Final night dinner at Anne’s – Fred, Claire & Kyle, Anne, Tom & Eric (above) Thursday-Saturday, May 29-31 — Wow – we are moved out! Knowing in advance that we would have some loose ends that needed to be tied up (like returning the cable boxes back to RCN, delivering some of our plants to …
Monday-Wednesday, May 26-28 — Divide and conquer – that’s what we have to do to make deadlines and complete everything on our list. We need to be out of our condo by Wednesday, the 28th, so here’s how we spent Monday through Wednesday: Fred – Drove 520 miles to Pender, Nebraska, to have Blue Ox install the …
Another big load from home going to the RV Friday, May 23 — We’re taking a big load of stuff out to the RV today before we head down to Chenoa for the weekend. Are we nuts leaving for 48 hours when we’re moving out and putting all our life’s contents into a storage facility for two …
5 days ’til move-out; going away for the weekend?!?!! Read More »
Final coffee with the Chocolate Moon guys for a while…. May 22 — We were up and at ’em early to join the Chocolate Moon guys for morning coffee at Elijah’s. Fred has known these guys for 15+ years now, and when he lived out in Elmhurst, joined them on many mornings to ensure a good …
Thursday, May 22 — Indeed this was a busy day for us! We also went out to Naperville to pick up our new “toad” (towed vehicle; many also call it a “dinghy”) – a 2014 Subaru Crosstrek. This is going to be a great little SUV for us to make runs into nearby towns for groceries …
Tuesday, May 20 — We made two trips out to Charley today to take out our bikes as well as our mattress. Not surprisingly, the mattress you get in an RV is not all that comfortable, so we are taking our good one from our home and swapping it out with the crappy one in the …
T-11 days until we launch; we’re picking up speed…! Read More »
Friday, May 16 — Today we brought Charley out of winter hibernation down at Pontiac RV and drove him back up to Ehrhardt’s RV in Des Plaines for de-winterizing and some other work. Although we’ve had a few summer-like days this spring, today felt like winter all over again which was just plain cruel, for we’ve …
