Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Day 2 & Day 3
Yesterday we drove through Utah, part of Wyoming, then cut down into Grand County Colorado. The scenery was either very beautiful or very boring. We met some friends of Nick's that live in Granby and had dinner in Grand Lakes Colorado. We stayed in a tiny, tiny motel room right off the road. Andrew seems to be getting the hang of the routine. Drive all day, stop every couple hours, eat on the go and stay in a new place each night. Lauren is happy just to watch the scenery go by while facing backwards and Rosie deserves an award. She has kept quiet in her carrier and hasn't had any kitty accidents yet. We let her out to use the portable litter box when we stop. Right now we're enroute to Kearney, Nebraska and we should be arriving 8 or 9ish to stay at the Ramada Inn, the self proclaimed "Entertainment Capital" of Nebraska. Can't wait to see what that means.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
First stop, Malad Idaho
We left Boise at 4:30pm today and drove 300 miles to Malad. We thought this would be a good place to stop for the night as this is where my paternal grandparents grew up and there's also a nearby memorial at the site of my grandfathers home in Samaria.
We pulled in to the small motel (and I think it's the ONLY motel here) around 9:30 pm. I think there is only one other couple staying here tonight and whadya know.....they're related to me. His grandmother is Hannahbell Anderson, sister of my Great Grandfather David Hutton Anderson. I gave him my email address and he will be emailing me an old family picture. The kids & Rosie did great for our first day of driving. Tomorrow we'll do a short drive through Malad & Samaria then we'll be headed for Granby, CO. Tomorrow's drive will be our biggest day of driving, roughly 550 miles.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
2 more days.....
It's very strange, we feel more like visitors of Boise instead of residents. A truck loaded all of our belongings and has already left the area. Every single thing we own is somewhere out there on the lonely highways, working its way east. We are now staying in a hotel that is adjacent to our (former) apartment. Nick's daughters are here for a weekend visit so we've been busy seeing the sights. Andrew & Lauren have adjusted quite well to not sleeping in their own beds and eating lunch/dinner/whatever on the go. Nicks girls have just met Lauren for the first time and they haven't seen Andrew in almost a year so there has been a lot to catch up on. So we have tomorrow to have fun and on Monday, Nick will take them to Baker City Oregon to meet up with their mother than come back, load car, and east we go.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Moving! Again!
I'll start by giving you a little background on this -
Each year for the last few years Nick has been invited to Tinton Falls, NJ to a small bio-medical company to teach their employees how to read and interpret EKG's. They recently approached him about a full time position out of their New Jersey office and..... well, to make a long story short. We're moving. From Idaho to New Jersey. Yikes! From the job offer to the time that we are leaving Boise is less than a month. Packers are coming on Thursday, they will load the truck on Friday (including one of our cars), and we will be beginning our 2700 mile journey in a Ford Explorer with Andrew (18 months), Lauren (4 months), & Rosie the cat. My mom will be making this journey with us (driving behind us in her car) and has offered to assist with childcare in exchange for living quarters in our home. We are looking for homes with separate living quarters or finished basements and surprisingly there seem to be quite a few. We have been in contact with several real estate professionals and they have been sending us listing after listing. I just refuse to move in to a house that I've never seen and thus we will be staying in a hotel after arriving while we look at these homes in person. The next few days will be a blur as we have been insanely busy trying to ready ourselves and our things for our huge move but as soon as the truck has all of our stuff and we're all in the car I think the drive may be kind of fun. At least maybe the first day will be fun. By the time we get to day 5 of driving 500 miles I'm sure I'll wonder what I ever expected to be fun. I plan on updating during the long drive but I'm not sure about phone reception so check back. No updates = no phone reception.
Each year for the last few years Nick has been invited to Tinton Falls, NJ to a small bio-medical company to teach their employees how to read and interpret EKG's. They recently approached him about a full time position out of their New Jersey office and..... well, to make a long story short. We're moving. From Idaho to New Jersey. Yikes! From the job offer to the time that we are leaving Boise is less than a month. Packers are coming on Thursday, they will load the truck on Friday (including one of our cars), and we will be beginning our 2700 mile journey in a Ford Explorer with Andrew (18 months), Lauren (4 months), & Rosie the cat. My mom will be making this journey with us (driving behind us in her car) and has offered to assist with childcare in exchange for living quarters in our home. We are looking for homes with separate living quarters or finished basements and surprisingly there seem to be quite a few. We have been in contact with several real estate professionals and they have been sending us listing after listing. I just refuse to move in to a house that I've never seen and thus we will be staying in a hotel after arriving while we look at these homes in person. The next few days will be a blur as we have been insanely busy trying to ready ourselves and our things for our huge move but as soon as the truck has all of our stuff and we're all in the car I think the drive may be kind of fun. At least maybe the first day will be fun. By the time we get to day 5 of driving 500 miles I'm sure I'll wonder what I ever expected to be fun. I plan on updating during the long drive but I'm not sure about phone reception so check back. No updates = no phone reception.
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