February 14 – Day 45

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REPORT FROM THE WALK:

LAND HO! WE REACH AFRICA!

From Marge P. (again):

Wow! Have things picked up since the orangutan twins announced their Out Of Africa Free Lunch Points contest. Captain Nemo had to get pretty firm with everyone to get the ship to slow down enough to dock at the Freeport north of Monrovia. We got here late last night. It was a clear night and the full moon was so bright. What a sight to see the lights of the city after nothing but ocean for several days.

As we were about to dock, Swami Walkalotta passed out notices about a meeting he wanted us to have before we left the ship. When I got to the meeting, it looked like everyone was already there. Wow, there’s a lot of us! Looked like almost 200. Swami got up and spoke. He said first he wanted to apologize for all the bad advice he was giving us early on in the walk. He explained that he was getting paid a lot of money (and a lot of chocolate – Swami Walkalotta for a lotta Chocolatta) by his sponsor to make sure the EarthWalk didn’t take off and become a popular way of getting healthy. He said after his experiences on the walk, he has reconsidered and is going to end his contract with his sponsor, which he told us was Nestle.

He told us part of the plan to destroying EarthWalkers attempts to lose weight and get in better shape, was a party we were all to be invited to tonight.

He said Nestle had arranged to have the Good Ship Lollypop moored right next to us and we were all to go there tonight and have a huge valentines day party. Free chocolate and candy for all!

Swami said, “Enough of this nastiness! In the spirit of the Boston Tea Party let’s go to the Good Ship Lollypop and when I give the signal, lets grab all the chocolate and candy and throw it overboard. Who’s with me?”

Someone yelled “Way to go, Swami!” and a big group of EarthWalkers joined up and got their plan together.

At the Lollypop, it was like the whole ship was made of sugar. There was candy, cake, deserts of all description and dressed real cute was the host and his wife and son who looked just like someone from the old movies. They did a little song and dance thing for us, and right after that we did our deed.

We scooped up everything, danced to the railing and over the edge it went. “No calorization without exercization!”

Oh, what an adrenalin rush!

Back on the Earthwalk Ocean Barge, Chef Greger had made us a wonderful treat from Maya Fair Trade Chocolate Bars. These were the first Fair Trade chocolate products that guarantee a living wage to the farmers and workers that produce the cocoa. More than 5,000 of these bars are sold every day. Gwyneth Paltrow from the Fair Trade Foundation was the guest of honor and we had a great time partying to this great New Orleans style band that showed up.

Even the land shark showed up and danced until he collapsed on his dorsal fin.

FROM EARTHWALK COSMIC HEADQUARTERS IN OMAHAHA

The miles are coming in like crazy! Here’s the context again.

OUT OF AFRICA FREE LUNCH FOR TWO POINTS AWARDED WHEN LEAVING AFRICA
Raising ones ranking in the EarthWalk Foot Miles Standing. (Foot miles are the combined walking, running and jogging miles.)	1 point for every rise in the ranking – (no points lost for dropping in the rankings)
Recruiting someone to join EarthWalk. If you are in a tribe, recruit someone to join your tribe.	1 point for each tribe member for each person recruited for your tribe.
Losing weight between now and leaving Africa	1 point for each pound lost.

Recruit! Walk-run-jog- a lot! Lose weight!!!

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Click on the More Numbers link,

Then click on the Foot Miles link.

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