Melissa Jenks

About Me

My current career as professional adventurer began when I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2004. Since then, I've been keeping up a regular regimen of adventures, including 800 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail in California the summer of 2005, followed by an abortive attempt to bike cross-country. (You can read my previous journals by clicking on the links below.) I decided to cast off for foreign shores in 2006, after finding a lovely sailboat, a Ranger 33, for sale. She was a pretty beat-up old gal, but I brought her back to life, and sailed all the way to Crooked Island, in the Bahamas. I had never sailed before, and the adventure was grand and a little terrifying. Now I'm recovering, my boat is for sale, still in the Bahamas, and I'm trying to decide what to cast off next.

Well, maybe they don't need them, but don't you think that some fish might like a bicycle?

At the least, Stanley Fish might.

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Through Desert