Road Trip

 We've made many, many moves over the last 40 years.  This time, I just wish I could just pick up my purse and head out the door.  We have very little left to move and are trying to decide between driving a truck and towing the car or having a moving company move our things and taking the road trip we promised ourselves for our 40th wedding anniversary last December.  We both prefer option 2 but right now just dealing with all the details of moving it just feels easier to just load it in a truck and go. (It really comes down to which is the least expensive.) Then we stop and think about all that we'd miss because we'd have to focus on just getting there rather than being able to focus on the journey.  

We don't have any exceptional plans.  We'd like to stop and see my mom and family in CA.  

We want to go through Arkansas and see the town where my dad was born and raised until about the age of 11. We want to go through Jellico KY where Ray's mom talked about living when she was a young child.  The rest of the trip is just to see what we want to when we want to.  If we drive the truck and tow the car it will have to be straight across and do the other trips later.

Dealing with all these moving company gets pretty interesting.  We go on line and fill out the information for an "instant" quote.  Yeah, right.  It's instant alright.  Your phone starts ringing before you can get off the page. They give you an inventory sheet and want you to complete it, including how many boxes you have and how much they each weigh.  Now can't you just see me in the garage with a scale weighing each of those boxes?  Not!  Then there's the fear that we'll under estimate the weight and get socked with a big additional bill when we get there or, we'll over estimate and loose money.  One company offers 15% back if you've overpaid.  Right, I can just see that happening.  "Oh sorry, but you over paid us by $2,000 so we're going to give you a refund of $300."

We spent all day yesterday dealing with moving companies and were more confused when we got finished than when we started.  So, we've decided we'll get all the "loose" stuff we brought with us to Aaron and Kristin's packed up and everything in one spot.  Then, we'll call three moving companies who are willing to come and see what we have and then give us a quote.  Aaron found us an amazing site for moving.  www.moving.org  The site is providing tons of information which is going to be very useful this week.

If it works out that we can get an affordable quote for a moving company then we'll have them pick everything up and we'll head out on our trip May 18th.  Our goal is to be in Troy prior to the Memorial Day weekend.  We're working on an alternate plan should we have to drive the truck and tow the car.

Jon and Corey are working their behinds off helping us find a place.  There is a lot of inventory out there right now because school is ending so it's good for us.  We don't need anything fancy but we'd like it to have some character.  The Lord has the perfect place, we know that, so we'll be happy with what He provides.  We need to get back there and settled before winter.  It's not something we really want to do in the rain, cold and snow.  I'd rather sit by the fire and read a book during that!

We still have a lot of good-byes to say and a lot of people to visit.  Jamison has a few over-night play dates and visits too. God is still on the throne and for that we are very, very thankful.  Please continue to pray as we continue to seek the best God has for us.