Moving Day!

We recently decided to move.  Why move?  Well, the short answer is, “We can.”  For any reason we can, within a matter or hours, totally uproot and move our home anywhere we want (and where the law allows).  The long answer is that we thought it would be nice to be near my parents during the holidays, save the $585 we pay at the campsite and…many other reasons.

One cold, and soon to be storming day, we decided to move on my lunch break.  It took a short time to empty the holding tanks (that is where the black and grey water are stored), throw everything into the back of the suburban or into the trailer, pull in the slide-out and hitch-up the trailer.  Then we were on the road, but it was just my lunch break so my wife and kids planed to wile away the day at the mall while I finished working. (BTW, it is a great place to park)  This was quite memorable for my wife as her home now really was at the mall!!

  

Less than an hour after dropping them off, the clouds rolled in thick and snow started coming down hard.  The trip down to my parents would be quick but if the snow started to accumulate, as it appeared would happen soon, it could be treacherous!  Therefore, I made the decision that we had to leave now.  My wife had previously offered to drive the trailer down herself and the thought of following through with that made me physically ill.  The sudden responsibility I felt and fear for her life would not allow me to let her take everything (belongings and children) by herself.

I very carefully maneuvered the city streets and pulled onto the interstate headed out of town.  Driving through familiar roads I felt comfortable until a dump truck in front of me began to brake hard.  I applied my brakes and the trailer brakes promptly locked up.  I had visions of everything we own being strewn across the freeway and our true state of homelessness.  Then, the truck pulled away, and all was now safe.  As I pulled south out of town, the snow slowed, the clouds thinned and parted.  Not only was there no snow on the roads south of town, the sun was shining.

While I could have worked all day, we made it early.  We were able to park before the sun went down and enjoy our first evening out of the city!