QUICK UPDATE

• Did a test run of the SPOT Messenger on a run to Atlantic City, you can see part of my track here ---> http://tinyurl.com/d45gzm

• Havent heard back from work yet on the time off

• Considering adding a RTT now instead of next year AutoHome tents

• Considering adding a side expedition from Pine, CO to Moab, UT with Jimbo

• Speaking of Jimbo, check out his new site Jim's Year of Adventure

Thing are beginning to be set into motion

So I put in for 4 weeks off... Hopefully if it all gets approved I'll be off from June 5th to July 2nd.

The plan is still very flexible. I'm going to start from my mom's in Lancaster, swing by Oshkosh, WI and then head to Pine, Colorado for at least 2 weeks. I have to be back in PA by June 27th for a party... but everything else is in flux.

I did pull the trigger on the most expensive piece of gear I wanted for the trip. I've been working with www.adventuretrailers.com of Montclair, CA to start building me a custom adventure trailer.

Hopefully it will be in before June!

Here's a shot of a similar Adventure Trailer

An ambitious idea...

This summer I plan to embark on an epic journey. I want to drive approximately 6000 miles in solitude, to clear my head, de-stress , do some soul searching and occasionally do a little sightseeing, camping and four-wheeling. I'll be driving my 2008 Jeep and documenting my experiences here using all kinds of technology.

So fa I am excused from work the last two weeks of June. I'm hoping for 2 more weeks of comp time on the front end. Preliminary stops are Lancaster, PA; Oshkosh, WI; Mt. Rushmore, SD and Pine, CO. I haven't worked on a route home yet.

So check in often, feel free to comment or offer suggestions and criticisms.

Thanks! Tim

PS: That's not MY jeep... But mine will be VERY similar by the time I embark on this journey!