Students and their families begin the Distance for Deephaven walk to raise funds for Deephaven Elementary Saturday, Oct. 2. The school abandoned the long established fundraiser of selling candy and gift wrapping and the Deephaven Elementary’s PTA created a fitness fundraiser that also builds community spirit.

Deephaven Elementary School physical education teacher Carrie Senske, right, leads Distance for Deephaven participants in warm-ups before the start of the fundraiser walk Saturday, Oct 2, 2010. The school abandoned the long established fundraising methods of selling candy and gift wrapping, and the Deephaven Elementary’s PTA created a fitness fundraiser that also builds community spirit.

Deephaven Elementary School principal Bryan McGinley tells the crowd of parents and students gathered Saturday morning for the Distance for Deephaven walk that they had already raised nearly $20,000 for the school. The school abandoned the long established fundraiser of selling candy and gift wrapping and the Deephaven Elementary’s PTA created a fitness fundraiser that also builds community spirit. Deephaven Elementary School physical education teacher Carrie Senske, right, leads Distance for Deephaven participants in warm-ups before the start of the fundraiser walk Saturday, Oct 2, 2010.

Deephaven Elementary School student Dalton Ward, 6, controls three hula hoops as participants in Saturday's Distance for Deephaven fundraiser gather for the start of the walk to raise funds for the school. According to principal Brian McGinley the school had raised almost $20,000, which is $5,000 more than they had expected.

Antonio Muniz, six, waits for the start of he Distance 4 Deephaven walk to raise funds for Deephaven Elementary Saturday, Oct. 2

Dog corralling was an integral part of the Distance for Deephaven walk to raise funds for Deephaven Elementary Saturday, Oct. 2

Dog corralling was an integral part of the Distance for Deephaven walk to raise funds for Deephaven Elementary Saturday, Oct. 2

Second grader Jason Davenport, 7, left, and his bother Colton, 4, stand for a photograph by their dad, Jeff, while braving the early morning chill before the start of the Distance for Deephaven walk to raise funds for Deephaven Elementary Saturday, Oct. 2. The school abandoned the long established fundraiser of selling candy and gift wrapping and the Deephaven Elementary’s PTA created a fitness fundraiser that also builds community spirit.

Second grader Jason Davenport, 7, left, and his bother Colton, 4, brave the early morning chill before the start of the Distance for Deephaven walk to raise funds for Deephaven Elementary Saturday, Oct. 2. The school abandoned the long established fundraiser of selling candy and gift wrapping and the Deephaven Elementary’s PTA created a fitness fundraiser that also builds community spirit.

Deephaven Elementary School students swing on the school's playground prior to the start of the Distance for Deephaven fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 2, in Deephaven.

Zvi Uran Markman, 23 months, Hopkins, plays near the Main Street garden while his mother, Rebecca Uran Markman, looks on at the Hennepin County Library in Hopkins Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.

Zvi Uran Markman, 23 months, Hopkins, plays in the Main Street garden where he 'planted' plastic asparagus and picked out onions at the Hennepin County Library in Hopkins Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.

Zvi Uran Markman, 23 months, Hopkins, plays in a large tree in the Main Street garden at the Hennepin County Library in Hopkins Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.

Zvi Uran Markman, 23 months, Hopkins, plays in the Main Street garden at the Hennepin County Library in Hopkins Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.

Donning a hardhat, Zvi Uran Markman, 23 months, Hopkins, plays in the Main Street garden at the Hennepin County Library in Hopkins Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.

Zvi Uran Markman, 23 months, Hopkins, plays in the Main Street garden at the Hennepin County Library in Hopkins Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.

Nearly two years old and he's directing imaginary farmhands. Zvi Uran Markman, 23 months, Hopkins, plays near the Main Street garden where he 'planted' plastic asparagus at the Hennepin County Library in Hopkins Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.

Toby, a seven-year-old Great Pyrenees, gets special attention from Dylan Bartness, also seven, in the petting zoo at the Corn Days summer festival at the Church of St. George in Long Lake, Minn. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010.

Toby, a seven-year-old Great Pyrenees, gets special attention from Dylan Bartness, also seven, in the petting zoo at the Corn Days summer festival at the Church of St. George in Long Lake, Minn. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010.

Toby, a seven-year-old Great Pyrenees, gets special attention from Dylan Bartness, also seven, in the petting zoo at the Corn Days summer festival at the Church of St. George in Long Lake, Minn. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010.

Megan Leschinsky, 4, throws her stuffed bear in the air, while her mom Sarah, left, watches during the Teddy Bear Band's performance for dozens of families Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the Depot in Wayzata, Minn.

Megan Leschinsky, 4, throws her stuffed bear in the air, while her mom Sarah, left, watches during the Teddy Bear Band's performance for dozens of families Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the Depot in Wayzata, Minn.

Megan Leschinsky, 4, throws her stuffed bear in the air, while her mom Sarah, left, watches during the Teddy Bear Band's performance for dozens of families Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the Depot in Wayzata, Minn.

Beth Mee • Marathon Key, Florida • 2008

Beth Mee • Marathon Key, Florida • 2008

Doug the Home Builder • Marathon Key, Florida • 2008

Beth Mee • Metropolis, Ill. • 2008

Resting on rock warmed by the midday sun in Arches National park, Utah.

Arches National Park, Utah, scramble. Lunch tasted better on a massive sandstone fin.

A quiet moment outside the St. Cloud, Minn. house.

Groover, B-man and Jilly skulk around the Mormon Tabernacle Church in Salt Lake City, Utah.

B-man and Groover. Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah beer break.