Week in Indiana and trip back to Texas (June 5-12)

We made it safely to Indiana—drove the first day to Jackson, Tennessee and continued the next day to Jeffersonville, IN where our daughter lives.  We had a busy few days helping son to finish moving to Louisville.  Once we had the remainder of his belongings packed, we helped our daughter get better organized in preparation for her move to a new apartment at the end of the month.  After getting the apartment in order, we had to tackle the storage unit which was actually our main goal for the trip.  Both children had some things in storage and the rest of our belongings had to be sorted.  Some things went right into the dumpster and other boxes went to Goodwill.  That pared it all down quite a bit so the remainder would fit in either the truck or the U-Haul trailer.  We packed the trailer on Sunday so we could leave early on Monday morning to drive through Louisville before the rush hour traffic.

We also visited with our special friends, Becky and Rob, and had dinner with them a couple of times.  Enjoyed pizza at River City Winery in downtown New Albany and another dinner with them at Cheddar’s in Clarksville, IN.  We saw other friends on Sunday at church.  I would have liked to visit my Guthrie/Mayes “family” but time ran out on a week filled with packing, etc.  We will probably return to Southern Indiana in late August.

Our trip home was equally uneventful and we were able to make the drive in two days with an overnight stop just west of Little Rock.  The next day after a good night’s sleep back in our cozy cottage, we worked to unload the trailer and truck.  Our goal was to unload everything and then go to Lowe’s to get a big sheet of plywood.  The plywood was to put on the back porch so Pat’s work bench and other items would be on a stable base.  We arrived back at the cottage with the plywood but it had slid and we couldn’t open the trailer door.  What a dilemma!   After struggling and trying to pry it open, we finally decided there was no alternative but to take the trailer to U-Haul in hopes that they could open it.  That succeeded but then we had to figure out how to get it home.  We thought the plywood would fit in the back of the Traverse but that didn’t work.  The U-Haul guys came up with the solution—lay it on top of the truck’s toolbox and across the fifth wheel hitch.  YEA—it worked!!

While driving, we discussed the reasons for having two vehicles and decided that the need for two no longer existed.  After arriving back in Texas and taking care of the priority of unloading the trailer, we went to the local Chevrolet dealer to see if they would be interested in buying the Traverse.  That was a success and we left the dealership as a one vehicle family!!  They gave us a fair price and we didn’t have to go through the hassle of selling it as a private sale.

Now we are looking forward to our departure from Texas on July 11 to head north for a couple of months.  Everyone told us that we would NOT want to stay here all summer and they are so right!  Our initial plan is to head to a Thousand Trail park in Alabama where we are meeting our daughter for a week in a cabin/park model.  After that we will head towards Michigan where we hope it will be cooler and less humid.  Stay tuned for our future travels.

EASY LIVING!!