San Francisco Marathon, 2018

I just landed in London a few hours ago and will be in Europe for the next month or so.  The plan is UK, Denmark, then a road trip to Spain. Please IM me if you are near and we can hopefully catch up!

The pictures are from the San Fancisco half marathon last Sunday.  Lots of fun hanging out with Rich, Lisa, and Ricky.  

Who needs training when we have advil and caffeine :) T

Golden gate bridge selfie at 7am. It was soooooo cold when you stopped running, but how can you pass up this landmark???

Sorry Rich ... the art and pre-race excitement got the better of me!

Lisa, Ricky, and I enjoying a 9am beer after the race.

Yosemite, 2018

Breathtaking sunset from our Yosemite campsite.

Thank you all for the wonderful birthday messages, it made my day to hear from new and old friends alike!

I would have responded sooner, but I was backpacking with the boys in Yosemite for the last 5 days and had no phone signal.  We collected some amazing memories, photos, and unfortunately smells :)

I need a caption please!

We made ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaaahs’ like we were watching fireworks when approaching each alpine lake more stunning than the last.

Our swimming hole for the last two days.

We hiked to Roosevelt Lake to get away from the crowds of Upper Young Lake.  By crowds, I mean the only other backpacking group we met at altitude during the whole trip :)

Upper Young Lake.

The marshlands near Roosevelt Lake.

Some people travel the world to see tall waterfalls, but the one-foot ones are a lot easier to photograph :)

My mind kept drifting to Prince’s lyrics “an ocean of violets in bloom” each time we came across a field of amazing wildflowers.

Thank you delightful wildflowers.

I needed NASA designed ultra-light space age materials to complete the trek … Craig needed only a scrap of tarp and a mosquito net!

Costa Rica, 2018

Las mujeres me quiren, las olas me temen.

The amazingly wonderful surf instructors at School of the World.

Just completed a quick trip to Costa Rica to catch up with some wonderful friends.  I'm now in Texas visiting with my parents and will be back in California next week.



Months of training for the Alcatraz swim (which unfortunately was canceled due to weather) definitely helped on paddling endurance and it was fun working on surfing technique rather than battling exhaustion.

Sunset viewing party after a full day surfing.

After years of Ivan and Cristian telling me not to look at my feet while surfing, I finally decided to listen to them, but in my defense, my feet are just a lot better looking than theirs, so admiring them is a tough habit to break

Kristín (Reggae Shark) will be in Jaco soon, so there is talk of a  School of the World get-together in the works before the end of the year.  IM me if you are interested and we can see what dates for a reunion works best!

She has a Dutch accent on land, a British accent while teaching yoga, I'm pretty sure she is a secret agent, but she gives me great surf tips and rarely throws mud at me anymore.

Thankfully, due to strict gun control in Costa Rica, my 'friends' were only able to attack me with items that could be purchased at the Frutaria.

Thanks to Caliche and Louis for making us a wonderful homemade meal. Andy and I really enjoyed getting honorary-hot-chick-status by hanging around this bevy of beauties

Only a day after receiving 12 staples to the noggin after a surfing accident, tough-as-nails-Whitney was not going to miss a party!

We all cope with World Cup stress in our own ways.