Pass the Baton

 Today the homilist talked about relay races.  He is fascinated watching how each runner runs his best and hands over the baton to a new runner.  He connected that image to us.  Jesus handed over the baton to the apostles.  The apostles handed on the baton to the first bishops.  This is called Apostolic Succession.  

 Today it's our turn to run.

How I Spent My Fall Vacation

Fountain in front of Eastern Slope Inn Resort, N. Conway, NH

It's Sunday Snippets time, A Catholic Carnival.  A group of bloggers review their posts on Sunday, at RAnn's place.  Go over there and read some.

First, a couple of my favorite blogs are My Way/God's Way and Stepping Stones.    MY Way/God's Way is sweet.  It's written by two elderly twin Dominican friars.  They only post once a week.  They're sweethearts.  Stepping Stones and Signal Fire is written by a Mom, a prison ministry advocate, and a Boston College professor.  She writes daily reflections.

This week I'm on vacation.  We chose to go to New Hampshire because my daughter and son-in-law were in a relay, up there.  So it was a way to enjoy the fun and be there for them.

Monday -- I posted about the death of my husband's good friend, Dave, my "cloistered brother", Br. Paul Mary, and my neighbor, Don, in God is so Good.

Tuesday -- In hiking around here, a common refrain is "There's a Pub at the Top!"  This post is about my climb up to Arethusa Falls.

Wed. and Thurs.  I didn't post because blogger was giving me trouble.  Coupon Drop Downs have infected by blog and I can't get rid of them.

Friday - We drove up to the Summit of Mt. Washington.  We did it the day before but I couldn't get to the page to draft a post.  Friday we also dropped Cheryl and Jon off at Cannon Mountain, to begin the relay.

Saturday - The Relay to the Beach was completed.  \0/

And here we are today, going home.  The vacation is over.  

Running Waters

Chery & Jon Turner

Running Waters

Running Waters is the name of Cheryl and Jon’s relay team.  They are running the Reach theBeach Relay in New Hampshire.  The relay is from the mountains of New Hampshire (Cannon Mountain), to the coast (Hampton Beach).  That’s 200 miles.  That’s over 24 hours of running.

  Take heart.  This is not a marathon.  It’s a relay, so Cheryl and Jon are part of a team from work, which is taking part in the race.  They work for Waters Corp. inMilford, MA.  Waters is a publicly traded laboratory analytical instrument and software company. Since Waters’ believes in the best quality of life for everyone, they contribute and support charitable efforts to improve the quality of life in the communities we live. 

  There are 12 runners on their team.  The girls are wearing pink, the guys’ fluorescent orange.  Their team shirt has the outline of New Hampshire with the mountains at the top and a course line going down to the beach. A list of the individuals on the team, is to the right. 

Hubby and I are here to support Cheryl and Jon (daughter and son-in-law).  Hubby and I drove them up to Cannon Mountain, this morning.  Tomorrow, we’ll pick them up at Hampton Beach. You can see the course here.   We were astonished to see the craziness at the starting line.  People were dressed up in costume.  Their vans were decorated, too.  There even was a van decorating contest.  These vans follow the runners carrying the next relay runners.  On the van are water and medical supplies.  The runners rest (probably sleep) in there, as well.

I am impressed with the organization.  Just read Marc Chalufour’sblogging about the event.  It’s been going on for 15 years.  The history is on Wikipedia.  Marc has everything nicely catalogued.  Note that its run on volunteers! 

And they’re off…