Wednesday, August 28, 2013

DEPARTURE PREPARATIONS

Thursday, August 28 – Our preparations for departure at the end of the month are keeping us busy. Paul's moving his tools, the generator, clothes, and his other belongings from the house to the RV. Marsha is getting the kitchen back to normal and moving her belongings to the RV, as well.

We try to have duplicates of most items so moving isn't necessary, but there are some things just too expensive to afford doubles.

Then we both have hobby material to load. Marsha has multiple hobbies requiring more loading…..ha ha!

Paul installed the tire pressure monitor system this evening. He purchased additional sensors for the Pressure Pro monitor system from a fellow Escapee. Paul posted a notice on the Escapee Forum and an acquaintance we met in Quartzsite back in 2010, contacted him with a Pressure Pro for sale. Paul received the unit in the mail today and installed it this evening. Now all 10 tires of the truck and RV have tire pressure monitors. That's a good thing!

Most of the jobs to close up the house are completed or on schedule for an end of the week departure. We've got several family members frequently checking the house for problems, neighbors will watch for moving vans removing all our belongings, and the local police will check for unsavory visitors on every shift (That's 3-times per day...WOW!).

Our last adventure before pulling out is our traditional visit to the Stark County Fair this Thursday, August 29. We're meeting Marsha's dad at the hog barn (How many of you have had an appointment like that.... :-) ) and will spend most of the day at the fair. This is pretty much an annual event when we're in Ohio. 

So it won't be long till we hitch up and head West. Stop back and travel with us!

One last big event happened in Marsha's family. Her brother, Mark, 55, got married for the first time. He has been dating Christina for the past four years. They got married a few weeks ago. Marsha's dad was his best man. Marsha's brothers and sister had a big party for them this past Sunday. Congratulations to Mark and welcome to the family Christina.

mark and christina

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y'all back real soon. Have a great day!

19 comments:

  1. Safe travels my friends, I'll be watching for your arrival in the Valley.

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  2. Glad you are almost all set. So good that you got a tire monitoring system...peace of mind! Gee, I wonder what Bella's thinking!

    Enjoy the fair with your dad!

    Congrats to your brother and new sister in law:)

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  3. We leave Sept 3 hope to see you sometime this winter.

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  4. After 5 years of fulltiming I'm not sure we would remember to pack everything we needed. It's so nice to always have all our stuff with us.
    Hope to see you sometime this winter. Have a fun trip!

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  5. I'm not planning to leave for another month but I am starting to think about packing and what that means. Guess I'd better get my new screen door ordered if I want to have it this winter. Not yet sure it will be worth the hassle.

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  6. There is a lot of preparation for sure. Safe travels.

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  7. We have a Pressure Pro system. One sensor has gone bad. The couple we dealt with are no longer distributors. Wondering who to contact now!

    That time sure flew by. Seems like just days ago you got "home" from your latest adventure.

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  8. We have lots of sensors because we also had them on the boat when we towed it along. They are a good thing. Sure am looking forward to seeing you guys again. Seems like it's been a real long time. Safe travels and have fun. Congrats to your brother. She must really be special.

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  9. Safe travels. Looking forward to reading all about your adventures.

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  10. Happy trails and Godspeed. Looking forward to your travel adventures. Packing and unpacking the RV is one of the things I hate about having a stix house. Will put it off as long as possible. LOL Enjoy the fair!

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  11. Sure sounds like you are organized with all your projects complete and time to still go to the fair. We missed going to the county fair in our old hometown this year and it seems to throw off the feeling of summer's end.

    Looking forward to tales from the road.

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  12. Safe travels.... see you down the road.

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  13. Travel safe and enjoy the tour, maybe we catch up with you in Quartzsite.

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  14. Congrats to Mark on his marriage - as he waited 55 years, this must be the one!

    Exciting times getting all packed up for your trip.

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  15. wow. . .your departure is only a couple of days away. . .time to roll!

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  16. Hum, you are heading west and we are heading east. I just wonder......maybe????

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  17. Safe travels to the two of you. Look forward to following your adventures on the road.

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