Dodging the Big White Bullet

Well, the big snow storm missed us!  It stayed just warm enough around Juneau for the snow storm that was forecast for Monday night and Tuesday went north of us and dumped snow on Haines and Yakutat.  Great news for us as it allowed us to clean off the trailer roof (with help, see below) and not have to deal with eight more inches of snow right now.

Thanks to Eli Carlson, We got the Fifth Wheel Roof Cleaned Off
That's Him On the Rear of the Roof with Neil Watching

Since we had all of the snow piled up and more forecast, we pulled in the fifth wheel slides and had Eli Carlson come push off the snow.  Today, we opened the slides again so we can move more things into the RV, and get the furnace running again.  We can't run the furnace with the slides in because of the location of the heating vents.

We had the buyers home inspection today, and there are only a few minor things to get fixed that we will take care of over the next couple of weeks.  It looks like we are still on a path to closing in early December--yahoo!  We are now very busy with all the things that need to be done and trying to be ready for the first round of packers who show up on Monday.  Neil has been moving all of the desktop computer files over to his laptop, and trying to identify what we will need for the next three to four months, without taking too much stuff with us.  That last part is the tough part right now.

The good news is that we have the Fifth Wheel trailer to move everything into, right here.  We are finding places for the canned salmon, chocolate, wine, cookies and other important items.  We will probably over pack, but it isn't like we are taking the trailer over the Rocky Mountains.  We also have the cab and bed of the pickup, and the Passat wagon to carry things in on our way down to Oregon.  It is a 291-mile drive, and we will make one fuel stop in Washington on the way down.

Neil did sell the crab pots and power washer on Tuesday, and friend Jeff visited and took some leftover lumber and other items.  Neil is pretty sure that there will be more to give away after Thanksgiving.  We do have one free trip to the garbage dump thanks to neighbors, but we hope that we can just give stuff away instead.  For example, the movers won't be taking any liquids, so that will mean some more things to leave behind.

Thanks for visiting,

Neil and Pamela