Welcome to the adventure. It is November 1st and Liz and I have 5 and a half months before we take off for a year of travel. This blog will serve as our landing page for friends and family to keep track of what we are seeing and doing, it will also serve as our journal for our own memories after the fact. We’ll both be updating it with our journal entries, pictures and videos.
The first part of this trip is by far the most challenging part in my mind; the prepping for departure. We currently live in a 4 storey town-house that is full of stuff. Seriously, every closet is packed to the gills with the things you accumulate over the years. There are stuffed animals from childhood (mine, not Liz’s), pictures, books, knickknacks and memorabilia. So, the first part of our documenting is going to be the purge.
When our trip begins we are going to get some US travel in. A dream of mine for a long time that I think Liz is happily participating in. The plan is to pack up a mini-van with everything we’ll need for three months on the road. Liz is getting some serious entertainment out of my geeking out on minivan shopping. I’m checking reliability reports, gas-mileage, cargo space comparisons, seat removal for every year model. Maybe I’ll post some of my spreadsheets as we get closer to a full decision.
The second part of the trip is something Liz has been dreaming of for a while. We are selling the minivan and paring down from a vanload to backpacks and hopping on a plane to Southeast Asia for 9 more months of travel. The plans are currently very loose, we’re looking at volunteer opportunities while we are there; looking at lists of things we both really want to see and experience.
We’re looking to do our best to bring everyone along with us in this crazy trip, so please feel free to participate with suggestions/comments/questions.