About Justine

About Justine
Once again, Justine spent most of 2018 outside. Camping, hiking, running, biking, and helping people. She completed her third season working for ETC, organizing and leading kayak trips for disabled adults and underprivileged youth. She enjoys this tremendously and is really good at it. She also spent a second year volunteering regularly at the Crisis Support Hotline. This can be extremely rewarding, but can also be very stressful. AND she earned her BS degree in Biology from Colorado College. (Parents yell Yay!!!)
Receiving big thanks from a small ETC client: the best customer feedback ever.	Just another camp cleanup at beautiful Tomales Bay
These kayak trips usually start from Sausalito or Tomales Bay (both just north of the Golden Gate bridge) and most involve overnight camping. These trips require lots of prep (all the food, all the gear, staff & volunteer scheduling & assignments, weather monitoring, handling special needs, etc), plus kayak skills training for the participants, safety talks, rescues, boat retrievals (sometimes by swimming, and that water is COLD), emergency repairs, constant surprises, lots of fun, and plenty of exhaustion.
Getting a beer from a friendly boater on the SF Bay... Huh? A well-packed ETC van, ready for a trip
Outdoors in the ice & snow, trying to stay warm (that's her "don't touch my peanut butter" face)	Justine ice climbing! (Still prefers rocks)
	Skiing in Fairbanks while visiting Uncle Don and Aunt Anne in November. She loves Alaska, and is planning to move there in 2019
When found inside, she is usually baking. Here she is with friends about to attack her own birthday cake	And with a chocolate creme pie. YUM.
But mostly the Justine species is found outside


Her family had the great idea to get her a packraft for her birthday. Don't worry -- it's already been tested in far more exciting places than the pool.	She once again won a paddle race around Angel Island with her boss Diane (while wearing a wonder woman cape, of course)
She bikes everywhere. Including the Death Ride for the second year in a row. And below, way ahead of her dad during the Grizzly Peak Century.	Her ankle fared poorly in the fall (who even knew you could sprain your ankle AND your heel?). But she's already back to running for hours at a time.
Justine benefited from mom's desire to go back to Japan and got to tour around with an expert	They had a lovely time and caught the cherry blossom season and perfect weather
Tackling yet another 14'er in Colorado	And at the Women's March in SF with BFF Emily
And at the very end of the year... she bought her first car! A real beauty for just $3,000.
Geez. Think how much more fun she'd have if she spent more time on Facebook.