I work as a software engineer for SGI in Mountain View, CA, which is in the heart of Silicon Valley (30 miles south of San Francisco). After four years of workng for SGI, employees get a sabbatical, which is 6 weeks of paid vacation that must be taken all at once. I have accrued an additional 5 weeks of vacation time, and by taking the sabbatical and vacation together, I can get away for 86 days.
I've decided to go skiing.