Packing out

Getting ready to load the motor home reminds me of when we used to transfer from one post to another when I was in the Foreign Service.  We would carefully make up job lists, get things ready for the air freight and try to use up all the food we could.  I would make an inventory of what frozen foods we had and put them on a calendar and that is what we had that night.

Then the farewell parties, would begin and if others were transferring around the same time and we would go to their farewell parties.  much like we have been doing with dinners with friends and family the past month or so.

The bottom line is that on the final two days it is time to throw everything in and leave.  Sorting out the last couple days of packing out was an interesting task that we had to do a couple months later after everything was released from customs.  The first time we checked our stuff we found slices of bread and a twinkie packed in paper.  At least it isn't that bad with the motor home.

What I am leading up to is that it is time to throw the stuff in the car and motor home, lock the cabin and hit the road.  Monday is the target date and who knows if we will make it then.  At least if we forget anything really important, we can have Cassie mail it to us.

I received an email this morning from cousin Sharon and Al who are stuck in Deming, NM due to winds in the 60mph range.  Winds like that make it almost impossible to drive in and smart rvers pull off the road and wait it out.  They are heading for Tucson, AZ and hope that the winds die down enough on Sunday for them to make the final leg of their journey from Illinois.  They will be staying about 4 miles from us at another campground and we look forward to seeing them again.  Al said he was getting seasick from the 5th wheel rocking and rolling so much in the campground.  Hang in there you two, it will get better.

Friends Ron & Dee are experiencing high winds in Tucson also and I guess it is part of the same storm going through there.  There were some forecasts of dust storms out their way also, but I don't know if it affected them at all.  Hope not, since dust storms cause a lot of problems.  I guess Dee will update her blog with a weather report one of these days. 

Are we having fun yet?