30 Days of Thanks- D23

(We are all in Vienna today enjoying our last European city trip before we move, hence my thoughts about moving!)

I am beyond thankful that the military moves us, rather than having to do it myself.  Nothing beats telling other people what to pack, and where to put it!

~The DO

Pictures

I finally got some broadband access instead of dial up so the promised pictures of the move.

Here's Chrisi on the field expedient bed. I slept on it for 2 nights, Lu for 3.

An empty garage with a mostly loaded trailer. That garage took up a lot of space to get moved. I'd have gotten rid of some stuff if I wasn't a guy.

Chrisi in a really empty house.

The Ford and Vette all ready to go.

Lu and the house. We didn't build the house but we did build the home. We were here for 18 years, longer than we'd been anywhere. We love the place and put a lot of hard work into it. Why do we leave places as soon as we get them exactly the way we want them?

The last shot, me and the Vette turning the first corner away from the old place, en route to the new. 29 years in Salinas, California, almost to the day. Good times and hard times but our times. 12 hours later we were home.


We're settling in to the new place pretty well. It's great to have so much family so close. We're re-connecting with family we haven't seen in a very long time.

We've spent all week getting unloaded, unpacked, stowed and trashed so Lu and I are taking tomorrow off and going for a nice ride. I'm thinking Gooseberry if the weather allows.

It's good to be back.

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Arrived

We're here all safe and sound. No issues with the final trip(s). Chrisi is happy she's finally out of the truck. The house is a mess. We're very, very tired. But we're happy to be here and have california in our rearview mirror. Thanks to everyone for your well wishes. I'll post more tomorrow with some pictures.

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Leaving On The Morrow

The U-Haul is in the driveway. Most of the piddling stuff is done (including a bedroom we had to re-paint last night). The stuff we needed to get rid of is gone and what's left is going to Utah. We're going to load everything except a few things tonight. We'll get up tomorrow and load the last, do the final clean up and hit the road. I figure a 12 hour drive at 55 mph or so. Lu's hauling the enclosed trailer while I drive the Ford with the Corvette.

Posting will be non-existent for a few days until we can get settled in and unpacked. I'll be back next week with some moving photos.

Chrisi is really on edge. She's aware something is happening but she's not quite sure what it is and refuses to let anyone out the door without her. Luckily she knows the Utah house and once there I'm sure she'll adjust just fine.

Sarge, we'll be seeing you guys late tomorrow.

Take care everyone. I'll be back soon.

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I'm Beat

Lu and I sat down and finally made up our minds (Thanks for the perspective Brigid). We're moving to Utah permanently. We're going to rent out the California house (Thanks Fannie and Freddie).

In light of that decision I got up Tuesday morning and decided that I needed to make a run out there with a pickup and trailer load of stuff. I'm still wondering just what all this crap is, who it belongs to and how we somehow managed to end up with it all.

Lu and I spent all day loading up. I jumped in the Ford and headed out at 1530. I got to the house at 0230 Wednesday. Slept for a couple of hours then corralled Sarge to help me unload. Sat for a bit, ate and watched some baseball (Go Giants!). 2230 it was back in the truck for the return trip. Got in at 0840 this morning. A little over 1300 miles total.

Lu, bless her heart, painted the dining room (two coats of Behr Mushroom Bisque) and then waited up until I got home. We collapsed into the bed about 9 and slept til 1400. I'm groggy and tired. I'm getting too old for that kinda crap anymore.

I'm taking a couple of days off to recharge for that final push. There's still a ton of things to do. I'm happy with the decision but I hate moving.

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