2010 Devil Mountain Run T-Shirt page

My last post was written two days after our baby boy came home. Yes, a new baby has definitely curtailed blogging time. So have some other family matters that came up in March.

Today, I wanted to post a link to a new web page I just made. I'm getting ready to run my 33rd consecutive Devil Mountain Run in early May, so I thought I'd create a website with old Devil Mountain Run shirts. This site has about 20 scanned DMR logos, flipped into a miror image for use as iron-on patches. Check it out if you want to re-create an old shirt.

Also, this year runners can help make more money for Children's Hospital when supporters donate at our DMR participant page.

Baby Boy for the Ramseys!

We are proud to announce that our baby boy entered the world on Sunday, February 21, 2010. He weighed 8 lbs., 15 oz. and measured 21 1/2 inches. If you were at the '78 & '79 30 Year Reunion in October, you may have met my then-Five-Months-Pregnant wife, MaryEllen, at the event. We are all now home and enjoying this new addition to the family. While he may not be the very last son or daughter born of a member of SRVHS Class of '79, I'm sure he'll be one of the last. I just hope I can stay active into my 60's enough to keep up with my growing boy!

Tidbits

As usually happens after reunions, the website postings and in this case, the blog postings diminish substantially. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years have all occurred since the reunion. Regular life happens, of course.

We had a big snowstorm in Maryland in December. More snow than we've seen in at least seven years and the most snow ever for a December snowfall.

Oh, here's an SR tidbit I've learned. Do you remember the San Ramon High "Walk of Fame", officially called the Gary Leith Memorial walkway? It was on Front Street in front of the Shoe Stable in the 60's and 70's and created to honor the most outstanding student in each graduating class of San Ramon High School. For 1979, it was Bill MacDonald; 1978 - Jim Anklam; 1980 - Paulette Ditzler. The Shoe Stable moved and the old property and street were remodeled and the walkway was eventually moved to a spot on campus near the school's theater. According to Class of '79 classmate, Melinda May Malin, John's daughter, the school no longer recognizes honorees because everybody is above average these days, much like Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon.

I saw the walkway while in town for the reunion. It's not looking too good and I couldn't find Bill's footprints, but at least it's there. They aren't in chronological order, but I did see prints from the 1990's, so it did continue for a while after our years at SR.