Day 0 (Monday, November 15): The Closing and Load-in #2
by Andrew JohnsonDidn’t get much sleep at all – got up about 5am to begin throwing the remaining small stuff in the Family Truckster (aka Suburban) to take to Dave & Kayo’s for repacking after the closing. It was a very hectic, stressful morning – last second packing, making sure nothing got left behind, dodging the final walk through. We still left a truck load of stuff in Betty’s garage, to be retrieved after the closing and repacking into the trailer.
The actual closing was the smoothest part of this whole thing, so far. No problems or hitches. Afterwards, we took off to D&K’s to drop off the wife and kid and stuff, then back to Betty’s for more stuff and a rewarding visit to the bank to make a nice deposit. Back to D&K’s unload the trailer to remove some weight and repack. We ended up with a room full of stuff that we’d be leaving in storage in Syracuse for later shipping or retrieval. Another full day of packing and repacking. When all was said and done, we had the bare “essentials” in the trailer but the FT (Family Truckster) was still packed to the gills. The plan was to spend our first few nights in Binghamton with Spike’s cousins, finalizing our trip. We finally took off after dinner to officially kick off our trip. Literally - I’m not making this up – as we pull away from D&K’s house, Alex pipes up, “When are going to get there? 2 minutes?” 10 feet down, another 3000 miles to go. Nothing eventful to report for the first drive, though that trailer just didn’t feel right behind that FT…
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