Pictures of the 2012 Tampa Bay Aids Walk @ ST. Petersburg

[J.R.E.]

These are some pictures of the Tampa Bay Aids walk, taken at St. Petersburg, Florida, this morning.

Thankfully, the weather held up, and the rain stayed away.  Overall, it was a great turnout, a little on the hot side, but there  was a nice breeze blowing that kept us pretty comfortable.

There may be some duplicates, but I will try to avoid that.  I placed the names, on the back of my shirt, of the names of some of the forums members , that were read at that AMG.  I know I missed some, but I tried as best as possible...

The first 1/2 dozen or so pics, was the drive down there this morning, which took about 35 minutes or so:























St. PETERSBURG CITY LIMIT:




WE'RE GETTING CLOSE:




PICTURES AT THE WALK:




THIS IS ME WITH MY "WALKING BECAUSE" SIGN ON MY BACK:





















































THEY CHANGES THE ROUTE OF THE WALK THIS YEAR, AND WE WE'RE WALKING OUT TO THE END OF THE PIER, AND THEN TURN AROUND:
















































THE VINOY:














GETTING TO THE END OF THE WALK:



















WE'RE FINISHED:












Ray

[ds4146]

Ray what a beautiful walk and what a nice tribute to those that you carried on your back for why you walk.

[RWR]

Thanks Ray

[phildinftlaudy]

Thanks Ray for posting -
And, it made me tear up to see my old partner Jimmy Ragin's name being shown as one of the reasons why you walked...

Thank you again so much for doing this -
I will be participating in the Florida AIDS Walk in Fort Lauderdale in March 2013.

-Phil

[GSOgymrat]

Thanks for sharing the pictures. It looks like it was great walk.

[WillyWump]

Awesome Pics Ray! So neat to see all the names... and to see my buddy Scott's memory was with you. Thank You 

-Will

[tednlou2]

Thanks for sharing.  Ours has been moved from September to mid-October. 

[leatherman]

And, it made me tear up to see my old partner Jimmy Ragin's name being shown as one of the reasons why you walked...

Thank you Ray. Thanks for walking! Thanks for sharing the pictures.
I zoomed in on one of the pictures to read the names and think about those members of our forum family who are gone now. I was shocked/surprised and very touched to see some names I wasn't really expecting. thank you for helping keep my memories and love of Randy and Jim alive.

[OneTampa]

Thank you Ray for the very nice pictures.

Although I am in DC, I was back home when looking at those pictures and wonderful people.