ABout Charles

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Fun Facts About Charles!

  • So far, I've completed 7 half marathons that have taken me to: Philadelphia, PA; Asbury Park, NJ; Virginia Beach, VA; Nashville, TN; Denver, CO; Lake Powell, AZ/UT and Santa Fe, NM.

  • In the 10th grade, I interned with the world-renowned New York Philharmonic's Archives in Lincoln Center. While I've left the East Coast, I can now enjoy the Philharmonic's artistic grandeur every summer in Vail, their official summer residence.

  • I've Couchsurfed in Utah, WWOOFed on an organic farm one winter in Arizona and volunteered for a summer with the National Park Service rebuilding houses in the Outer Bank of North Carolina.

  • Been on a first name basis with a sitting U.S. governor and U.S. Senator.

  • I was elected to serve on my school board from 2013-2016 back in New Jersey.

HOW Wonder Escapades Came To Be

It was only appropriate during my family's road trip to Colorado that John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" played as I gaped seeing the majestic Rocky Mountains for the first time. With the help of others and under very serendipitous circumstances, I finally made the leap two years later to chart a new future. 

Now, I'm hoping through Wonder Escapades, I can focus on aspects that mean most to me - to relish in the great outdoors, enjoy life's precious moments through living authentic experiences and to bring people closer to themselves and each other. 

My inner soul has been easily captivated by Colorado's endless meadows teeming with wildflowers, geological formations evocative of the desert Southwest, rushing rivers meandering through pristine wilderness areas and sunsets I couldn't believe existed. 

Then there's the people. From strangers who have offered me a beer after completing my first 14er hike, a good samaritan patiently making sure that I was okay changing one of my flat tires and to a couple who ultimately convinced me to bring Wonder Escapades to life. This is the Colorado I became connected to.  

To those closest to me and strangers who inspired me to turn my passion into a tangible project, Wonder Escapades, came to be because of you. 

Words of the Wise

"I wish you joy with all my heart." ~Jane Austen

"Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls." ~Jeremiah 6:16

“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it...” ~Wilferd Peterson

"The sun shines not on us, but in us." ~John Muir

"There is a light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond us all, beyond the heavens, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the light that shines in our heart." ~Chandogya Upanishad