Category: adventure

  • Flying Through History Over Napa Valley

    Flying Through History Over Napa Valley
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    It’s hard to believe I started flying 10 years ago. If you look at pictures from my childhood you will see that I have always loved airplanes.  There is one of me at Loring Air Force Base sitting by a C5A military cargo plane and I still remember that moment to this day.  I remember… Read more

  • Meeting the Man That Started It All

    Meeting the Man That Started It All
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    Today I got to meet the man that really started me on this path of finding a way to take people, who may not have access otherwise, on my adventures with me.  His name is Henry Evans and by chance, he happens to live about 20 mins from me. I emailed him a few weeks… Read more

  • VR(Virtual Reality), and RL(Real Life)

    VR(Virtual Reality), and RL(Real Life)
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    I haven’t written for a couple weeks, so I thought I would update on what I have been up to here in California. My internship is going really well.  I have met a lot of great people and really important contacts as well as made a lot of progress on my project.  I have been… Read more

  • California, Caffeine and Computers

    California, Caffeine and Computers
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    I made it through my first full week of living and working in California,  If you look in my featured photo you can see the plethora of caffeinated beverages on my desk haha. All generously provided by the company.  The kitchen is quite amazing.  I have never seen anything like it at a company before.… Read more

  • 4th of July and a sense of community

    4th of July and a sense of community
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    I spent my first weekend in Santa Clara, CA and it happened to be 4th of July weekend.  As always I went to Google and checked out what was going on in the area for festivities.  To my surprise there was a festival a mile from my apartment. After driving in California for a few… Read more

  • Wilder Ranch State Park

    Wilder Ranch State Park
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    So yesterday was the day after Sandy left to go home and I found myself sitting in my room not doing anything but wasting time on the computer.  I realized it was 10 am and I hadn’t even thought about breakfast or doing anything with my day.  I decided I better get out of this place… Read more

  • TVX 2016/Chicago

    TVX 2016/Chicago
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    I attended a conference called TVX 2016.  TVX is about understanding interactive experiences for television and online video.  I am so glad I got to attend this conference.  I met some really interesting people in the industry and learned a lot about things that are being done right now that I never knew existed, such as… Read more

  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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    Sandy and I spent about 6 hours at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today.  I know I said this before but if you haven’t been you should go.  Even if you aren’t a huge music fan it is an amazing stroll through history.  I found myself choking up at the thought of how… Read more

  • Fundraising and Climbing in the Gunks

    Fundraising and Climbing in the Gunks
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    This past weekend I made a trip to Connecticut and “The Gunks” New York to do a couple fundraisers and go climbing with my friends Nate McKenzie and Joan Veilleux. I did my first fundraising event for the weekend at Rock Climb Fairfield. A few of my friends from Paradox events showed up and we… Read more

  • Just Say Yes!

    Just Say Yes!
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    I have been doing some presentations the past month to raise money for my trip to Yosemite next fall and in the process have had to think about the things I have done in my life and how I got to where I am at this moment.  I realize it has all happened by saying… Read more