Plunge 2008
Feb. 11th, 2008 09:35 amWe survived the Plunge. No big news, there. This was my seventh and Carole's third. It's always fun, but no longer quite the frightening experience it was the first time.
We didn't put together any sort of exotic costumes for the event, which put us in the minority. Most teams are now either wearing custom t-shirts OR strange costumes. When we started taking part years ago the folks-in-costumes and so on were outnumbered by the regular folks.
Last year, with our jester's hats and Key West Conch Republic flag, we definitely stood out. This year I just didn't have a flash of insight. So hey.
I'm only really mentioning this aspect because we actually got comments from some of the other participants saying "hey, nice costumes" when all we had on was our swim trunks and, in Carole's case, a tank top. Yeah, yeah, laugh it up, folks.
I guess next year Team Otter and Lemur had better get organized a bit better if we're going to keep up with the Joneses.
We had a little waterproof disposable camera with us in the event and took some photos which you can see at http://www.furrs.org/images/plunge2008/default.htm. More and better photos will be available in a few days or weeks at http://www.skipix.com.
Between the two of us we raised $850 for Special Olympics. I thank everyone who helped out with their donations. The Special Olympians who were present at the event, speaking beforehand and helping out and even taking part made it very obvious that they really benefit from the programs the organization sponsors. So thank y'all for helping make it possible.
We didn't put together any sort of exotic costumes for the event, which put us in the minority. Most teams are now either wearing custom t-shirts OR strange costumes. When we started taking part years ago the folks-in-costumes and so on were outnumbered by the regular folks.
Last year, with our jester's hats and Key West Conch Republic flag, we definitely stood out. This year I just didn't have a flash of insight. So hey.
I'm only really mentioning this aspect because we actually got comments from some of the other participants saying "hey, nice costumes" when all we had on was our swim trunks and, in Carole's case, a tank top. Yeah, yeah, laugh it up, folks.
I guess next year Team Otter and Lemur had better get organized a bit better if we're going to keep up with the Joneses.
We had a little waterproof disposable camera with us in the event and took some photos which you can see at http://www.furrs.org/images/plunge2008/default.htm. More and better photos will be available in a few days or weeks at http://www.skipix.com.
Between the two of us we raised $850 for Special Olympics. I thank everyone who helped out with their donations. The Special Olympians who were present at the event, speaking beforehand and helping out and even taking part made it very obvious that they really benefit from the programs the organization sponsors. So thank y'all for helping make it possible.