Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Tentative Itinerary

Minnesota to British Columbia:

Minneapolis, MNAugust 8
Fargo, ND406 milesAugust 14
Minot, ND317 milesAugust 20
Williston, ND144 milesAugust 22
Great Falls, MT545 milesAugust 31-1
Missoula, MT429 milesSeptember 9-16
Coeur d'Alene, ID205 milesSeptember 19
Anacortes, WA491 milesSeptember 29
Vancouver, BC062 milesOctober 2
Subtotal2,599 miles56 days

British Columbia to California:
Vancouver, BCOctober 4
Bellingham, WA076 milesOctober 6
Astoria, OR335 milesOctober 13
Eugene, OR236 milesOctober 18-19
Florence, OR078 milesOctober 21
Crescent City, CA202 milesOctober 25
San Francisco, CA410 milesNovember 2-3
Santa Barbara, CA379 milesNovember 11
Los Angeles, CA101 milesNovember 13
Subtotal1,817 miles41 days
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GRAND TOTAL4,416miles97days

Saturday, July 01, 2006

About Me

  • Born in Paris, France in 1970
  • Grew up in Geneva, Switzerland (9 years) and Washington, DC (9 years)
  • Graduated from the University of Virginia in 1993 with a BS in Systems Engineering
  • Worked as an investment banker in New York for seven years, focusing primarily on domestic utility industry mergers & acquisitions
  • Traveled to New Zealand, Australia, Italy, France, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bhutan
  • Rode my bicycle 6,711 miles across the U.S. from California to Minnesota (via Florida) in the spring and summer of 2003
  • Returned to graduate school at UC Berkeley in the fall of 2003 to pursue a masters degree in city planning
  • Currently in the process of finishing the 11,000 mile around-the-country bicycle ride I started in 2003