Photo: Near the summit of Mt. Whitney, I’m in the center of the photo, in red – always standing out, neverblending in.
Sometimes I feel like, “Where’s Waldo?”
If you want to know where I am going and where I’ve been, please see below. Visits, care packages, and offers of places to stay are all welcome! Hope to see you on the road.
May 2012 – Philadelphia – New York City
June-August 2012 – Bike the US for MS, “Trans America Route – Western Express Route” – Yorktown, Virginia to San Francisco, California, (3,785 miles)
June 1 Yorktown, VA
June 2 Glendale, VA
June 3 Mineral, VA
June 4 Charlottesville, VA
June 5 Versuvius, VA
June 6 Troutville, VA
June 8 Blacksburg, VA
June 9 Rural Retreat, VA
June 10 Rosedale, VA
June 11 Breaks Park, VA
June 12 Hindman, KY
June 13 Booneville, KY
June 14 Berea, KY
June 15 Bardstown, KY
June 16 Hodgenville, KY
June 17 Rough River Dam, KY
June 18 Sebree, KY
June 19 Cave in Rock, IL
June 21 Carbondale, IL
June 22 Chester, IL
June 23 Farmington, MO
June 24 Eminence, MO
June 25 Hartville, MO
June 26 Ash Grove, MO
June 27 Pittsburg, KS
June 28 Chanute, KS
June 29 Cassoday, KS
June 30 Buhler, KS
July 1 Larned, KS
July 2 Dighton, KS
July 3 Tribune, KS
July 4 Haswell, CO
July 6 Pueblo, CO
July 7 Westcliff, CO
July 8 Monarch Pass, CO
July 9 Gunnison, CO
July 10 Montrose, CO
July 12 Telluride, CO
July 13 Dolores, CO
July 14 Blanding, UT
July 15 Hite Marina, UT
July 16 Hanksville, UT
July 17 Oak Creek, UT
July 18 Escalante, UT
July 19 Red Canyon, UT
July 21 Cedar City, UT
July 22 Milford, UT
July 23 Baker, NV
July 24 Ely, NV
July 25 Eureka, NV
July 26 Bob Scott Pass
July 27 Middlegate, NV
July 28 Fallon, NV
July 29 Carson City, NV
July 30 Silver Lake, CA
July 31 Folsom, CA
August 1 Winters, CA
August 2 San Francisco, CA
August 2-9, 2012 – San Francisco
August 10-21, 2012 – Yosemite National Park, NOLS, Wilderness First Responder Course
August 22-26, 2012 – San Francisco
August 27-September 2, 2012 – Tahoe/Truckee
September 3-17, 2012 – San Francisco
September 18-25, 2012 – Vancouver/Whistler/Squamish, Canada
September 26-29, 2012 – Seattle
September 30-October 5, 2012 – Yosemite National Park
October 6, 2012 – San Francisco to Asia
October 7-31, 2012 – Nepal
* October 8-13, Kathmandu
* October 14-31 trail to Mt. Everest Base Camp
November 1-7, 2012 – Hong Kong and Macau
November 8-17, 2012 – Vietnam
* Hanoi (2 days), sites: Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hoa Lo Prison, Museum of Ethnology via “Hanoi Kids”
* Halong Bay (2 days): boat tour
* Hue (1 night), sites: Imperial City
* Hoi An (3 days), sites: beach, shopping, tailors
* Saigon (2 days), sites: War museum, palace, market place, Cu Chi tunnels
November 18-20, 2012 – Bangkok, Thailand, sites: Chinatown market, temples, Royal Palace, malls, night markets.
November 21-24, 2012 – Cambodia, Siem Reap, sites: Angkor Wat – grand tour and mini tour, night market.
November 25-29, 2012 – Laos
* Luang Prabang (1 day), sites: palace museum, temples, Mekong boat ride to see Buddha statues
* Vang Vieng (2 days), sites: caving, hiking
* Vientiane (2 days), sites: temples, Arc de Triumph
November 30-December 11, 2012 – Northern Thailand
* Bangkok (3 days), sites: weekend floating market, 1 afternoon meditation class, Myanmar embassy for visa
* Ayutthaya, (2 days), sites: market, temples, floating village
* Sukhothai (1 day), sites: temples
* Chiang Mai (4 days), sites: walk around town, night market, temples, elephant riding, climbing
December 12-22, 2012 – Myanmar/Burma
* Yangon (1 day), sites: Shwedagon Pagdoa, Bogyoke Aung San Market
* Mandalay (2 days), sites: Palace, Mandalay Hill, towns outside of Mandalay – Teak Bridge, island, Mingun
* Bagan (3 days), sites: temples, villages
* Inle Lake (2 days), sites: boat ride around Inle Lake
December 23-26, 2012 – Malaysia
* Kuala Lumpur (3 days), sites: central market, National Mosque, Islamic Art Museum, KL Tower, Bintang neighborhood, Merdeka Heritage Tour, KLCC Tower
* Melaka (2 days), sites: Melaka town, Sikh temple
December 27-30, 2012 – Singapore, sites: Little India, Chinatown Heritage Museum, Singapore Flyer, malls, zoo/evening safari, colonial district, Singapore Footprints walking tour, Botanical Gardens
December 31, 2012 – Bangkok
2013
January 1-31 – Bangkok, Salaya, Chetawan Health School, Traditional Thai Professional Massage Course
February 1-20, 2013 – Philippines, Vipassana 10 day Meditation Course
* Manilla (2 days)
* Sabang (2 days) sites: white beach
* Meditation (12 days)
* Puerto Princesa, Palawan (2 days) sites: Underground River – cave, Honda Bay boat tour, snorkeling
February 21-March 1, 2013 – Bali, Indonesia
* Kuta (2 days), sites: shopping, beach
* Tulamben, (4 days), Diving!
* Ubud (2 days), sites: Hindu temples, coffee plantation, rice fields
* Sanur (2 days), site: beach
March 2-6, 2013 – Hong Kong
March 7-April 13, 2013 – San Francisco, California
April 14-15, 2013 – San Diego/Los Angeles, California
April 16-21, 2013 – Mt. Whitney, California with Backpacker Magazine for Big City Mountaineer’s, Summit for Someone
April 22-23, 2013 – Los Angeles, California
April 23-30, 2013 – New York *Family Wedding
May 1-4, 2013 – New Jersey/Philadelphia
May 5-25, 2013 – New York City
May 28 – August 4, 2013 – Bike the US for MS, Northern Tier Route, Bar Harbor, Maine to Seattle, Washington, (4,295 miles)
May 28 Bar Harbor, ME
May 28 Searsport, ME
May 29 Newcastle, ME
May 30 Naples, ME
May 31 White Mountains, NH
Jun 1 East Thetford, VT
Jun 2 Middlebury, VT
Jun 3 Rest day
Jun 4 Newcomb, NY
Jun 5 Old Forge, NY
Jun 6 Selkirk, NY
Jun 7 Sodus Point, NY
Jun 8 Spencerport, NY
Jun 9 Lockport, NY
Jun 10 Buffalo, NY
Jun 11 Lake Erie State Park, OH
Jun 12 Geneva, OH
Jun 13 Cleveland, OH
Jun 14 Rest Day, OH
Jun 15 Vermillion, OH
Jun 16 Bowling Green, OH
Jun 17 Monroeville, IN
Jun 18 Denver, IN
Jun 19 Iroquois, IL
Jun 20 Odell, IL
Jun 21 Henry, IL
Jun 22 Orion, IL
Jun 23 Massillion, IA
Jun 24 Elkader, IA
Jun 25 Brownsville, MN
Jun 26 Wabasha, MN
Jun 27 Afton State Park, MN
Jun 28 Minneapolis, MN
Jun 29 Rest Day, MN
Jun 30 Rest Day, MN
Jul 1 Dalbo, MN
Jul 2 Royalton, MN
Jul 3 Battle Lake, MN
Jul 4 Pelican Rapids, MN
Jul 5 Fargo, ND
Jul 6 Fargo, ND
Jul 7 Valley City, ND
Jul 8 Tappen, ND
Jul 9 Bismarck, ND
Jul 10 Dickinson, ND
Jul 11 Wibaux, MT
Jul 12 Richey, MT
Jul 13 Wolf Point, MT
Jul 14 Glasgow, MT
Jul 15 Malta, MT
Jul 16 Havre, MT
Jul 17 Chester, MT
Jul 18 Cut Bank, MT
Jul 19 St. Mary’s CG
Jul 20 Apgar, MT
Jul 21 Whitefish, MT
Jul 22 Rest Day, MT
Jul 23 Eureka, MT
Jul 24 Libby, MT
Jul 25 Sandpoint, ID
Jul 26 Rest Day, ID
Jul 27 Newport, WA
Jul 28 Mill Creek, WA
Jul 29 Sherman Pass, WA
Jul 30 Tonasket, WA
Jul 31 Winthrop, WA
Aug 1 Diablo Lake, WA
Aug 2 Darrington, WA
Aug 3 Snohomish, WA
Aug 4 Seattle, WA
August 5-22, 2013 – Vancouver, Canada
August 23-27, 2013 – Race weekend: Whistler, British Columbia * Ironman Canada *
August 28-September 2, 2013 – Banff and Jasper National Parks, Canada
September 2-September 6, 2013 – Road trip home – Vancouver, Canada to San Francisco
November 2013-June 2017 – San Francisco, California
August 2017-July 2019 – Durham, North Carolina – Duke University School of Nursing
*Kenya/Tanzania – Community health, Guatemala – Maternal and community health
September 2019-July 2021 – Seattle, Washington – life as a new registered nurse, transplant unit, University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC). Life in Seattle, during Covid-19 (before Covid-19 vaccine).
August 2021-January 2022 – Portland, Oregon – life as an Emergency Room nurse, Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU)
January 2022-August 2022 – Portland area – life as a contract, travel nurse, Oregon, Providence Hospitals
August 22-26, 2022 – Trail Mixed Mountaineering Course with Alpine Ascents International, Mt. Baker, [Before the arrival of Europeans it was known as Koma Kulshan, meaning “Great White Watcher.”]
September 2022-December 2022 – San Francisco, CA, life as a contract, float pool/resource team, travel nurse, University of California, San Francisco
January 2023-April 2023 – San Francisco, CA, life as a contract, float pool nurse, cluster of Telemetry, Med Surg, rehab units, St. Francis Medical Hospital, Dignity Health
April – May 2023 – Camino de Santiago, (Camino Frances), 788 km/500 mile walk/pilgrimage across Northern Spain.
June 2023 – San Diego, California >
> Saguaro National Park, Arizona (near Tucson, Arizona)
> Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona (NE Arizona)
> Mesa Verde, National Park, Colorado (SE Colorado)
> Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado
> Moab – Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
> Grand Canyon, Arizona (North Rim, South Rim, West)
> Great Basin National Park, Nevada
> Lake Tahoe/Truckee, California
July 2023
SF
Kings and Sequoia National Parks, CA
Channel Islands National Park, CA
Big Sur, CA
South Lake Tahoe, CA
New York
August 2023 – present, Seattle, Washington, life as a new Critical Care nurse, Intensive Care nurse, Harborview Medical Center.
2024 spring trips – LA, Portland, SF, Mexico City, Cabo, Mexico.
withoutapillow 
If it helps, you are welcome to stay at our place as you pass through Vancouver enroute to San Fran. Contact me by email. Good luck at Ironman 🙂
Thanks so much Ann, will do.
Oh…take me to Yosemite…climb for me!
Your journeys are absolutely incredible. How did you get into cycling? Did you have to do a lot of training before cycling across the U.S?
Thanks for reading and your kind comments. I had very little cycling experience before the ride across America. I could have been voted the girl not to make it to the finish. I started cycling with triathlons, then century rides, etc.
Wow! That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing