Up here in Ketchikan we have to invent ways to keep ourselves entertained and pull people out of the woodwork. One such event is the Only Fools Run, which happens at midnight near the solstice. It's a fundraiser to support independent living for people with disabilities in southeast Alaska, and part of the fun (besides running around town at an ungodly hour) is dressing up in silly costumes. There were several superheroes, a firefighter, a gang of zip-line guides in full helmet and harness regalia, and us, of course. Nikki and I managed to roust ourselves to run on a drizzly Alaskan evening, encouraged by the neon-yellow shirt you receive and the amazing costumes she pulled out of her attic.
She's decked out in black sequins and green wig, while I went for the full cloud-print mumu. Thank goodness Nikki saved those old dance costumes. We were both extremely excited to finish, as you can see below, both because of the late hour and the fact that neither of us had actually done any training (good thing we only had to go 5k). Good times in the salmon capital of the world.
She's decked out in black sequins and green wig, while I went for the full cloud-print mumu. Thank goodness Nikki saved those old dance costumes. We were both extremely excited to finish, as you can see below, both because of the late hour and the fact that neither of us had actually done any training (good thing we only had to go 5k). Good times in the salmon capital of the world.
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