Moving Truck is Loaded

It was close to 8 AM when we arrived at the Budget Rental location to pick up the truck. When we got to the storage unit, we discovered that the help we thought would be there was no where to be found. We had offered the young assistant manager $100 for 2 of of his friends to help us, so we guessed that they didn't need the money. Anyway, the assistant manager helped out and we gave him $50 for about 2 hours work.

I had a doctors appointment at 10 AM so I helped with some of the heavy pieces before I left and Josie and the young man finished up before I returned at 11:30. She actually had to sit around and wait about an hour for me to return. The truck is loaded and ready to go. The tow dolly for the Jeep will be picked up later today and hitched to the truck.

We then drove around near our campground to find a spot where we could park the truck and tow dolly overnight so we could get a quick start tomorrow morning. There is a huge church across the street and we will ask somebody today - if we can find somebody - about parking in their lot for just one night. That way, we can go across the street with the fifth wheel in tow, load the Jeep on the dolly, and head out without any driving through morning traffic.

We returned to the fifth wheel and I completed a couple expense reports to mail to the company while Josie contacted her sister-in-law to see if we could come over to visit her brother, who recently suffered a stroke. It was 3 PM when we arrived at their home and had a nice visit with them for a couple hours. Below is a shot of Josie and her brother Louie:

And also, the rest of the family that was there at the time - her sister-in-law (Ida) and their daughter (Rosie):

Her brother is doing well with his recovery and it is fortunate that there was no paralysis from the stroke. He did, however, lose his ability to speak which is slowly returning. It was an emotional day for Josie.

When we returned home we heard about the passing of a dear friend, Pastor Miner, who fought a 7 year battle with cancer. We are happy that he beat the odds for such a long time to be able to enjoy some quality time before succumbing to that dreaded disease.

Today is the day that we make final preparations in the fifth wheel and shred as many more files as possible before heading out tomorrow. One last day before moving on...