Escaping the cold, wet, and gloomy Pacific NW weather has been a top priority for me this year. Today I can replace wet with frozen. The Portland/Vancouver area has had a tough winter. Lower than average temperatures and higher than average snow equals unhappiness in my book. How appropriate that it snows on the eve of my trip to Hawaii. There's nothing better than more evidence to supporting my decision to seek a warmer climate.
My trip will begin tomorrow, I'll catch an early flight to Honolulu via a connecting flight through San Francisco. Preparation for the trip has spanned the last two weeks, tasks included getting a start on my taxes (since I'll be on the road April 15th), making a Will (not that I plan on dying anytime soon), buying sundry items for my trip, packing up all my stuff and stowing it at my parent's house (I won't be renting an apartment while I'm gone), applying for a passport, searching for rental housing, and surfing for a couch (another story for another blog entry).
Lately I've put a little thought into what my travel agenda could be over the long-term. Loosely, I'm thinking about staying in Hawaii for 3 months (Feb thru Apr), go back to Portland for a month (May), go to Europe for close to 4 months (Jun thru mid-Sep), go back to Portland for my parent's 50th wedding anniversary (mid-Sep thru Oct), go to Australia and NZ (Nov thru Jan) then off to Asia. Understandably, things get a bit foggy at this point. In the end I wish to get my fill of the world so I can move on to other things closer to home. I still want to bike across the United States and hike the Pacific Crest Trail, to name a few.
Let's get on with it, tomorrow can't come soon enough...
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