second time around

After 30 years of working, I have finished. My last cases were today, and I am officially retired. You might think that sleeping in would be in order, but I will be up extra early to have a breakfast with the co-workers, and then an evening party to celebrate the end. I have gotten a lot of the trip together, acquired some gear, and made some reservations, but there is still plenty to do: finish my shots, a camera, pack, a few more areas to research, and so on and on.

So far the short version of the itinerary is as follows:
May 4: Canadian Rockies and train to Vancouver,Victoria, Washington (the Olympic Peninsula), Utah, the
Canyon lands, Carlsbad Caverns
June: Grand Canyon, California coast highway, San Francisco
June: Ecuador, Galapagos cruise, Peru
July: home
July 22: leave for Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Fiji
Sept.: Tour of China including Tibet and Hong Kong
October: Japan and Australia, dive the Barrier Reef
November: New Zealand and Singapore
December: Thailand, Cambodia and India
January: India and South Africa
February: Kenya/Tanzania and Egypt cruise the Nile
March: Israel, Jordan, the Mediterranean and Southern Europe
April: Northern Europe
May 11, 2012: Miami and then home again

To all the great people I worked with all these years: Yes I am really finished, No I won’t miss the job, but yes I will truly miss all of you. Thanks for having my back all these years. you are the best!!

More details coming soon, until then Good-Bye work and Hello world.