagine State Patrol officers high-fiving you through intersections.
Imagine Captain America blaring music from his motorcycle all day every day.
Imagine thousands of clean,
new port-a-potties.
Imagine hugs from strangers
on street corners.
Imagine reading hundreds of names of loved ones with breast cancer on t-shirts.
Imagine horses prancing and
neighing to cheer you on.
Imagine a man, holding a poster-photo of his deceased wife, crying as you walk by.
Imagine the sound of thousands of people sleeping within earshot.
Imagine strangers handing you
money as you walk by.
Imagine an old man with a sign on a fishing pole that says: "You are wonderful."
Imagine the same man, the next day. Sign says: "You are really wonderful."
Imagine eating lunch with your feet in a kiddy pool filled with ice water.
Imagine an entire family, dressed as pink flamingos, playing kazoos as you pass by.
Imagine walking up a steep hill
to the cheers of thousands.
Imagine the theme: "Humankind. Be both."
Imagine raising the dollars all by yourself.
Imagine raising millions of dollars with thousands of others.
Imagine an end to breast cancer.
This isn't imaginary.
This is really happening.
This is the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day.
It can not happen without you.
You make a difference.
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