Text Box:  Where’s Rick?
Text Box: Sometimes it’s difficult to know where I am (or will be) at any given time, so I made up this little space for the convenience of friends, family, and the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol.  It also helps develop my decidedly modest HTML programming skills.
Things change (occasionally quite abruptly), so check back often.  
Text Box: An online guide to the current location of a mobile soul.
Text Box: Contact information:

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From

Until

Location (click links for more info)

May 12

May 21

San Antonio TX  (Texas Oncology)

April 24

May 11

Home

April 14

April 23

Issaquah, WA  (Swedish Health)

April 10

April 13

Home

March 31

April  9

Arlington Heights, IL (Endeavor Community Healthcare)

March 27

March 30

Home

March 17

March 26

Orange County CA (Service Support)

March 7

March 16

Home

March 3

March 6

San Diego CA  (Moores Cancer Center, Hillcrest)

February 27

March 2

Home (well, working as much as necessary right down the road)

February 17

February 26

San Diego CA  (Moores Cancer Center, Hillcrest)

February 13

February 16

Home

February 3

February 12

Los Angeles CA  (Los Angeles General Medical Center)

January 30

February 2

Home

January 20

January 29

El Paso, TX (Texas Oncology)

January 16

January 19

Home

January 6

January 15

Walpole MA (Veterinary Neurological and Pain Center of New England)

December 24

January 5, 2025

Home (Side trip to Phoenix on 28 December for Steve Goll’s Retirement party)

December 16

December 23

Richardson, TX (Methodist Richardson Cancer Center)

December 12

December 15

Home

December 2

December 11

Oklahoma City, OK  (Integris Cancer Institute)

November 28

December 1

Home

November 18

November 27

Calgary, AB  (Arthur Child Cancer Centre, relocating an older machine)

November 7

November 17

Home

November 4

November 6

Flower Mound, TX (wrap up Texas Oncology and training New Guy Mike)

October 31

November 3

Home

October 21

October 30

Flower Mound, TX (Texas Oncology and training New Guy Mike)

October 17

October 20

Home

October 7

October 16

Grants Pass, OR (Asante Three Rivers Medical Center)

October 2

October 6

Home

September 30

October 1

Home (finishing jury duty.  Criminal Case S326682 — defendant was found Guilty)

September 27

September 29

Great Falls, MT (run cables and install Identify system)

September 19

September 26

Home (Jury Duty on Thursday 9/26 — selected as Juror Number 11)

September 25

September 25

Santa Clarita, CA (Inspect stability of Identify posts — they failed)

September 9

September 18

Rapid City SD (Monument Health)

September 5

September 8

Home

August 26

September 4

Odessa, TX (Texas Oncology)

August 22

August 25

Home

August 12

August 21

Seattle WA (Kaiser Permanente — Another SuperFast installation)

July 25

August 11

Home and Tucson (trip to take Mr Walt home to Germany is postponed until he can travel)

July 15

July 24

Orange County, CA (Reset isocenter on H191637 and Service Support)

July 11

July 14

Home

July 1

July 10

Orange County, CA (Service Support)

June 23

June 30

Home

June 17

June 22

Sacramento CA (HGSA0I8) RGSC with VCD

June 13

June 16

Home

June 3

June 12

Houston TX (installing Visual Coaching Device upgrades on 13 machines)

May 26

June 2

Home

May 20

May 25

Eastern Tennessee (Knoxville, Pigeon Forge, Oak Ridge, Morristown, Dandridge)

May 16

May 19

Home (plus a surprise party in Cape May for Beth!)

May 6

May 15

Austin, TX (Texas Oncology)

April 4

May 5

Home

March 25

April 3

Renton WA (Valley Medical Center — monitoring SuperFast commissioning process

March 19

March 24

Home

March 15

March 18

Torrance CA (Torrance Memorial Hospital — replace couch and add PRS)

March 7

March 14

Home

March 4

March 6

Las Vegas NV  (Installers’ Meeting)

February 22

March 3

Home

February 12

February 21

Kelowna, BC (BC Cancer - Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior)

February 7

February 11

Home

January 29

February 6

Midland, TX  (Texas Oncology) Wrap-up.

January 25

January 28

Home

January 15

January 24

Midland, TX  (Texas Oncology)

January 11

January 14

Home

January 2

January 10

Roseville CA (Sutter Roseville Medical Center)

December 28

January 1

Home

December 18

December 27

Escondido CA  (Palomar Medical Center) with time off for Christmas Day

December 14

December 17

Home

 December 4

December 13

Lincoln NE  (Cancer Partners of Nebraska) TrueBeam H196300

November 30

December 3

Home

 November 25

November 29

Lincoln NE  (Cancer Partners of Nebraska) TrueBeam H196303

November 15

November 24

Home

November 6

November 14

Round Rock TX (Texas Oncology)

November 2

November 5

Home

October 25

November 1

Round Rock TX (Texas Oncology)

October 24

October 25

Home

October 1

October 23

Germany (Uffenheim, Bocholt, Bremen, Düsseldorf, usw.)

September 13

September 30

Walnut Creek, CA (John Muir Medical Center) 3 machines, 3 installers, 3 weeks

September 7

September 12

Home

August 28

September 6

Salt Lake City, UT  (Utah Cancer Specialists)

August 24

August 27

Home

August 14

August 23

Portland, ME (Maine Medical Center) Another SuperFast installation

August 10

August 13

Home

July 31

August 9

North Denver, CO (Service Support)

July 26

July 30

Home

July 17

July 25

Muskogee, OK (St Francis Hospital)  Wrap up and acceptance

July 13

July 16

Home

July 7

July 12

Muskogee, OK (St Francis Hospital)  Start delayed by supply chain issues

June 29

July 6

Home

June 19

June 28

Beaumont TX  (Texas Oncology)  Delayed for facilities coolant issues

June 15

June 18

Home

June 8

June 14

Beaumont TX  (Texas Oncology)

June 5

June 7

Houston TX  (Texas Oncology)

June 1

June 4

Home

May 22

May 31

Houston TX  (Texas Oncology)

May 18

May 21

Home

May 8

May 17

Tucson AZ (US Oncology / Arizona Oncology Associates)

May 1

May 7

Home (one-day trip back to Pasadena on Tuesday 5/2 to install IGRT couch top)

April 24

April 30

Pasadena CA (Install Identify on H294425)

April 20

April 23

Home

April 10

April 19

El Paso, TX  (RGU Radiation Center)

April 6

April 9

Home

March 27

April 5

Calgary AB  (Calgary Cancer Centre)

March 23

March 26

Home

March 13

March 22

American Fork, UT (Intermountain Cancer Center) TrueBeam 3.0

March 9

March 12

Home

March 4

March 8

The Dalles OR (Celilo Cancer Center)

February 27

March 3

Las Vegas NV (Identify 2.3 school)

February 23

February 26

Home

February 13

February 22

Victoria TX (DeTar Medical Group)

February 9

February 12

Home

January 30

February 8

Victoria TX (DeTar Medical Group)

January 26

January 29

Home

January 16

January 25

Grand Forks ND (Cancer Centers of North Dakota)

January 8

January 15

Home

January 6

January 7

Reposition stand, level turntable, run Winston-Lutz test on H295805 in Lancaster CA

December 24

January 6, 2023

Home

December 19

December 23

Eugene, OR  (Willamette Valley Cancer Center) - referred by Texas Oncology physicist

December 15

December 18

Home

December 5

December 14

Tyler, TX (Texas Oncology)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tentative assignments

Confirmed assignments

Current assignment

Completed assignments

Air travel days are in bold red