The Travel Plan

Now that things are nicely in motion, it's time to lay out a plan for our five years on the road.  So here's the sketch to get things started.

8/15/2016		Depart Alaska for Seattle
8/20/2016		Receive truck, store personal property.  Visit friends,  Scout out properties.
8/30/2016		Pacific Coast Ride
9/15/2016		Arrive LA
10/1/2016		Depart on Great SW Circle
11/15/2016		Tanya and Fritz
11/23/2016		Thanksgiving with Rick and Susy.  Houston.
12/10/2016		East to Florida.
12/25/2016		Christmas with Becky.
12/27/2016		Marathon Island - Key West
1/2/2017		Key West
2/1/2017		Begin East Coast trip
3/1/2017		Charlottesville
3/7/2017		DC
3/21/2017		Philadelphia
4/1/2017		NYC
4/15/2017		Vermont
5/1/2017		Maine
5/15/2017		Massachusetts, Rhode Island
5/22/2017		Begin Northern return
6/1/2017		Chicago
6/10/2017		Wisconsin - Noreen and Pat
6/17/2016		South Dakota and Montana
6/24/2017		Yellowstone
7/1/2017		Return LA
7/15/2017		Depart for UK and Scotland
8/24/2017		Paris
9/6/2017		Begin Travel Club
11/12/2017		Begin South Korea
12/1/2017		Japan
3/1/2015		Western Australia
4/1/2017		Bali, Indonesia and Malaysia
5/1/2017		China
7/1/2017		Nepal and Tibet
8/1/2017		India
9/1/2017		Southern  Africa
1/1/2018		Honduras - Alex
4/1/2018		Italy
6/1/2018		Balkans and Eastern Europe
9/1/2018		Ireland
10/1/2018		West Africa
1/1/2019		Begin South America
1/1/2020		Return Seattle

Some Final Stuff

Our departure is getting closer and closer as the days pass and now it is time to get some important stuff handled.  Now that the primary elections are over and we'll be on the road during the general election, we've terminated our voter relationship in Alaska and have requested forms to vote in Washington.  This action will officially start our beginning residency date and allow us to get new driver's licenses when we arrive in Seattle in a few months.

In addition we have updated our wills, health care directives, and are now addressing the establishment of a trust.  Since we will be doing a great deal of travel overseas we have become aware that the chances of something happening to us as the same time is increased.  No matter how slight that might be, we've worked hard to establish our portfolio and retirement accounts and we don't want them eaten up with probate and attorney fees.  It's a bit of a process and we have a good attorney reviewing the documents that were easily drawn up online for a fraction of the cost of traditional legal representation.

Summer is in full force in Alaska.  The gardens are beautiful and filling in nicely. There have have been some pretty awesome days so far and we are enjoying a few trips here and there to say goodbye in our own special way.

We are going to miss this house.  Lots of years.  Lots of memories.  Lots of beautiful flowers!