I should be packing right now but I'm just to excited!

Packing the Cabin; I promised these photos a couple of days ago but got real busy with phone calls, paperwork & selling stuff. As a result I haven't done as much as I wanted to in the cabin but in about 3 days this is how much I got done. These are all the boxes that I sorted & repacked. And I have actually gone through a couple more since this photo. When I get enough done to show a difference from these next photos I will post some more. 

I still have several more boxes here to sort & repack. And then there are several boxes Mark will have to go through but as you can see we are getting real close. We still have a big pile of camping, hunting & fishing gear to go through too but that will go pretty fast. 

I have 2 big piles outside the cabin (besides the boxes) that will go to the dump & thrift store. We might have another moving sale for fishing & the small stuff depending on how the time goes but for the most part a lot of the stuff in the far left corner will be donated. 

Mark will be a busy boy when he gets home! Besides trying to catch the tail end of king fishing, he has a lot of fishing & camping stuff to go through! But it wont take long. I also have more sorting & packing to do in the house but I think we are well with in our schedule! 

 This trailer actually is a long story but I will try to keep it short. We have been going nuts trying to figure out how to get everything back down to WA. Every method we looked into was either to expensive or had some other kind of glitch. (I had actually seen this trailer on CL a few month ago, but thats the long verssion that I will skip). We passed this stock trailer for sale on the way home from the airport Mark's last rotation home. Ok of course my first thought was horses, but I know this kind of trailer. I hauled horses to & from the beach for MANY years. I know the inside & what kind of space there is. THEN I got to thinking, Hummm, I know some construction outfits that use these trailers for hauling other stuff. One thought led to another, there is way more room in one of these than in a Uhaul truck? The price of THIS trailer is just a tad less than the rent of the Uhaul truck. AND it will be less to barge the truck & trailer than it would 2 trucks! ALSO everything will be all together in one place instead of spread out all over the country! So we talked about it and decided the trailer idea was a good one. Mark actually called about it but the people didn't call back. We figured it was sold and continued to look for other trailers. I looked on CL every couple of days, have not found any other deals like this one but also noticed that the add for this trailer was still there. So this morning I decided to call & at least tell them our situation, that I could give them some money after closing & the rest next month. I also said that if it sold between now & then I understand but I just wanted to let them know that if it was still available next month we for sure wanted it. He said OK, but then called me right back and said if I could give him a couple hundred dollars he will take it off the CL and hold it for us!!! Ironically I just happened to have a couple hundred in my wallet from the sale of my kayak the day before! Aint' it great how things fall into place sometimes! 

SO, Moving date as of last night... Deliver truck & trailer to the barge for shipping Aug. 31 & fly to Seattle Sept 1st. However actually having the trailer now changes things. Mark comes home Monday the 11th. The Home Inspection will be done by then too. We still have a lot to talk about & to do. Making the actual travel arrangements (which will be done this time home) might change the moving date again, but everyday brings us closer!