RN facing death daily. Survivor motorcycle accident. Handicap-able. Lives on edge. Artist drawing from nature. Momento Mori lives by.
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Virgin Islands National Park
What has been your favorite adventure experience?2022 I was hospitalized for 2.5 months after almost dying. 2023 my passion over fear took me back on the motorcycle to travel across country to hit my bucket list of riding to Sturgis South Dakota for bike week. We rode through Yellowstone and Zion, the Badlands— I saw bison up and elk, things that I’ve only seen on postcards. The air in Yellowstone was different, seeing Old Faithful, being around others just in awe of something so majestic. Zion, the red color, no picture could capture.
What would you do with $10,000?Take my parents who are slowing down on one last road trip and go to the places they have not been able to see yet in their lifetime. Take that trip to the Virgin Islands with some of the moto fam. Go to Korea and find the orphanage that I was in and meet my foster moms who took care of me there. Put on Ride for Hope 5 and have funds to make it epic, raising more money for City of Hope and our cancer patients.
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