TRAVEL

Wanderlust: A strong desire or urge to travel and explore the world.

Lived:

Hackensack, NJ (15 minutes outside of New York City); Orlando, FL; Rome, Italy; Anaheim, CA and Seattle, WA.

2000:

Milan/Verona/Venice/Florence/Pisa/San Gimignano/Sienna/Sorrento/Capri/Pompeii/Rome (EF/10-Day Country Tour of Italy)

2005:

Rome/Venice/Florence/Pisa/Capri (CCIS/Study Abroad & Independent Travel); Sicily-Catania/Ragusa/Punta Secca; Paris, France

2008:

Semester at Sea/Circumnavigated the globe: Brazil/Namibia/South Africa/India/Malaysia/Singapore/Vietnam/Cambodia/Hong Kong/China/Japan/Costa Rica

2009:

Road trip: San Diego/Anaheim/Los Angeles/Monterey/Lake Tahoe/Yosemite National Park/Napa Valley/San Francisco

2010:

Road trip: NJ/Pittsburgh/Indianapolis/St. Louis/Nashville/Atlanta/Orlando/Key West/Savannah/Washington DC/NJ Other travels: Outer Banks, NC; Kansas City, MO; Niagara Falls, NY; and Boston, MA

2011:

Cross country road trip/move: Auto Train; Orlando/New Orleans/Austin/Las Cruces/Phoenix/LA/Anaheim. Other travels: Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Hoover Dam, Washington DC and Las Vegas

2012:

Cross country train trip: LA/Portland/Seattle/Glacier National Park/St. Paul/Milwaukee/Chicago/NYC. Other travels: Joshua Tree National Park, Palm Springs, Death Valley National Park and Catalina Island

2013:

Road trip(s): LA/San Francisco/Seattle; Olympic Peninsula; Seattle/La Conner/North Cascades National Park/Vancouver; Oregon Coast/Crater Lake National Park. Other Travels: Mt. St. Helens; Leavenworth, WA. Cruise: Alaska/Inside Passage

2014:

Washington, New Jersey and then headed to Australia (Working Holiday Visa)! (More to come)

2015:

Still living in and exploring Australia, followed by a few months in New Zealand (Working Holiday Visa) before returning to New Jersey! (More to come)

2016:

New Jersey, Washington, and some US travels! (More to come)

2017:

Moved to Austin, Texas for 6 months and explored Texas. Bounced back to Washington and then lots of road tips including eastern and western Canada! (More to come)

2018: 

New Jersey, spent a 1 in Utah (Workaway), 4 months in Montana (Coolworks Seasonal Gig #1) and 3 months in Colorado (Coolworks Seasonal Gig #2)! (More to come)

2019:

Colorado for 4 months, Alaska for 4 months (Coolworks Seasonal Gig #3)  and Washington for 2 months before moving to Nevada! (More to come)

2020: 

Living in Henderson and exploring Nevada. Oh yea and a Pandemic. Moved back to Colorado (Coolworks Seasonal Gig #4)  for the winter. (More to come)

2021: 

Custer State Park, SD, Devil's Tower, Crazy Horse Monument, RiNo Arts District,  Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Cherry Creek State Park, Colorado State Capitol Building, Molly Brown House Museum, Roxborough State Park, Chatfield State Park, Castlewood Canyon State Park, The Central City/Black Hawk National Historic District, Monument Rocks, Denver Botanic Gardens,  Roosevelt National Forest, Yorktown, VA, Antelope Island State Park, Glacier National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park,  Phoenix, Lake Powell, Ouray, CO, Joplin, MO, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, St Louis, New River Gorge National Park & Preserve, Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, Chesapeake Bay, 

Colorado for 4 months, then Utah, and Washington and some more travels!
Bounced back to New Jersey before hopping aboard my new home - a River Cruise Boat.

2022: 

Mostly life on the road…

St. Michael’s, MD, Catskills, NY, Las Vegas, Washington, Florida (Tampa, Orlando, Naples, Sarasota, Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks, Hollywood Beach), Raleigh, NC, New Jersey, Asheville, North Carolina, River Arts District, Pigeon Forge, TN, Gatlinburg, Dollywood, Knoxville, Charlottesville, VA, Vancouver, BC, Astoria, OR, Winthrop, WA, Sun Mountain Lodge, Mt. Rainier National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, NJ, Huntington Gardens, Chicago, Austin, Bastrop State Park.
Work Tour: Phoenix, Albuquerque, Hot Air Balloon Festival, Bandelier National Monument, White Sands National Park, Tombstone Historic District, Tucson, San Xavier del Bac Mission, and Casa Grande National Monument. 

2023:

Spent part of the year traveling and part of the year in New Jersey. Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA, Hawaii Islands (Big Island, Maui, Oahu & Kauai), Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Haleakala National Park, Denver, US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas & St. John), Virgin Islands National Park, Washington, San Juan Islands, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Charleston, SC, Orlando, FL, High Point State Park, Wekiva Island 

Road trip: Memphis, TN/Vicksburg, MI/Natchez, MI/Alexandria, LA/Lafayette, LA/Oak Alley Plantation/Gulf Coast/Mobile, AL/Dauphin Island, AL/Montgomery, AL/National Memorial for Peace & Justice/Chattanooga, TN/Tracy City, TN/ Nashville, TN/Charlotte, NC

Birthday trip to Iceland! (More to come)
Road trip: Spokane, WA/Bozeman, MT/Choteau, MT/Glacier National Park/Boise, ID/Salmon, ID/Sawtooth Mountains
Road trip: Seattle/Olympic Peninsula/Olympic National Park/Sol Duc Hot Springs/Forks/Hoh Rainforest

2024:

Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA, Hawaii, American Samoa, returned to Australia (More to come), returned to New Zealand (More to come), returned to Europe (Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Norway, Denmark & Belgium) (More to come)! Domestic adventures included Florida and New Jersey, before moving to Tennessee!

2025:

Florida, New Jersey and otherwise enjoying life in Tennessee and exploring everything this state has to offer!