March Roundup

I came across a great quote yesterday that really sums up my Adventure:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover.” – Mark Twain

As of 3/21/2024 I have driven 14,032 miles, made it all the way across the USA to the Pacific Ocean, and have started my journey back East. I have walked a mile in 24 states plus the District of Columbia  (only Nevada and Utah are new since February update):

Maine

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Connecticut

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Virginia

West Virginia

Tennessee (10)

Georgia

South Carolina

North Carolina

Florida

Alabama

Mississippi

Louisiana

Texas

New Mexico

Wyoming (20)

Arizona

California

Nevada

Utah

(And the District of Columbia of Columbia)

And I have skied 18 days at 5 destinations:

Deer Valley UT 3/22, 3/31

Palisades/Alpine Meadows (CA) 3/16, 3/17, 3/18

Stratton VT 3/2-3/8 (7 days)

Taos NM 2/16

Jackson Hole WY 2/4-2/8 (5 days)

Many thanks (again) to friends who housed me along the way. This month it was the Barr clan who welcomed me to their annual Stratton VT gathering and housed me in a slope-side condo for a week.

No one came "on the road" to visit me in March.

I added 2 pet sitting jobs:

Salt Lake City UT2 - cats for 7 days

Salt Lake City UT1 - 2 dogs for 4 days

To the ones I had done previously:

Albuquerque NM - 2 cats for 4 nights.

Dallas TX - 1 dog for 5 nights,

Sarasota FL - 1 dog and 2 cats for 4 nights Chatleston SC - 3 dogs for 7 nights

Nashville - 1 cat for 7 nights

And I have now visited a grand total of 19 National Parks, 5 National Monuments and 1 State Park:

Shenandoah ( Virginia)

New River Gorge (West Virginia)

Mammoth Cave (Kentucky)

Great Smoky Mountains (Tennessee)

Congaree (South Carolina)

Everglades (FL)

Biscayne (FL)

Dry Tortugas (FL)

Big Bend (TX)

Guadeloupe (NM) - 10 th

Carlsbad Caverns (NM)

White Sands (NM)

Petrified Forest (AZ)

Joshua Tree (CA)

Pinnacles National Park (CA)

Great Basin National Park (NV)

Capital Reef National Park (Ut)

Arches National park (UT)

Canyonlands National Park (UT) -19th

National Monuments:

Petroglyph National Monument

Bandelier National Monument

Sunset Crater Volcano NM, Wupatki NM and

Walnut Canyon NM (all near Albuquerque NM)

State Park:

Dead Horse State Park (UT)

Whew that's a lot!

My newest quest is a job - looking for either a summer job (anywhere) or a full time position (Portland ME, Portsmouth NH or Boston MA areas if hybrid) or fully remote is great too. Open to anything! Please reach out if you know of any positions, opportunities or connections.