Our timeline for leaving is contingent on a few factors:

Renting our condo (completing renovations, finding a renter)
Hiring an additional technology consultant at Joe's company
Establishing a structure to ensure sustainable success of Joe's company, as well as our Namago endeavor

Our best estimate is "early spring,” which now, well into January, seems closer than ever, though it's still nebulous. We don’t have an actual date as of yet. Nonetheless, we know and trust and plan for late March.

While in the throes of cleaning house, gifting and giving away what were once our treasured belongings, and reshaping our mindsets about life and belonging, we sometimes slow down and embrace the fun of envisioning where we plan to go…

Early Spring 2018, California:

Begin in Los Angeles (3-4 days)
Angeles National Forest (2-3 days?)
Palm Springs
Joshua Tree
Death Valley (wildflowers)
Sequoia
Sierra
Yosemite
Lake Tahoe
Reno
San Francisco (May 5-8, 2018)
East Coast (2-3 days, fly to conference)
Connecticut (May 10-16, 2018)

Late Spring 2018:

San Francisco
Redwood
Muir Woods
etc.
Lightning in a Bottle? (May 23-28, 2018 in Lake San Antonio, Bradley, CA)
Mt. Shasta

Summer 2018, Pacific Northwest:

Devil’s Tower, Wyoming
Bighorn Medicine Wheel, Wyoming
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Crater Lake, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Seattle, Washington
Irondale, Washington?
Glacier National Park, Montana?
Banff, Alberta
Alaska?
San Francisco (August 19-22, 2018)
Black Rock City, Nevada (August 23 - September 6, 2018)

Fall & Winter 2018, Southwest US:

Lake Tahoe
Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Quartzsite, Arizona
Fly to Northeast for Holidays?
White Sands National Monument
Family Vacation (Holidays or Winter Break)

These are just lists of places we wish to experience, loosely grouped by locale and arranged according to climate. There's something to be said for “un-planning our travels” (thanks Wynns!), but I think the more we research and plan now, the more with the flow we can go down the road.

A bit more nebulous still, here are some other places on our list:

Spring & Summer 2019: