Moving to Washington

It's been an interesting transition to full-time grandma! Left Rock Creek on Saturday September 4th, 2010 shortly after noon. Shed some tears. Pulling a 6x10 U-haul which was quite full, bigger than I had ordered, but all they had to give me. So, I had more belongings than I had planned to take with me on this first trip. GMC Envoy pulled it fine, but alot slower on the interstate, so I was looking at a ten hour (minimum) trip. Sweet Husband said that he would leave Arlington and meet me in Ellensburg, and transfer the trailer to his truck, giving me a break from towing. So, after 6 1/2 hours of travel, around 7pm. I met up with him and Cara at the Gas station and fruit stand outside of Thorp. They were so cute, standing by I-90 waving as I headed for the exit. Well, as usual, Murphy's law kicked in. We unhooked my rig from the trailer and he backed up. He had to take the ball off his stinger and use my two inch ball to tow. That was the first hurdle. First went upstairs above the Fruit satnd to the antique mall to buy a pipe wrench. Since it was an "antique, it cost about $30. Then he struggled with the pipe wrench and channel locks to get the ball off the stinger. It wasn't budging. So, now it's 8 PM. I'm wanting to just hook myself back up and get on the road. But, you know guys, they have to keep trying. So, I went back to the last exit to see if the truck stop had a 2"trailer ball. No such luck. Then I went downtown Ellensburg to Fred Meyers, to get another pipe wrench. Lo and behold, they also had a trailer ball. I got both, another $30 and went back to the fruit stand. Forgot to mention the wind was blowing gale force, and we were all in our sweatshirts and still cold. Now it's 9PM. Tom attached the ball and hooked up to the trailer. Plugged in the lights, guess what, his plug slightly different than mine, so no lights. I'm, again, ready to hook myself back up and just go! Tom stripped his plug and wires each one into the trailer wire separately. Finally,,,,,,,lights. It's 10 PM. Everyone went to the bathroom, got drinks for the road and we commenced on I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass. About at the top it was raining and in a constructon zone with barrels and lanes narrowing, Tom decides that Cara need to switch to my rig, he exits, I'm too far behind navigating barrels to notice. So I had to go downhill to Denny Creek exit, and wait for him to catch up. It's midnight. Finally pulled into the driveway sometime after 1am. I have been awake since 4am, packing, loading and driving. Got to bed around 2am. Sunday church was at 9am and by the afternoon I was a zombie! But, Grandma Karen is in Washington to start her shift(13 years worth). HooRay!