2016 in Review, Nine States, DC, one injury, two surgeries, much exploring!

State 19, Florida: 5 k walk and 34 mile bike ride- March

State 20, New Jersey: 100 mile Bike Ride- May

State 21, California: rafting the American River, 34 miles hiking, Yosemite- July

State 22, Oregon: 20 miles hiking, camping, Waldo Lake State Park- August

State 23, Washington: Hiking Mt. St Helen’s and Mount Rainier National Park- September

State 24, Nevada: Hiking Red Rocks, near Las Vegas, September

State 25, Utah: Volunteer, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Hiking Zion, Grand Staircase, and Bryce Canyon- October

State 26, Arizona, Hiking Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim- October

State 27: Virginia, Hiking Shenandoah National Park- November

2,000 miles total logged in racing, training, biking, hiking, post surgical walking by December 6

Goals for next year: finally clip into pedals of my bike, finally backpack somewhere, volunteer at the Revolutionary Ramble, do a service trip, hopefully with Great Old Broads of the Wilderness. Try not to fall behind in writing, keep a diary. Don’t lose heart since the election results, get involved. Help other people who need it! Make 2017 a better year.

Thoughts: Georgia, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Kentucky: Horsey Hundred, Natchez Trace National Historic Parkway, MS, AL, TN TX: West Texas? Austin area?