2018 Summer of adventure

After 8 exciting years at athenahealth I've earned a Sabbatical -- 3 months of time to reflect, discover, savor, and experience a breadth of adventures that I wouldn't normally have time for.  And, I'd love to have you join me (more below).

Basically, Wendy can only join for some of the time, and we're hoping friends will come along on many of the adventures planned (we have a house-sitter for our home in Brookline, so if any folks with nefarious intent are reading this, I'm sorry to disappoint).

I'll be updating the schedule in the next few months, and since I've now dubbed 2018 the "year of adventure" I will start blogging again as part of the countdown.  For now, the current schedule and wish list of things to do is below.  Please email if you want to accompany me (and, possibly, Wendy), if you have any ideas, and/or if you have some good info on the places we may be going to.

June 23-July 6  Trek to Everest Base Camp -- still finalizing travel details, will likely be working in India through June 20, then flying to Kathmandu to prepare for the trek

July 6- July 11 -- Travel in India? Nepal?

Then back to the US for some Western MA / Vermont time from 7/13 - 7/17

At that point things are pretty up in the air.  Here are the adventures I'm starting to plan:

Cycling

1) 1-2 weeks of cycling -- Possibly starting out in DC on the C&O trail, possibly up in Canada on the Great Lakes Waterfront trail (Wendy & I did 200 miles of it from Toronto to the west last year), or someplace else fun and interesting. 

Sailing

2) 1-2 weeks of open water sailing -- I need a friend with a boat (or a friend who has a friend), and

Skiing

3) I'm finally going to check off the summer skiing in Portillo, Chile item on my bucket list (or possibly in Argentina at Catedral -- I'm still researching).  I'm leaning toward week of 4 Aug. or 11 Aug. depending on who else wants to join and/or what I schedule before or after (Patagonia Trek, visit to the Galapagos, etc.)

UK / Europe

4) I'll be over in London with the whole family for a wedding on 8 Sept., but am thinking of spending the week before that exploring a new city in Europe (or perhaps in a familiar one I've never spent enough time in)

Essentially, I'm free from 7/17 - 8/1 for biking and/or sailing, planning to spend two weeks in South America skiing in early August and then will head over to Europe around Labor Day.

Feel free to email, FB message or Linked-In message me if any of the above interest you.

Life is too short for boring summers,

Evan