The Aiken/Widom Family Year Off

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1 The Aiken/Widom Family Year Off

2 Original Plan 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 2

3 Plan 2.0 Sail around the South Pacific instead 3

4 Plan 3.0 Sail around the South Pacific and Hike across the Alps and Drive up and down South America 4

5 Plan 3.1 Sail around the South Pacific Hike across the Alps Drive up and down Chile and Argentina 5

6 Plan 3.2 Sail around the South Pacific Trek in the Alps; visit Greece and Morocco Drive up and down Chile and Argentina 6

7 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 7

8 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) 8

9 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 9

10 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 10

11 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 11

12 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 12

13 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 13

14 14 Part 1

15 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 15

16 Tour du Mont Blanc day relatively strenuous trek But easy overnights in huts and villages Purported to be one of the world s great walks 16

17 Morocco High Atlas Trek Camel Safari 17

18 Part 2 Fly to Buenos Aires Pick up motorhome, buy mountain bikes Return 10 weeks later The Motorhome Diaries 18

19 Part 3 Part 3(b): Two months on a sailboat 19

20 Part 3 Part 3(b): Two months on a sailboat 20

21 21 The Boat

22 22 The Boat

23 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) 23

24 24 Part 3(c)

25 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 25

26 How Will the Kids Do? just fine, as long as we don t push too hard 26

27 27 Route

28 Reprovisioning 1 Tuolomne Meadows 2 Mammoth Lakes 3 Muir Trail Ranch Burro via Kearsarge Pass 4 28

29 Preparation Travel planning Equipment Home logistics Kids school Work Major undertaking! 29

30 Travel Planning Experts at planning complex two-week trips to exotic destinations Approach definitely doesn t scale 30

31 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 31

32 House, Cars, Yard, Pool, Thanks, Hector 32

33 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

34 Work No it s not a sabbatical! Nor fully disengaged availability Regular reappearances Only in academia can one pull this off 34

35 Search aiken year off

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT STATISTICAL SUMMARY Spring 2017 (Final)

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT STATISTICAL SUMMARY Spring 2017 (Final) Prepared By: Mr. Jay Ward, Associate Director Office of International Programs San Francisco State University Non-Matriculated SP 17 SP 16