Francesca on January 28th, 2009

So I’ve been looking for ways to “legitimize” my latest wanderings and came across a couple of really cool opportunities that I wanted to share. Writing, blogging, and photography are fairly mainstream ways to document travels and generate a few bucks while on the road. With a solid blog and a few pieces written on [...]

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Francesca on January 27th, 2009

2009 is going to be a packed year for me. In addition to heading out on a bike expedition in August, I’m spending the whole month of July mountaineering in the Cascades of WA. Wicked cool. My good climbing buddy Indy invited me to join his (third) attempt at a Rainier summit and I decided [...]

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Francesca on January 26th, 2009

I’m currently planning a bike expedition from Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA. I’m still in the initial planning stages, and I’ll probably add further legs down the west coast and into Mexico. For now, plotting the DC to SF stretch is enough to keep me occupied as I sit in my cube tapping away.
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