A Quick Trip to San Diego
Well the trip plans are continuing on. My leave of absence was approved so I will have a job when I get back. July 16 is my last day at work and then I will be heading to a cousin’s wedding in Chicago the next weekend. As the headline says I’m in Santee right now. My parent’s are going to be taking care of my dog while I’m gone. There has been a pack of coyotes at my house that she has gotten into a couple of scrapes with so I decided to take her home now while I still could. It is going to be a big change at my place without her. It will just be all the natural animals around to keep me company now.
As always it has been nice coming out here to see family and friends. The highlight was definitely going to the implosion of the Hotel San Diego, done by a friends dad’s company. We went up in his hotel room after the implosion and you could see how the building folded in on itself just like it was supposed to. I just got back from Easter brunch at Jimmy’s and fly back to Oklahoma this afternoon.
I have a couple plans for my US trip so far. A canoe trip in northern Minnesota at the boundary waters with Canada, a backpacking trip in Glacier National Park, then over to Portland to see my sister, and back down to Santee for a few weeks before I fly overseas. Now that I have those plans I will be buying airline tickers for the first few legs of my trip. I know I will be in Sydney for Christmas as my parents and sister are flying over for two weeks also! By then it will be great to see some familiar faces.
Things Are In Motion
Hello all! As the headlines say I’m taking a year off of work to travel and see what is happening elsewhere. Travel along with me at this website and let me know how you’re doing too. The plan right now is June-Sept in the US. October-November in New Zealand. December-April in Australia, May in southeast Asia, then coming back home and recovering for a month.
My trip doesn’t start for 3 months, but it is on my mind quite often so I might as well fill you in on the pre-trip items. I turned in a request for a one-year leave of absence last week and am waiting to hear the outcome of that. It was a bit earlier than I planned on doing that, but I got a call about taking a new position with the company out east. I decided to do the trip instead and told them I wasn’t interested in the position. Last weekend I was running around Dallas to buy gear that I will need while on the road. A few more things to get off the internet and then I will start looking at tickets and routes to take. Even with a year available the number of things I want to do far exceeds the time available to do them (its a big world out there) so I just have to remind myself that I can’t to do everything and enjoy the things I can. Guess that will leave things to do next time too!