The Decade Part Four 2009

2009


This is getting easier on the memory as we approach 2010. 2009 was dominated by our plans to sell the house and tour the U.S. and Canada. First I had to work myself out of a job which I was able to do by March. Amazing how clients get to relying on a consultant and it makes it hard to get out of a project. Anyway, URS and Tom parted company and Tom took on a full time job of selling the house and finding a new rolling one.

Two storage units later the house was staged and sold in one day, actually half a day. Now the pressure was on as the new owners wanted to move in by mid May. Craig’s List proved a Godsend as Tom found a used diesel pickup and a used Montana fifth wheel within a month. Tate and Jeff came to Boise to help load the heavy stuff into storage and Suzy and I moved into the 5th wheel in a park in Meridian on May 18. Still a month left for Suzy to retire and for Tom to learn the basics of RVing.

Tate graduated from Seattle University with a Masters in counseling in June and we all celebrated. Then we all went to Manistique, Michigan for a super Slining family reunion and 90th birthday party for my Uncle Charlie. It was great seeing the whole family gather together and share stories. An added bonus what the wedding proposal Rusty made to Meghan at the lighthouse on the end of the breakwater in Lake Michigan. It is the same breakwater that I used to sneak out on and fish and catch perch before I was ten years old.

For the remainder of 2009’s story you will have to check the blogs which are on ssawbridge.blogspot.com

So then it was time to return to Boise and hit the road that we find ourselves on this morning. We have pulled the trailer 8,000 miles so far and are about as far as you can get from Seattle and still be in the U.S.. We look forward to the remainder of our trip through Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington.

23 degrees in Savannah this morning, so it must be time to go further south, although Florida is only 50 miles away so it can't be much warmer there.  Keep the propane tanks topped off!  Cheers