Getting Ready For Take-off

 

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
 

It’s time!  November is just around the corner.  Along with November stuff starts coming that we actually want no part of.  You know what that stuff is.  Sometimes it even arrives much earlier.  However, so far, so good as we haven’t seen any ice, the temperatures haven’t dipped into freezing and it certainly hasn’t snowed …… yet!  We definitely want to be long gone out of any  area before that stuff shows up.    It’s time to get this show on the road!  Well, we do plan on coming back for Christmas but not in the motorhome.

 

The last few days have been getting ready days.  There’s always a lot to do especially when you’ve been in one area for quite a while.  We’ve put things in our storage shed, things at the cabin and things at Lee’s house.  The hard part is figuring out what things were going and what things were staying

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We drug Michael along to help and help he certainly did.  From refreshing the paint on the trailer to changing out the lights, from packing my bike to securing our load, Michael was certainly a big help.  Even Sandi jumped in and did her part too.

Red is definitely IN!

Since we are just hauling one ATV to Arizona, this is what we are leaving Lee with.  He’s gone through his garage and thrown out everything he felt unnecessary just so  two of our quads could fit next to his Polaris.  The Big Bear was the first quad we bought (or, was it?) but Terry found a Vinson he liked better so the Big Bear is staying behind for the family to use.  The Ozark has been sold and will be picked up this next weekend. 

We did try out another quad.  Matter of fact, we all went down to check it out.  It was at a dealer – Pro Caliber in Vancouver.  I really dislike dealing with dealers for these things but the advertised price was good.  Well, we thought it was good.  Getting them to even allow a short spin was like pulling teeth.  I know it’s an insurance thing but we thought they took it a little far when we were supposed to get the feel of it by watching the salesperson ride it around the lot.  Finally he agreed to let me drive it a few feet in a straight line but only that.

Check out Terry's purse ... what do you think?  Does he look good with it?

The quad was a 2009 so not a new quad but had been a demo so never titled.  Like a new one we discovered the advertised price wasn’t really the price at all.  In addition to the advertised price, the dealer had a few add-ons added which included dealer prep, freight, document fees … etc., etc. etc. to the tune of almost an additional $700.  Remember ... it wasn't a new one!   Needless to say, there was no need to negotiate anything.  So much for an advertised price!!  We’ll look again in Arizona but it certainly won’t be off a dealership lot.

Sunday afternoon Sabrina fixed us all dinner.  It was her ghost meatloaf!!  Aren’t these little characters darling?  They almost looked too cute to eat but we ate them anyway!

 

Time to go!   It's been a great summer and now that it's time to leave, I have a pretty big lump in my throat!  We'll miss them all but spring is just around the corner and WE'LL BE BACK!

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Check this out.   Actually, I copied this from Tammi's Facebook page.  I am not a Facebook user except she made me sign up.  I definitely think blogging is more my thing and have no intention of posting my baggage on Facebook.  I'll just put it on Blogger instead. 

However, here is my suggestion to every parent who knows their child is on Facebook ..... monitor it!