Farewell Arcadia Place

Everything went according to plan yesterday. Actually, we finished ahead of schedule. The truck was picked up at 8 AM and I met the helpers at the U-Haul store at that time. They drove the truck while I followed them back to our apartment. The total loading of the furniture, boxes, etc., was completed by 9:30. It was great having these helpers as we would have taken more than twice the time.

They drove the truck, again with me following, to the storage facility which was only about a mile away. They had everything unloaded and the truck returned by 10:30. The total cost for the helpers was only $90. Well worth the cost. The truck rental was only $42 and we got a $50 credit at the storage facility for using the local U-Haul store. Not bad.

All that was left was for us to pack up the truck and the Jeep with the rest of the stuff that was being brought back to the fifth wheel. We took a break and sat outside our apartment for the last time. These are final shots while sitting on our patio:

We saw a few of the residents while packing up and announced our departure to them. Of course. they were totally surprised and we felt sorry that we couldn't talk to more of them. They will be missed.

We were packed up and out of the community by 2:30. We are now set up at Wilderness Lakes in Menifee and today will be spent putting the fifth wheel back in order for the foreseeable future. The plan is to stay here today and leave tomorrow for Las Vegas for one night, Beaver, UT for one night, Logan, UT for one night, and arriving at The Virginian in Jackson Hole on Monday. We may extend here for one more day which would have us arriving in Jackson on Tuesday. By the way, the town is named Jackson, but lies in the Jackson Hole Valley which is why the names are used interchangeably. Our physical address while there will be Jackson Hole.

We're off and running for our summer in Jackson Hole and are looking forward to spending some quality time with some nice folks in that beautiful part of the country...