ATW Eve

July 2, 2013 in Alameda.

It is the eve of the start of my 35 day adventure around this big planet, here's the itinerary:

• July 3 - Depart San Francisco
• July 4 - Lost day of 2013;
• July 5 - 15 - Adelaide and Perth, Australia;
• July 15 - In transit, Singapore, Zurich
• July 16 - 25 - Leicestershire and London, UK
• July 26 - 28 - Raleigh, North Carolina
• July 29 - Greenville, South Carolina
• July 30 - August 6 - Key West, Florida
• August 6 - Return to San Francisco

As most of you know, last week I wrapped up a 5+ year career experience with Blue Shield of California. Because of their kind support for my transition, and the fact that the job market slows down in July and August, I decided I would pursue a check mark against one of my bucket list items, that being to circle the earth at least once in my life. In the process I will get to spend extended time with dear friends in two of my favorite places on earth, Australia and the UK, retrace a fun party event with my good pal Will, connect with my in laws (Suzy and Dick) in South Carolina, and finish it off hanging with another friend Claire, aka the sister I never had, in Key West.

Over the next 35 days, I will get to experience winter in July down under, sub tropical summer heat in Singapore and Key West, while transiting places like Zurich, London, Washington DC, Charlotte and Miami. Packing for this will be interesting! I will be using this blog to share experiences and photos of my trip with you all.

My beloved spouse Reinold is going along for the first part, we fly out tomorrow night at 10:45 nonstop to Sydney. Only bittersweet sacrifice in all of this is that we will not have a July 4 to live through in 2013, given our westbound crossing of the international dateline.

So, family and friends, stay tuned.... Tom