The Sequent Sabbatical Trip

I'm not sure when I first got the idea. After six years at Sequent, it's time for my sabbatical and 4 weeks of paid vacation. At first I had visions of spending four weeks on an island somewhere, or going to Australia or some other exotic location.

As the date got closer, and the logistics starting becoming daunting I started thinking about maybe driving instead of flying. And maybe I should see some of the National Parks that I always wanted to see. That was the problem. There were too many. Should I go to Glacier Park or Yellowstone. The Grand Canyon or Yosemite.

I couldn't decide. But the more I looked at the map, the more it struck me. You could see it all if you didn't see any of it a lot. It's all on one big loop if you do it right. It's the ultimate road trip but it can be done.

Problem number two. Marion is working and Daniel is at school. It's too much to try by myself. There's only one person nuts enough to do this with me, Les. Les and I have done small scale trips like this before. Four day road trips where we covered 1200 miles in an attempt to see everything before we had to be back to work.