Our move to Florida Friday Oct. 23, 2009

No pictures, but thought I would give a run down on what is going on. Our movers came on Wednesday to get what we were shipping to Florida and the plan was to leave on Thursday so we could have 3-4 days to get there leisurely. Thursday am John went out to start the coach and warm everything up, and the air in the front of the coach would not come up. There are airbags in the front that deflate and then inflate when the coach is started. If they don't come up, it is a terribly rough ride and the wheels can't turn very well. Needless to say we were in a quandary. We called Sewards Garage thinking that we would either put a coupling on the coach and drive up to Freightliner in Inver Grove...or be towed up there. Freightliner said they would get us in right away. We waited and waited...finally Sewards called and said there were so many accidents on Hwy 52 that that took priority. Meanwhile, mom called and she suggested that John go down to Filmor Trucking (in our front yard) and see if they could help. They have a maintenance shop and have Freighliner trucks. So he did and they really helped us. However, the part we needed was no where to be found in Minnesota, but they did find one in the Chicago area. We had our office in Chicago pick up the part and put it on our truck to Mpls on Thursday night. John met the truck at the office at 0600 on Friday am and ran the part back down to Filmor and they put the part in in 25 min and we were on the road by 0745!!! Needless to say we now had to make better time due to the fact that we have to been in Ft Myers by Sunday because Monday am there are a lot of people going to be at the new house, including the moving truck from Cannon! We drove to Paducah, Ky Friday night, got up at 5:30 and on the road by 6:30 Saturday am.....heading for Jennings, Fl tonight, if not further.
To sidebar...a good friend of ours offered to drive our Cadillac down to Ft Myers for us. He was going to go to Joplin, Mo to visit a friend a couple days then drive into Ft Myers and stay with us a couple days. We received a phone call from him this am that his wife's dad just died in Lubbock, Tx and he needed to go there. After numerous calls and talking out the logistics, Fred decided to deadhead to Ft Myers today and get there tomorrow and fly out of Ft Myers to meet Debbie in Dallas and then catch a commuter jet into Lubbock Sunday night. We are keeping in touch via phone with Fred and will let you know how it all turns out.
There is nothing boring in our lives!!!!....and nothing is every easy.