What a delight!! What a great, old fashioned Berner event! And the weather cooperated in an unbelievable way - holding off showers for the 2 hours we needed to enjoy the SPECTACULAR scenery overlooking the Hudson River.Talk about beginners luck!! We all need to send a big hug to Betsy Rich, owned by the handsome Gus, a newcomer to the Berner world but an old friend, (our kids went to school together). Betsy had the idea while we were walking Gus & Belline one day at the Rockefeller Preserve and she posted it on the L, reposted it when a conflict arose, bought balloons, chocolate for a mini-raffle (we raised $64. for BARC, LOC and BHF) a table,umbrellas to keep the table dry & dog biscuits. She also provided a charming husband, Jamie, and enthusiastic son, Alex, to host newcomers.We put out BMDCA Info sheets and cheese & crackers. About 30 people and about a dozen Berners plus friends arrived to walk. How lovely to meet new people and put faces to the names I've read on the L.So relaxed, so pleasant, so non-competitive and non-political.Just friendly people who love their Berners enjoying each other's company and dogs. Betsy was a newbie who jumped in, volunteered and created a truly worthwhile Berner tradition.Thank you Betsy!
Thanks also go to Hugh Hayes for taking great photos and posting them:http://www.hotdogfx.com/west_done/walk.html Please join us next Spring - we will certainly do this again and maybe get a sunny day so we can picnic and chat even longer.Luna's dad, Glen, said some of the weeping beech trees looked 200 years old - they were magnificent. Gratefully, Linda Seaver & Belline Bedford, NY
