Empty House still on the Market $279,900Box and Sleeping Bag as chair: $20
Listening to Jethro Toll on Dads Ipod: Priceless
I guess this could be counted as day one... but we will call it Day Zero (Jeff says the Army calls it this)
Day Zero: 5 miles to Hampton Inn
Long story short, our movers were less than professional. They smelled like weed, packed my stuff up semi-nice, and loaded up super slow. It was a three day pack job and on the third day they were loading until 10pm, the last truck drove out - although they ended work at 3pm the previous days and took a 10min break every hour and a 1.5 hr lunch. We are definitely putting an Inspector General Complaint about this move. HORRENDOUS!!!
Anyways that was the past three days. We packed our Jeep with about 800 or so pounds of our stuff that we will need until our household goods arrive. Jeff and I are master packers with our Sky Box on top and the space in the back of our Jeep.
Anyways that was the past three days. We packed our Jeep with about 800 or so pounds of our stuff that we will need until our household goods arrive. Jeff and I are master packers with our Sky Box on top and the space in the back of our Jeep.
Our house is clean, we hired a clean out crew - so nice not to lift a finger. They have to come back tomorrow and do some touch ups. They had trouble cleaning Ian and Blake's artwork off of the walls, so they actually put a fresh coat of paint on the wall!
We then headed over to the Hampton Inn. Very nice hotel. We are in a King Suite. King bed for Jeff and I and a queen pull out for the boys. We stayed here due to the Free HOT breakfast and the pool, however; didn't take advantage of the pool tonight because we ran out of time and the boys were super tired after watching the classic Rudolph Claymation movie. We will stay at these in the lower 48 for sure! Hope they are just as nice.
We are ready for our 8am drive out of Fairbanks. Just one thing....we forgot the registration to the car...so please pray that the Canadian folks at the border don't ask us for it!!!! We're freaking out a little bit, but with our "Strange Brew" knowledge, we'll be able to talk our way through the checkpoint. We thought of everything else- took it out of the car do something, and it got packed and not placed back in the car!! CRAP!
Day One: Drive from Fairbanks, AK and stopping in Tok, AK for lunch and fuel up... then stopping in Haines Junction, Yukon Territory (Canada) for the night.
Miles: 500
2 comments:
Have fun!
I hope the border crossing goes well for you. They wanted to see ALL of our papers but hopefully they'll be easier for you.
We hit really bad blizzard-like weather out of Tok and had to stop there for the night b/c of white out conditions. It continued to be bad to Haines. We were going 20-30mph most of the way. Roads are badly plowed btwn border and Destruction Bay.
Drive safe!
JEFF AND KRISTIN, IT IS ABOUT 10:00 PM HERE SO I AM GUESSING YOU ARE JUST NOW SETTLING INTO THE MOTEL FOR THE EVENING. HOPE THE FIRST DAY WENT WELL AND YOU GOT ACROSS THE BORDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THANKS FOR THE BLOG NOTES. I LOOK FORWARD TO REDING OF YOUR AVETURES AND EVEN NMORE TO SEING YOU SOON FOR CHRISTMAS. BE CAREFUL AND HAVE A GREAT, FUN JOURNEY. BUILDING LIFETIME MEMORIES. LOVE TO ALL, DAD/PHIL
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