The Aiken/Widom Family Year Off · The Aiken/Widom Family Year Off. 2 2000 (Emily age 3, Tim 5) ......
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The Aiken/Widom FamilyYear Off
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2000 (Emily age 3, Tim 5)
Decided when kids turned 10 and 12 we’d take a year off and sail around the world
Soon learned 6 years is more typical for a circumnavigation
Original Plan
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Plan 2.0
Sail around the South Pacific instead
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Plan 3.0
• Sail around the South Pacific
• and Hike across the Alps
• and Drive up and down South America
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Plan 3.1
• Sail around the South Pacific
• Hike across the Alps
• Drive up and down Chile and Argentina
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Plan 3.2
• Sail around the South Pacific
• Trek in the Alps; visit Greece and Morocco
• Drive up and down Chile and Argentina
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Plan 3.3
• Sail around the South Pacific
• Trek in the Alps; visit Greece and Morocco and Italy, maybe Spain (Paris and London?)
• Drive up and down Chile and Argentina
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Plan 4.0
• Sail around the South Pacific
• Trek in the Alps; visit Greece and Morocco and Italy, maybe Spain (Paris and London?)
• Drive up and down Chile and Argentina
• Hike the John Muir Trail (Emily’s idea)
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Plan 4.1
• Sail and travel around Southeast Asia
• Trek in the Alps; visit Greece and Morocco and Italy, maybe Spain (Paris and London?)
• Drive up and down Chile and Argentina
• Hike the John Muir Trail
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Current Plan
• Sail and travel around Southeast Asia
• Trek in the Alps; visit Greece and Morocco and Italy, maybe Spain (Paris and London?)
• Drive up and down Chile and Argentina
• Hike the John Muir Trail
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Lots of “Practice” Trips with Kids
Alaska Argentina Australia Belize Canada Chile Costa Rica French Polynesia Guatemala Hawaii
India Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Norway Peru Seychelles Switzerland Thailand Tonga
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An Adventure in Four Parts
1. Greece to Morocco via Italy, Alps, and ?? Backpacks and public transportation
2. Chile and Argentina Rented motorhome and mountain bikes
3. Southeast Asia Rented sailboat Backpacks and public transportation
4. John Muir Trail (California Sierras) Backpacks and legs
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An Adventure in Four Parts
1. Greece to Morocco via Italy, Alps, and ?? Mid-June to end of September
2. Chile and Argentina November to mid-January
3. Southeast Asia Mid-February to end of May
4. John Muir Trail (California Sierras) July to mid-August
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Part 1
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Part 1: What’s Planned (and Not)
• June 19-25: Athens, ferry, Tinos Island (6 nights planned out of 100+)
• General shape after that
• Due in Morocco September 1
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Tour du Mont Blanc
10-14 day relatively strenuous trek But easy overnights in huts and villages
Purported to be one of the world’s great walks
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Morocco
High Atlas Trek Camel Safari
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Part 2
Fly to Buenos Aires Pick up motorhome, buy mountain bikes Return 10 weeks later
“The Motorhome Diaries”
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Part 3
Part 3(b): Two months on a sailboat
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Part 3
Part 3(b): Two months on a sailboat
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The Boat
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The Boat
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Parts 3(a) and 3(c)
3(a): A week in Phuket, Thailand• Kids scuba certification• Boat preparation and provisioning
3(c): The only significant truly unplanned part of the trip (5 weeks)
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Part 3(c)
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Part 4: The John Muir Trail
• Yosemite Valley to summit of Mt. Whitney
• 210 miles (+12 more to the parking lot)
• No road crossings
• Small portion of 2650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, from Canada to Mexico
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How Will the Kids Do?
… just fine, as long as we don’t push too hard
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Route
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Reprovisioning
Tuolomne Meadows
Muir Trail Ranch
Burro via Kearsarge Pass
Mammoth Lakes
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Preparation
• Travel planning
• Equipment
• Home logistics
• Kids school
• Work
Major undertaking!
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Travel Planning
☺ Experts at planning complex two-week trips to exotic destinations
Approach definitely doesn’t scale
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Equipment
• Huge variety of activities
• Duration of trip is motivation to optimize gear and clothing
• Volume and weight important for some parts
• … and absolutely critical for JMT
• Computers and communication
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House, Cars, Yard, Pool, …
Thanks, Hector
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School
School principals remarkably understanding and reasonable
Lightweight home-schooling with several “electives”
So far, it looks like ages 10 and 12 were a good choice back in 2000
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Work
No it’s not a sabbatical!
Nor fully disengaged• Email availability
• Regular reappearances
Only in academia can one pull this off …
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