Move, Part II

Finally ready to pack up Rich’s house in Westminster.  But it was also Snowpocalypse 2009 (not to be confused with Snowpocalypse 2010 where Rich was snowed in all alone with about 5-6 feet of snow and no food…)

The wind was so fierce you can see it blowing the snow off the evergreens in this picture.

The intention was to pack up on Friday and leave Saturday morning.

 

Which did not happen.  It started to snow Friday night and by the time we woke up on Saturday it was a winter wonderland.  There was no way to get the truck out of the driveway with that much snow, so we had to wait until Sunday to see if we could make our escape.

Sunday morning was clear and beautiful.

 

And Lana got right to work clearing the front walkway looking very fashionable.

 

Truck was packed and ready to go…

But the biggest challenge was still getting the truck out of the driveway, which

 

is

 

pretty

long.

But Rich finally got the truck out and then did some creative maneuvering with the cars and the cats.  Here you can barely see the car at the end of the driveway.

A few miles from the house we saw a bunch of college students having a good time on a huge snow-covered hill.

 

And, after hitting the Safeway, we were officially on our way.

 

There was some beautiful scenery…

 

I especially like all the little towns on the back roads on the East Cost.  We went through a few on the 2-hour trip to get to the highway.

 

Hello, fuzzy West Virginia. 

The short drive through West Virginia was probably the most harrowing because the roads were pure snow.  They hadn’t plowed these particular roads at all so it was a little dicey.

I got lazy with the pictures after this (I know you’re sad about that). 

We headed into Tennessee and spent the night in Knoxville.  Trevor and I have some friends that had moved to Knoxville a few months previous, so we were lucky enough to stop by their house for a really quick visit the next morning before starting off again.  We made it through Tennessee, Arkansas and the eastern part of Texas before arriving late that night (about 1:00-ish if I remember). 

It was a long drive, but at least Trevor and I got to ride in the Subaru with Motley (the cat), who is sooo laid back – she just chilled in the back seat the whole way.  Rich & Lana had to ride in the Penske with Jay and Bob who were freaking out and needed to be drugged to calm them down.  Good times!

Rich has to make this trip one more time when his house sells.  He left some of his furniture in the house so it was staged for showings.  Speaking of, anyone looking for a house on 28 acres in western Maryland?  (LOL at the ostrich eggs pic – WTF?)