Alaska, Here We Come!

After watching the moving company guys do their magic, we feel even more fortunate to have successfully changed our plans with only three days left.  Driving both the Subaru and a U-Haul would not have been near as fun a trip.  Mayflower guys did an excellent job, and told us the truck they used will be the one that we see on the island, so no unpacking and re-packing, minimizing chances for any damages.  This late change will save us much time, trouble and stress!

Kathy has the house cleaned like we are renting to strangers, which Kelli and Jared greatly appreciate.  I'm still lagging on my office, and didn't get the printer out in time for the movers to pack, bummer.  The upload backup of my PC took all day long, much longer than I expected.  It's done though, so we are protected if something goes south during the move to the north. :-)

I visited my Dad last night, and set up a Facebook page for him, so he can now see the pictures we post.  FB is my first choice in sharing pictures, it's so easy to do.  I also set him up to watch my blog.  

Tonight we took the dogs on our last nightly walk around the park, with Kelli and Jared and Henry.  Tomorrow, Kelli and Jared and Henry will walk with Kelli's dog Darby only.  Darby has lived with us for over a year, and claims alpha-dog status over our two.  We feel badly for breaking up the pack.  Hopefully Darby will get a long a bit better with the other dogs we encounter at the park, especially his buddy Sage.    


I sold my 1995 Honda Accord today, half a day after posting on Craigs List!  That's money I didn't expect to see, thought it was unsaleable due to a broken odometer two years ago, but found out differently with a bit of research.  Again, a piece of the puzzle falls into place with little effort!  Brady and Faithanne have bought the Volvo, so we are down to one car, and will see how that works once Kathy starts her job on August 1st.

Well, we definitely could be in better shape regarding packing the car, but it's manageable.  We only need to get to Stockton tomorrow, so can afford to start a little late if necessary.  We planned our trip and daily stops with comfortable mileages figuring the  U-Haul truck would slow us down.  Now we will enjoy a much more comfortable trip.

Next post, end of Day One for traveling, from Stockton.