More Plane Tickets

Today, we booked the next round of tickets which take us from L.A. to New Zealand to Australia to Thailand. Goal is to try to have our flights booked roughly 6 months out because getting 6 plane tickets is not always easy. This round proved easier than our first though and, for the most part, our flight times are easier to deal with - no 5AM flights. We again used airtreks to purchase as they proved cheaper than booking stand alone tickets.

Lots of planning and research yet to do but having some bookmarks in place certainly helps reduce are variables, which is nice. We will connect with Grandpa & Grandma in L.A. for a few days and then spend roughly 7 weeks in New Zealand, 3 weeks in Australia and a yet to be determined amount of time in SE Asia. While in Australia, we will connect with Nana & Papa for a few days who will be on their own adventure. We have a ticket from Australia to Bangkok (which is 10 hours of flight time!) but nothing booked out of SE Asia yet. Currently, we are thinking we will spend about two months in Thailand, Cambodia and potentially other neighboring countries. This would take us to mid-February so we have a little time to figure that out.

Exciting to make forward progress!

Documents Filed

Today, documents were filed with the SEC and posted to our website which state that in two months, my name will be removed from the funds I manage. This makes the whole situation "public". While our friends and family have been aware of our plans we have not been overtly transparent on them simply because of the need to get this step done. This marks a serious line in the sand as even if something were to change our plans, these filings are permanent. No turning back now - not that there was any plan to do so. I knew this day was coming and, if I'm honest, I was not fully sure how it would feel. Now that it had come and gone, euphoric might be the best word - perhaps relieved. Major change lies ahead and while part of me should be afraid, I'm excited. I love what I do but I am extremely fired up about the memories that this trip will create for our family and am ok with the uncertainty. It has been a long road to get to this point, but the more real it becomes, the more excited I find myself.