I have been brainstorming some goals for this summer. After lots of thought, I came up with this list of priorities:
- Be around people often
- Create a mix of fun stuff and volunteer work
- Stay in the Northwest area. There is so much to see here, and I made a commitment to lower my carbon footprint. Plus, it will allow some grandchild time!
- Visit Alaska again
As for the specific things I want to do:
- Attend several bluegrass music festivals
- Kayak
- Hike some of the WA coastal trails
- Fly to Alaska for the solstice
- Start section hiking the Palouse-to-Cascades Trail (formally John Wayne Pioneer Trail)
- Volunteer at a state park. I had thought about another National Forest or National Park gig, but they require you to commit for a whole season. The WA State Parks ask volunteers to do 30-day commitments!!! That way, I can alternate hiking and music festivals with the park volunteering.
I will move to the nearby marina for March and April, which gives me great access for kayaking Sequim Bay. For May-June, I will store the camper and car in the Sequim area where I am now and take off in the van. I will spend early May camping on the coast and doing some coastal trails then attending a bluegrass festival on the Peninsula. From mid-May until mid-June, I will leave the Peninsula area and section hike the Cascades side of the Palouse-to-Cascades Trail. I also have another music festival at that time. Around June 20, I fly from Seattle to AK, returning about a week later. My little buddy, Tango, will not be happy staying in a kennel during the AK trip!.
After AK, I will probably pick up the RV; I hope to do a couple of State Park gigs for the rest of the summer, at 30-days each! In September, I may do more section hiking and maybe another music festival. Oct 1, I return to the Marina RV park in Sequim.
Then again, I may do something else after the AK trip. Who knows what opps will present themselves.
I have so much to look forward to and I am so happy that I am based now in this area. It was one of the best decisions that I ever made, on every level.
