resolved, on a mission

I believe that I should commit myself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of circumnavigating the Earth and returning safely to Washington. No single travel adventure will be more exciting, or more impressive, or more important, and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...

Ok, so I borrowed the words of President Kennedy, but is there any other way to phrase a grand goal? Inspired by the round-the-world travel year of others and friends who are currently making their way around the world, I decided that I want to be able to experience it myself. There's really no better time for me to travel. I'm old enough to appreciate the finer things the world and its people have to offer but still young enough to do most anything I want to. According to this map, I still have a lot of the world to see. China (PRC) is marked as visited, but I've only been to the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, not the mainland yet, so it looks a tad deceiving when shaded. Same goes for Canada—I still have quite a bit to see there.



Heck, I still have a lot of the American heartland to see too.



One year, on travel, around the world. Let the savings begin.

I'll close this post with the words of the late Peter Jennings that sums up how I feel. I'm fascinated by everything. There's just too much going on in too many places that I just daren't miss.