Home Sweet Home...Central CA We Have Survived and Arrived!!

So we spent last Friday morning finishing packing up and headed out the door.  I was pretty confident that "I Got This" when we pulled away with our 26 foot long U haul...but after we added an additional trailer I started to wonder...

I was OK with this (drove a truck before)

Drove with a trailer before (OK)

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But never drove both together before.....Yikes!!!  7 parking spaces long and have to go down a mountain

So Thank the Lord my husband, Terry, decided to take on the challenge.  And for any of his family and friends that would never believe he would drive a 26' Uhaul and trailer down a mountain...He did and did it well (Since I'm typing you know I made it alive)

So Goodbye Mountain...

Going....

Going....

Going....

1 Gone .... A few more mountains to go...

Goodbye

Terry also drove through Sacramento like a pro.  I am so proud:)
We had to stop in Ripon Cal and took a short pit stop; it was wonderful to see the palms again and feel the warm air.


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Very nice place, great staff and reasonable rates:)



We hit the road again early Saturday morning, my turn to drive but we made it to Fresno in one piece.

We have landed and are very happy to be back; now we just need to unpack and set up again.  What an adventure:)  One that I hope to never have to do again.

I can't wait to visit Yosemite again...

On The Road Again...

...I just can't wait to get on the road again.  I really don't care much for country music but that song has been stuck in my head all morning.  But on the upside thanks to the repeat on  YouTube videos I was able to change it to Ozzy's "Mama I'm Coming Home."  Much Better!! 



I seriously cannot wait to hit the pavement and on my way home to the sunny part of California.  I truly have missed my palm trees and the sun; 7 days and counting!

Since traveling is on my mind and I know that many of you will be hitting the pavement right now as we speak and during tomorrow's wonderful holiday; here's one for the road.  May all of you and your loved ones have a safe and pleasant journey.

Here's To My Journey Home

Saturday Procrastination & Packing Mayhem

This wonderful vintage book can be found on ETSY shop Bountiful Books at
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BountifulBooks?ref=pr_shop

So I am up early typing instead of packing. I know its called procrastination. I look around and just want to say WTF was I thinking? Is there enough boxes in this world to help me move?

The caption of this wonderful painting is "Once Again" which is so very fitting for how I feel today.
You can find this great painting in ETSY shop Jacques Audet Painter at http://www.etsy.com/shop/audetpainter?ref=seller_info

I can't wait though, I am so extremely excited about returning to the warmth and palms of the California I love. Don't get me wrong, the mountains are BEAUTIFUL, but I am truly, beyond a doubt, a city girl. Even the site of Mayberry or Little House On The Prairie makes me cringe. I...must...have...shopping...malls!!!

This gorgeous print is from ETSY shop Quite Bright at
 http://www.etsy.com/shop/quitebright?ref=seller_info

Plus I must not have a blood preasure or something because I need a jacket even when it is 70 degrees out. So alas I will stop messing around and start putting things in my boxes. Especially since I can hear my husband waking up and if he sees me here I might be in a box!!! LOL

ETSY HAS EVERYTHING!!!! Even a girl in the box, lol.  This great piece of art was found in ETSY Shop King Happy Creation at
http://www.etsy.com/shop/KingHappyCreations?ref=seller_info

He knows I am overwhelmed but for some reason doesn't have any sympathy. He was mumbling something about "Hoarders" last night. So I will see you later.

This very fitting item can be found in ETSY shop J Randall at
http://www.etsy.com/shop/jrandall?ref=seller_info