The repairs we were having done on the motorhome in Spokane were finally completed, and we picked it up last week. After a fun few days with our family, we headed to our new home.
The weather apps were showing a huge front of rain and snow that would basically follow our route, so we decided to put some serious speed up. Ok, not going too fast, but driving far longer each day than we usually do.
The first day’s drive took us to Billings, Montana.
One benefit to planning on long driving days, is that getting going so early lets you see some great sunrises!
George Washington created the first Purple Heart Award on my birthday in 1782. (Ok, I wasn’t born yet, but still.) The Purple Heart was to honor heroic military men. The award was pretty much forgotten for years, until 1932, on the 200th anniversary of Washington’s birth. The award’s purpose evolved over time to honor those who are wounded in enemy action. In 1944, the Purple Heart was given its current purpose of honoring those who have been wounded or lost their lives in the line of duty.
The Purple Heart Trail was created in 1992, and is a symbolic trail consisting of parts of roadways in 45 states (and Guam.)
The point of this lengthy narrative is that we stopped for lunch at a Purple Heart Trail Rest Area on our trip!
We made it home after driving 3 long days, and 1 short one. We never saw snow, had some rain, and LOTS of heavy wind.
We parked in front of the house, and proceeded to unload everything from the motorhome. It wasn’t really raining… just a constant drizzle to keep us soggy. We just carried everything into the garage or house, to be sorted later. We needed to finish in time to put the motorhome in the storage area before closing time.
One fun incident… I was removing a can of buttermilk powder from the pantry, and I guess I was just holding by the lid. I kept the lid, and the container fell, spreading this super fine powder everywhere!
It seemed like we had junk everywhere! Who knew the motorhome could hold so much stuff? And this is after we’d already moved a Suburban load of stuff a month ago.
So we finished, and took the motorhome to its new home. The storage building is huge, and climate controlled so we won’t have to winterize the motorhome. And I have some work that I need to do on it, and it will be nice to have it out of the rain/snow/wind.
I’ll admit to being a little nervous when they drove it in… will it really fit?
Now just a few more pictures of how our neighborhood is growing.
We had a day of very heavy rain, and the water catchment area down the block turned into a real lake! Maybe not deep enough to get out the kayak, but fun to see it doing what it was supposed to.
