In the "What are they thinking?" Category ...

[mcdude]

Pepper:
As I was reading along on your post I kept thinking..this is a joke....or....what is she drinking?

I have heard about this Reach the Beach Relay because I read about it in the local newspaper...they were seeking permits at a town meeting in Barnstead. JJ Goodwin's on Rt. 28 was one of their "rest stops".

Here's from a blog from the 2003 event:

2:00 AM Saturday - I nestle peacefully into our mothership "moosemobile". Moose Digger takes off for a be-sparkled run through residential Gilmanton. He pulled the lucky straw! With his early difficult run, he looks forward to a serengeti-flat four and a half-mile run. As crowded as a Christmas mall, he weaves his way through a virtual throng of runners. Chatty runners kibitz and enjoy the company of newfound running buddies on the darkened road. Companionship on a lonely night course, priceless.

With a lopsided moose smile and dangling headlamp Moose Chaffee is next to be serenaded off on his 6.4 mile moon light stroll. Destination: JJ Goodwins Eatery and Sports Pub, Barnstead New Hampshire. Granted in 1727, Barnstead is home to nine lakes, 3,886 residents and for a short while 1000 noisy runners and six sleep-deprived moose. Early settlers named Barnstead after Cape Cods' Barnstable and Long Islands' Hampstead.

I guess I didn't realize that this goes on all night long! Kinda crazy...

Pepper; Glad to hear you weren't hallucinating!

McD