10 PAX posted initially on Saturday morning at the mothership with the replica Vietnam memorial right across the way in the great lawn. Great opportunity today to remember our fallen heroes.
Tclaps to Amnesty and Heisenberg for bringing two FNGs to the fray.
YHC welcomed all, gave his disclaimer, and the mosey began.
Here’s…
The Thang
Pax moseyed to the neutral ground on the road in front of the Museum near the park entrance for cop warm-ups. RY somehow found out group and caught up, giving us 11 pax. A beautiful sunrise sky set the tone for this nice “not so hot” Saturday morning.
IC
SSH x 31
IW x 15;
Arm Circle x 20 one-way and then 20 the other way.
Mountain Climber x 25
After encouraging people not to get hit by cars, PAX moseyed about half a mile to silver bridge near Cabrini over bayou.
YHC pulled out his deck of cards, only to find no cards in the deck, but only a piece of paper reading “Merkin Ladder”
Merkin Ladder
Start on one side of bridge with 20 merkins, run across and then do 19, and so on and so forth.
We did this until we completed the 10 merkin portion.
Proceeded to do a Core Elevens- Plank Jack and Russian Twist across bridge.
Once that was finished, we finished the Merkin Ladder.
We moseyed back to City Park, stopped for 25 Mountain Climbers IC, and continued the mosey to the Great Lawn. On the way, a odd person on a bike ride by, but then we realized it was just Side Effects. Word on the street is he was afraid of YHC’s potential use of the Deck of Death. He pursued a nice cardio workout on his bike instead.
After 25 Flutters and 25 Dolly’s (all IC), we spent the last 2 minutes walking around the replica Vietnam Memorial.
COT included naming Chair Thrower (from Indiana in memory of Bobby Knight) and ‘Da Parish (from Chalmette). Shout-outs and announcements proceeded, concluding with pray especially for our troops.
Moleskin
The Vietnam Wall was a great reminder of those who have come before us and sacrificed so much for our freedom. Let’s never take this for granted.
Still sore today! The wife is out of town so I will not be back till Thursday at best. TCB, DaParish
More accurately I am scared to death of the deck of death. A cardio workout on the bike was generous, more like a leisurely stroll through the park watching people do actual workouts while I just mumble chattered.