Day 1: After spending the day before loading the moving truck, cleaning the house, saying goodbye to friends and family and crying, day 1 of our move began at 6:30am. Our goal was to be on the road by 7, but we neglected to take into account that we still had to say goodbye to Jeremy's parent and brother, my sister and my grandparents before we left. After lots of tears, and with tears still in our eyes, we hit the road at about 7:30. Jeremy was driving the moving truck and towing the Honda. I was driving the Lexus with Merrick and Lola.
We made it to Blythe without incident and actually made good time. At our first stop Merrick really wanted to try driving the truck.
After stop number one, the day was down hill from there. Once we entered California the speed limit dropped to 55mph since we were pulling a trailer. Not only that, but we experienced our first mountain pass and discovered that they are not designed for a large moving truck towing a car.
We did see some beautiful sights along the way.
Unfortunately I had LOTS of time to take this picture as we were stopped for an hour in construction traffic. Once we got going again we were stuck behind this
In case you can't tell, that is a semi full of onions. Not only did the air smell of onions, but it also proceeded to shoot onion peels at us as we drove down the road.
After 15 hours on the road we finally made it to my Aunt Launa's house. She was so sweet to let us stay there and while we were not there long enough to enjoy it, this was our view
Day 2: Day 2 was definitely an improvement on day 1. Again we tried to leave by 7, but after getting blocked by a semi at a gas station, we did not really get on the road until almost 8. The highlight of day 2 was our stop for lunch in Mt Shasta. It was really beautiful
Even more important than being beautiful, at this stop we got to see Jeremy's brother Bryce (now you would think I would have a picture of us together, but alas I am not that smart). Bryce is serving a mission for our church in Mt. Shasta. He left when Merrick was about six months old, but we have made sure to show Merrick pictures so he would know his uncle. It was so sweet because when we got there Bryce stooped down and Merrick walked right up and gave him a big hug.
Eventually we said goodbye to Bryce and got back on the road. Most of the rest of the trip was uneventful. We were just really trying to make our final destination as quickly as we could, but just past Eugene this did happened in the Lexus
We finally pulled into my parents' house at about 8pm and had this waiting for us courtesy of my sweet niece Lauren
Over the last few days we have really gotten settled. All the boxes are either unpacked or in storage. Jeremy starts school on Monday and I start watching my two 4-year old nephews full time and another little girl Merrick's age two days a week. Let this new adventure begin!
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