Memory Walk 2009

What an amazingly gorgeous morning it was in Bidwell Park...perfect for the 2009 Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk.  My friend Karen Sinell and I were asked to record the event, and we were happy to oblige.  A complete album of my photos are posted on Flickr (click here to view them).  This worthwhile event continues to grow each year.  Once again, the remarkable duo, Holly Taylor and her husband Eric Peter entertained the crowd during registration (along with their ever-popular basset hound, Cooper), and a bagpiper helped launch the walk. 

In spite of the grief this devastating illness causes daily, everyone seemed glad to be there, sharing hugs and supporting the effort to find a cure.  To find out more about our local Alzheimer's Association, click here. 

(The photos I took this year are dedicated to our wonderful dad, Louis Burghardt.  We all miss you so much!)

I Wanna Take You Higher - Chico Air Show

The 2009 Chico Air Show is happening THIS Friday through Sunday, Aug. 28 - 30, at the Chico Airport. Kicking it off with the "Twilight Preview" show on Friday 8/28 at 5 p.m. is my friend Holly Taylor and her red-hot band "Hot Flash." (Great music; wear your dancing shoes!) For more info, check out this week's Chico News & Review or the Facebook site. And if you haven't yet jumped on the Facebook bandwagon, it's easy and free to register (www.Facebook.com) and start enjoying the wacky comments and fun photos your friends and family post! Click here for an excellent article written by fellow Facebooker Shannon Rooney about local Chico resident and former Blue Angels pilot Vance Parker (one of the coordinators of the air show) in this week's CN&R. (Mom and I got to see the present-day Blue Angels pilots in person during out recent trip to Monterey---quite exciting!)