No Plans

Here's the most recent iteration of the answer to that persistent question, "What is Thomas doing next?" As I hope most of you know by now, I've decided to quit my job in Anchorage and move out of Alaska. Sometime around August 28th I'm going to begin a road trip through Alaska and part of Western Canada with my friend Martyna. She has to catch a flight in Vancouver, BC on September 16th, so we will make it at least that far by then. 

After we reach Vancouver, I don't have any real plans (and I kind of like it that way). I think I would enjoy finding somewhere to call "home" for two or three months while I hunt for a perfect job (suggestions welcome) and digest all of the experiences I've had during of my far-too-rapid trip around the globe, but I don't know where that will be. The idea of living and working somewhere in the Northwest (Vancouver, Kelowna, Bellingham, Portland, Seattle, Bend, Bozeman, .... suggestions?) really appeals to me in many ways, but with the world at my fingertips, who knows where I will be a few months time?

TLDR: Quit job; moving toward Seattle; no real plans; lots of options. 

Alaska is making it hard to say good bye.

Fun fact: I've been moving my belongings around in those same red plastic milk crates at least since 2004 when I left Missouri for Colorado. They are front and center in the image below. 

This image is from 2004 when I was moving out of Missouri to begin university in Colorado. I still use the same red plastic milk crates to haul my stuff around. And that pillow case is still in use as well; thanks Grandma!