I am a Travel emergency room nurse from Noblesvile, Indiana currently living in my Sprinter van in Portland Oregon. I have 4 grown children and one grand! I will be thru thinking the PCT after 18 years of anticipation and bucket list dreaming! @speeking_of _adventure
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Thru Hiking The PCT: The People You Meet
The Experience of Thru Hiking Mark & me. When this was taken I had no idea how much his friendship would eventually mean to me. The thru
Thru Hiking The PCT: Leaving The Desert
A Spiritual Experience on the Eve of Entering KMS. As the golden hour turned to dusk and dusk to sunset, I prepared to enter a new dimension of what
Tramilies & Trail Legs: Thru Hiking The PCT-Wrightwood
Leaving My Tramily Tramiles (trail /families) are an interesting phenomenon throughout the through hiking experience. In its most basic
My First 41.5 Miles of The PCT
DAY ZERO: Perhaps it's cliché to say that it felt surreal, but that is the only word I can think of describe arriving at CLEEF campground. There
Flat Lindsey Hikes The PCT
Introducing Flat Lindsey. About a month ago a friend of mine brought in a silly calendar that immediately captured our attention at the nurses
How I’m Managing Pre-PCT Trail Jitters
What Percentage of Thru Hiking is Mental? With just under two weeks to go before I hike The Pacific Crest Trail I am now officially unemployed
My Top 10 Trail Foods & Snacks
Trail Food Short and SweetWhen I think of long distance back packing there are specific foods that come to mind and they are not necessarily what I
My PCT Strategy
My Strategy for Thru Hiking The PCT How do you eat an elephant? I was asked this once by a therapist while I was pregnant with my 4th baby and found
PCT: “What’s Your Why?”
THE QUESTION: I have often wondered what compels one to intentionally simply walk 2,650 miles. To consciously check out from the comfort and








