To make
this incredible move we decided the most economical and efficient way was to
get a trailer that we could pack our stuff in but that would also serve as a
home while we got settled on our land and decided what and when to build. Super D did an awesome job of finding a very
large 5 wheel trailer that he fixed up to fit out needs.
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| Super D filling up in Colorado |
The journey to get to our land in
Missouri took 3 days of actual driving but the trip took a week. We pulled out of Colorado late one Saturday
morning we had a truck pulling a 40 foot trailer and two cars with three
drivers. Super D's best friend from
Missouri flew to Denver to help us get moved and drive for us. Plus he was the muscle that was needed for
the move where I couldn’t be of any help.
We could not have made this move without him. We packed everything we could into the
trailer but of course you can not fit a 2000 sq. foot house into a 300 sq. foot
trailer. We had to leave quite a bit of
furniture and things behind even after months of purging and getting rid of
things right up to the end. When we
pulled out there was room in our black carfor a driver and nothing
else! Mr. R (Super D's friend) drove that car and Sugarbug
and I took the lead in the white car with the trunk and back seat
packed. The 2 dogs were in the front
seat with Sugarbug.
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| Packed to the gills! |
We
didn’t even make it a block when Super D pulled to the side because Mr. R couldn’t
get the black car started. Apparently the
battery was dead. Go Figure. So I turned around to take Super D to the house.
There was no turning the trailer around!
But this delay was best as it gave us one more chance to say goodbye to
Grandma S who had pulled up right when we left. It was a sad goodbye and we were off.
Our
trip was slow. We had a caravan me leading, Super D in the middle, and Mr. R
following. Our top speed was about 55 mph.
We head east and all is well. We make steady progress and on our way to
Colorado boarder we have a blow out. Super D
pulls off safely and the boys make pretty quick work of changing the tire on
the side of the road. We pull into
Burlington about 2 hours before dark.
Here the boys check for a tire store that may be able to put a tire on a
rim. We have the tires but only one more still on a rim. But being about 6ish and Saturday no one is
open. We decide to go on and get as far
as we can before dark. Super D doesn’t want
to drive in the dark much. We make it to
Oakley KS. and turn in for the night. We
are all tired and ready for a break. It has been a stressful couple days
getting ready and stressful day of driving.
But thankfully the hotel we stay at has a pool and hot tub! Sugarbug goes swimming while I soak the
stress away and the boys go to find food.
Ahh.
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| My View for 1000 miles :) |
The
next day we really want to get a new tire before going on but realize its
Sunday everything is closed. Oakley is a
pretty small town. Plus there are high
wind warnings for the area and Super D isn’t looking forward to driving in that. So we decide to stay a day and relax. We check in for another day and take a good
long nap in the afternoon. Monday we
wake refreshed early and ready to go. We
hit the road and head for Oklahoma. The
goal is to make it to Oklahoma to visit my Mom and Grandma. As travel is good and as Super D gains
confidence in the truck and how well it is handling we all start to relax a
bit. We pull into Oklahoma about 8:30
driving in the dark isn’t much fun much less through a huge city with our
caravan. We finally make it to my mom’s
where Super D takes up all the curbside in front of my mom’s house. Our big trailer barely fits. Her streets are so narrow once a car parks on
the side of the street only one car can drive the road at a time. We look like the circus pulling in! But we made in one piece and are happy to be
there. My wonderful mom has food ready
for my hungry crowd.
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Pit stop |
Apparently
we made some of my mom’s neighbors nervous we were here for good. The second night in Oklahoma the police show up
to ask about the trailer. Someone had
called about us parking there. But he
informed us that we just had to move it every twenty four hours and since we
were leaving in a day we were fine. I
don’t think the police officer was very worried about it at all. He even told
us that moving it every 24 hours could just mean pulling it forward 2
inches. I thought it was pretty
funny. I’m sure her neighbors sighed a
sigh of relief when we pulled out.
We
spend the next three day’s sleeping in, checking the truck, and visiting
family. It was a great short visit
before we head on. We still have one more full day of driving to reach
Missouri. Normally a 5 hour trip but our
slow going caravan is going to take 8 hours.
From Oklahoma to Missouri we have one more blow out that the boys are prepared
for and fix in a flash. The first one
happened on the side of a two lane highway that wasn’t very busy this one on a
4 lane interstate. I was much more
nervous about it with cars and semis zipping past. Thankfully we were by an exit so we had a
little more room but Super D being ever calm was steadfast and they fixed it in
record time.
We
pull into Missouri and onto the dirt road to our land at 6:30. We can’t just pull onto our land as there is
a ditch between the road and the land.
Now what?  |
| Sugarbug and Dogs on Land |
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