Scottsdale Ho!

It is Friday night as I write this, but we did arrive in Scottsdale Tuesday night after our 4-day trek along Interstate 40. The trip from Gallup, NM was uneventful, but yours truly drove very cautiously pulling the U-Haul. I was quite cautious after the snow slide event Sunday night. We had hoped to arrive before dusk, but that didn't happen. It is very dark out here, but we finally found our place and just unloaded enough stuff to go to bed.

Wednesday we spent unloading the trailer, assembling the shelving and desks for the Craft Room, returning the trailer to U-Haul and best of all (in my opinion :-)) getting our internet and satellite TV services set up.

Thursday progress was slow, as I came down with a cold, and wasn't able to help much. I spent about half the day in bed, but Donna got a lot done.

Friday we pretty much finished unpacking boxes, and made a run to Wally World to get some of the staples you take for granted, except when you set up a new household. Like cooking oil, cannisters, coffee, measuring cups, TP, paper towels, spices, etc. I would advise all friends to buy Wal-Mart and Target Stock.

The Trek Continues

The weather in the Arizona and New Mexico high country has finally cleared. After Sunday's accident on I-40, Donna decided we should have the TrailBlazer and trailer checked out. So I drove to the Gallup Chevy dealer, and everything was good for travel. Some minor alignment problems, but no biggies. Called the insurance company and reported the accident and who to contact for the police report. After all that we just decided to chill for a day so we'd be fresh for the drive (about 330 miles) from Gallup to Scottsdale. I did some HST work, and Donna caught up on correspondence and her chronicle of our move from OK to AZ, including all the stuff she had to do to get ready.

So I'm just having a little coffee, telling the dog to wait for her walk and getting excited about finally getting to our new home for a year.

Our ranch hands had a little excitement yesterday--one of the cows got pushed into our water tank--that was a new one, but they handled it. Wish I had a picture!

So we hope to get to Scottsdale today. We should arrive mid afternoon, if all goes well.

We are on the third day of our trek from Stargazer Ranch. We had hoped to be at our rental in Scottsdale yesterday, but weather and the reality of towing a 6' x 12' Uhaul have added about 30 percent to our original travel estimate. As I write this, we are in Gallup, NM, about 300 miles from our final destination. Yesterday we had a fenderbender on I-40 due to the blowing snow and terrible visibility, so this morning I will have to deal with insurance stuff. But hopefully we will be on the road early and can make it to Scottsdale today.