Where in the World is Petey???

I have decided to once again jump back on the blogging train. My purposes will explain the title of this post, making this post a little lengthy. Several years ago, Vance Cook sold Headgate Studios to Electronic Arts (EA Games for those of you in the gaming world). When he sold it he promised his original 11 guys that he would take them on a big adventure. Here we are, two years later and Vance has held true to his promise. But, there was a catch. He didn't tell anyone where they were going. So, for the past year he has been having "reveal" meetings in which he would give them little hints of how to prepare for this last hurrah. For instance, in the first reveal they were told to get a passport and start getting in shape. Further down the line they were asked to get scuba certified if they already hadn't.

A week prior on them embarking on this "Super Secret Trip", Vance pulled the wives together and told them his plans for the dirty dozen. I came home from this, raised our Life Insurance, made sure our finances were in order, and told Petey to get off his butt and get in shape (a little too late in the game but never hurts to start). We are now one week past when Petey left so I will post where he has been since last Friday.

Vance's Facebook Entry (November 7, 2010 - they actually left on November 5): Vance Cook is happy to finally have the whole group gathered in Makasar, Indonesia. They have been traveling straight for about 40 hours so they resemble Zombies more than suitable companions. They get 4 hours of sleep and then we're off on one more flight to where our adventure begins!

Vance and the group have finally arrived at the beginning of their not-so-secret destination in Sarong, Indonesia. We have boarded a beautiful, hand-made, wooden, Phinisi schooner. Loved the moment as they discovered this surprise. We have the schooner and a crew of around 17 to ourselves. Not quite rough'n it just yet. Tomorrow we trek into the island of Batanta and do our first practice dive.

Post: Vance Cook and the group are passing through a rare reception zone. Having a wonderful adventurous time scuba diving the most beautiful reefs I've ever seen, jungle trekking, snorkeling through caves in the dark (shiver), rock climbing over the water and jumping in (1st ascents I'm sure), and eating and living in better conditions than we deserve. Everyone is well

I am hoping to accomplish two things here: 1- Journal Petey's trip for him as we see it from thousands of miles away  2- so many of his family members and friends have no idea "where in the world" he is and have been curious.  So, here we go.  I will post more as I hear more.