Packing Days 2 & 3--and Another Dump of Snow

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.  We hope that you have a good one and that this finds you in good health and spirits.  We are spending Thanksgiving with friends Sam and Cindy Carlson just down the street.  It would be in walking distance if it wasn't for the road conditions--more about that below.

Building a "Christmas Tree" of Boxes in the Living Room

Well, as you can see from the photo,we are in full swing of the house move with boxes all over the place and at the end of Wednesday about 80 percent of the household goods in boxes.  We and the movers are taking a few days off, and will resume on Monday with the final packing and moving of all the boxes into the van.  We are not certain that they will get it done in one more day, but we have some extra time if necessary.  Because of the snowy roads, they won't be able to move the large (53 foot) van into the driveway.  That means that the movers will have to hump all the packages and boxes down the driveway into the van.  What fun it must be to be a mover in the winter time, eh?

More Snow Today--Nearly a Foot

One of the challenges is the snow that we have received over the past couple of days--about a foot and more on the way.  Today, it was snowing so fast that the snow blower that Neil borrowed from Sam couldn't keep up.  Tonight, we went to the downtown convention center to set up for the Public Market that begins on Friday and runs through the weekend.  It is a very popular shopping venue for Juneau, and Pamela and her Creative Memories pals have photo cards, calendars and other items for sale at the Public Market.

Neil Snow Blowing the Driveway This Afternoon

Yesterday, Neil stopped by Les Schwab and picked up two more sets of cable chains.  One pair is a second set for the GMC four wheel drive pickup and one set is for the braking axle of the fifth wheel trailer.  If this weather continues, we will chain up everything and take it slow to the ferry terminal.  Not what we had hoped for, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Neil Saw This Sign on a Snow Removal Truck

Since we won't be closing on the house until we get to Oregon, we have decided to stay in the fifth wheel trailer here at our place until it is time to move it to the ferry terminal on the afternoon before our December 13th ferry.  That way we have our shower, bathrooms, hot tub, laundry right next to the fifth wheel.  We will spend the time visiting with friends and doing all the final prep stuff for moving the trailer.

Looks Like We Need to Clean Off the Fiver Again--Darn

Because of all the snow, we had to go out and clean the wet snow off the slides.  It probably will have to be done again this week since we had all the snow this afternoon.  Neil hadn't planned on snow blowing and shoveling snow on Thanksgiving weekend, but it probably will happen.

Our short term weather forecast--snow with freezing fog and about four to six more inches of snow.  Several more days of snow before it warms up next week.  There is nothing like rain on top of a bunch of snow.  We had that happen in 1991 when we moved from Juneau to Washington, DC.  It did have the affect of making us glad to leave back then.  We are anxious to be on our way to the next step of our adventure, so we will do what we have to do.

A Very Snowy November So Far!

We are doing well and looking forward to a good Thanksgiving with friends and having a few days without packers.  Many thanks for visiting,

Neil and Pamela