who likes it, anyway?.. Everything gets packed and put away, and as soon as that happens, you realize you need it and have no idea which box it's in... Not to mention, in our case, we don't know when we will get to see the boxes again, so I needed to make sure I don't pack things we will need soon.
Since we were relocated by our work company, things were a little easier because we at least didn't have to sweat over how much it will cost. There was no weight limit, but even so, we tried to lean out our worldly possession beforehand...Our packers came on January 2nd and spent all day wrapping things into endless layers of paper, then packing them into cardboard boxes, then making pyramids out of those. Our whole house turned into a corn-maze of boxes.
On January 3rd packers returned to finish up their job, as well as movers, who started moving everything into a giant moving truck. That took from 8:00am to about 6:00pm! Who knew we got that much crap?!!
The following day I had a carpet cleaning service come in and clean all the floors. It was rather depressing walking through an empty house, knowing this is the last day we will spend in it.
After little consideration, we spent the night at our neighbors' house. At least they had a couch to sleep on.
Early January 5th I went back in the house to pick up the last of our packs. Our truck looked like we are going on an expedition. Every single empty space I had, I filled. Of course finding quite a few items that packers didn't pack, was no help! That just added to my pile. It got to the point where I didn't care if I forgot something. I was just overwhelmed with how MUCH we have and need.
I always get nervous before getting on a long road trip, but this was different. It was very sad knowing we are not coming back this time.
THEN, we got on the road.
And what a nightmare, honestly! We started with the wind gusts of 75 mi/h in CO, continued with extremely windy and slippery conditions in WY. Kids and I were counting vehicles that were either rolled over or slid off the road, and when we got to eleven, I decided it was time to check into a hotel for the night! We barely drove 400 miles the first day.
Next day was not better at all. First 90 miles took us about three hours. At that point it was snowing too hard to see anything, so we got off the next exit and sat in a parking lot waiting for the snow to stop. (Saw another accident in front of us, because of the snow conditions.)
Once it stopped snowing, we got back on the road, and slowly, but surely, kept going. Once we were able to get through 11 degree icy WY, and get over the slops and ice in UT, we finally "saw the light". Roads in ID were clear and dry as if they haven't had snow in weeks.
Full speed ahead!
On the OR border town Ontario we decided we had enough driving and checked into another hotel for the night. Not much more to go, we thought...
Guess what? We were shocked to see a white blanket over everything the next morning. It appeared that the storm followed us into OR.
Never the less, we were (successfully) able to drive the last leg of the trip. Home with Dad again!
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