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Calvert Volksmarch
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Volunteers (Jan, Karl, Mary, and Elaine) setting up the event at the pavilion in Virginia Fields Park. This park was once the site of a jail following the end of the civil war. The jail was used to hold southern sympathizers. |
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Mary is waiting for her work assignment. |
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Beverly and Shirley discussing work schedules. |
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This Shirley is working the start table. The pictures are dark because it was very overcast and looked like rain. |
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Arlene has her start card and instructions. She's ready to walk. |
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Carol, Lenore and I started the city walk route. As we left the park we passed the cemetary. |
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The Calvert Community High School. They play 6 man football. Current town population is 1640. |
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The city route and the country route passed each other. Shirley and Andy are walking the country route. |
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Ken and Daralyn Schubert of Huffman came to enjoy this event. |
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Suzanne and Audry came up from San Antonio to walk with us. |
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Our route took us down main street. In 1899 the town was damaged by floods, and two years later a fire destroyed much of its business district. These remaining businesses are mainly antique stores. |
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The Art of Texas had a lot of great craft items for sale. |
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This was the first of many old homes we were to pass. This one is a B&B. |
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Approaching the walk finish. Barbara (Mineral Wells) and her daughter Susan (Temple) are outside the pavilion. |
Before we started working at a checkpoint, we walked around the arts/crafts displays in the park. Lenore got a rainbow painted on her cheek. |
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We went out to work the second checkpoint on the city route. This group was our first customer's. They are from Belton. |
This event was this family's 2nd Volksmarch. Their first was last October at the New Braunfels Octoberfest. |
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They all tried to sit down on one chair to wait for the adults to catch up. The boy in the white Old Navy T-shirt is a friend of the family. It was his first volksmarch. |
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Daryl and Diane are from Cypress |
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In between customer's at the checkpoint. |
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John and Dixie. The old house were the checkpoint was set up was falling apart. Everyone was interested in it though. We all agreed it was a shame to let a building like that just rot away. The stairway could be seen from the window. It was still magnificent. |
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Hal, Joan, Helen, and Rick |
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Dick and Jo |
Day 2. This old home across from the start is for sale! |
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Chuck and Elaine came down from Wichita Falls. They said they actually came for the Antique Shops, there just happened to be two walks in the same town. |
The country route was very nice too. Lots of green pastures, cows, and a neat bridge. We walked with John and Dixie. |
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Jan was the first checkpoint on the route. If you were only doing a 5K you turned around here. |
Shirley and Andy were working checkpoint #2. |
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As we neared the end of the walk, we passed this carriage house that is being restored. |
Sarah and Mabel were finishing up before us. |
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