Today was one of the best days I have had in a very long time. The San Francisco Skipping Club meeting was a smash success....Over 20 passionate skippers in the Bay Area came out to share their love of skipping with the world...and many of us became inspiried to organize more skips in the near future.

We met at the gates of Fort Mason and skipped on the corner of Laguna and Marina with signs that said HONK FOR SKIPPING while we waited for the group to gather. Car after car blared their horns. We encouraged passers by to skip a few steps with us...and gave them Official National Skipping Club Membership cards when they did. Several people even decided to stay and join the skip.

Tania who is the perky president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Skipping Club led the group in some stretching exercises...and then we were off and skipping!

We went over a big hill and then down a long pier with a panaromaic view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and Ghiradelli Square. I pulled out my old megaphone and periodically announced, "We are skipping activists who believe the world will be a much happy happier place when skipping becomes a more acceptable thing to do. We don't ask that you skip, just that you are supportive of those of us who love to! Thank you and skip on!"

It was incredible how many people along the route joined the skip. Little kids skipped. Bikers got off their bikes so they could skip a few steps with us...and one inventive young lad made his bike do the skipping. Women skipped. Men skipped. Boys skipped. Girls skipped. A great time was had by all!

The camera crew that was filming us asked each skipper to say what they skipped for. Skippers said things like they skipped for peace, for the future, for their soul, for fun and joy, to make their wife happy, and because they don't have a car! I said, "I skip for FREEDOM!"

Well I just wanted to do a quick blog entry while I am still flying high from the magic of a beautiful, perfect, wonderful day! Stay tuned for news about more upcoming skipping events in SF. Skip on!