We're planning some smaller transport, pulling the car behind a truck across the country, NC to CO! Yes it's around 1700 miles.
I hope to live about a hundred miles or so from these sights. I feel like Cinderella in many ways, working the mundane tasks to prepare for the magic of the trip, with the goal of ending up living in my own fairytale castle. My imagination takes me to so many fun places!
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Every time I cook!
No matter how happy I had been in the past, I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I live. |
JAMAICA KINCAID ------------- I have to make myself do a to-do list, almost every hour...mentally at least. I need to keep pulling my attention away from the future rather than the past these days! ----------------- Today is the birthday of my granddaughter Caroline!!  Happy birthday caroline!! |
Happy Birthday to your granddaughter! The move sounds both exciting and busy, I hope all goes well.
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day!
I am getting somewhat excited these days. I'm so blessed with smart beautiful granddaughters (and handsome grandsons too!)
Delete...happy birthday, sweetie! I love the U-Haul picture.
ReplyDeleteWhen I had a camper van I loaded much of what I owned into it, and pulled a U-haul with some furniture on one move. Another time I've driven a truck pulling a trailer with a car up on it. So U-haul has definitely been the way I've moved much more than using moving companies.
DeleteHappy birthday to Caroline! You're sounding so excited about the move now. Will your son drive? I was wondering about getting your car out there, now I know it's going to be luggage. Filled with stuff, maybe.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, the car will be packed, including oxygen equipment which will just go with me, and be used each night in motels! And I'm hoping to bring a few house plants, carefully protected from the heat of the days driving/pulling the car.
DeleteI once pulled a car trailer in a UHaul 12+ hours across province in a snowstorm passing by vehicles that had gone off the road. I trust that your experience will be very much better.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, that sounds like quite a test of your skills! I drove ahead of a blizzard in late December coming from New Mexico to Florida once in my camper van. We hit some of the snow by Dallas I remember, but then kept on through the night to stay ahead of the storm.
DeleteYes. You are going on your own Magical Mystery Tour! You are such an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to that gorgeous granddaughter!
Oh that's a great song to take along!
DeleteAre you driving solo? I hope one of your sons is helping you move there.
ReplyDeleteYes one son is coming to do most of the driving! I can drive a couple of hours before I need to stretch my legs, and use the facilities. Gotta stay hydrated, don't cha know! But stops will be quickly done and back onto the road!
DeleteGood to know!
DeleteThat red earth against that intense blue sky is stunning.
ReplyDeleteI love big skies, always have! Florida yep. Missouri yep. Tennessee some. Georgia some. North Carolina has its own special blue, copied for the university even.
DeleteAnd I forgot Texas!
DeleteYour adventure awaits! Such amazing scenery!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Arches National Park, (visited last year) but of course it's a longer way away from my intended new home. And then there are all the other wonderful sites to explore. In the meantime, I'm off on the Blue Ridge Parkway again tomorrow.
DeleteCaroline is a cutie!
ReplyDeleteWhat adventures you have.
That U-haul photo is fantastic. Happy birthday to Caroline. Do you know when you'll be leaving yet for your great adventure, sounds like it will be one you'll enjoy.
ReplyDeletePlanning to travel the last week of July. If all goes as planned. I'm slowly packing things up, then repacking. If I tape the box shut, I do try to leave it alone...but several boxes and tubs need to be filled with more things first. Quite a few several!
DeleteOh my goodness, your granddaughter is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI think you are going to breathe much better out West, don't you? The air here in the Apoalachians can be tough, so much pollen.