Did I Tell You That We're Walking To Las Vegas?

Yep, that's what we're doing!
We just finished walking to Jekyll Island and had our "seaside" luncheon. By we, I mean all our library staff. And by "seaside" luncheon, I mean we had a potluck in the auditorium. Our tables were decorated with checked table cloths, sand pails and shovels, sand strainers, and shells. We had a great time. So great that we decided we needed to walk again.
This time we're walking to Las Vegas. Josh, whose brain is bigger than mine, figured out that from Moultrie to Las Vegas is 2,119 miles and that long distance would give us 42,380 minutes of exercise! Makes me huff and puff just to think about it.
Lots of us are wearing pedometers now and, of course, our tennis shoes. We count our steps for a week and then put the number of steps we've accumulated on the map in the break room. All the steps add up across the country until we get to Las Vegas.
When we get there, figuratively speaking, we plan to have a feast of southwestern flavored foods. Our tables will be decorated with all kinds of interesting things. And some of us may even wear our big sombreros and huaraches.
But the most important part is that we are moving...we are walking...and helping to keep healthy. That's the goal of walking to Las Vegas.
Stay with us. No telling where we'll walk next time.

We're Walking to Jekyll

I always wanted to work for a library or a bookstore. There's just something about books that leaves me with tingles. I guess you could say I'm easy to please, huh?
Anyhow, those of us who work here at the library are doing something different this month that has nothing to do with books. And again, I'm left with tingles.
We are walking to Jekyll Island!!!
Yep, that's right. Every Wednesday (and we started February 1st), however many miles we walk during the week will be recorded as a group on a map of Georgia that hangs on the back of our break room door. The map shows the highways and byways from Moultrie to Jekyll. Everyone turns in the number of miles they walked during the week, and Aileen posts the total on the map. Todate we have walked 39 miles and we are one mile east of Ray City. Of course, that reflects only the first five days of February and that was a short week.
Now, I imagine some of you think walking to Jekyll is a silly thing to do, but it's really not. The endeavor was created by Aileen to help those of us who need to MOVE. Most of us sit quite a bit. Some of us are overweight. Others of us just need to keep Mr. Arthritis from setting in. So, Aileen dreamed up the walk to Jekyll as a health endeavor.
Of course, anytime you have an endeavor like this, you need to have a payoff. No one wants to walk to just get healthy, right?
Well, when we finally tally up enough miles to get us to Jekyll Island, we're going to have a big, heart-healthy potluck lunch. Everyone will bring a good-nutrition dish to share, and we'll enjoy the fellowship of having done something really rewarding.
That doesn't mean the food. That means we actually got up and MOVED, got our bodies out of that chair and exercised. Good for our heart. Good for our lungs. Good for our legs. Good for US!
And you know what? It also means that I have another reason for loving to work at the library. It's all the people I work with and the enjoyment of sharing good times with them. More tingles!!!