Colorado Springs, CO

WE MADE IT!


We got on the road early this morning (right after we discovered that the toilet in the hotel didn't flush) and made our way through the rest of Wyoming and into Colorado!

What a beautiful state, we loved the drive into Colorado Springs. The mountains are so great, the snow is just sitting on them like a post card.

I am going to try to add some pictures so I will write more later.
(There are some stories to tell...like how the escrow hasn't closed yet on the Monterey house, we are staying with my friend in Colorado Springs, we can't get into our house until we close escrow here because the keys are at the Title company and we can't get them....I have to get the kids in school by Monday some how...they haven't gone to school since winter break in December.)

Good news is that the weather is pretty good here in Colorado Springs, CO! (40*) (at least it is not -5 like last week when we came!)
OK MORE LATER!
~K ~

Rawlins, Wyoming

We traveled to Rawlins, Wyoming last night, not much to say about that place. NO offense if any one who reads this lives there but...
the place we stayed at was rated 3 diamonds in the AAA tourbook but needless to say that it didn't even deserve 1 diamond!
Let's just say that I am not sure that they cleaned the bathroom since like last summer. IT WAS DISGUSTING. R complained and we got the room for 1/2 off but we still feel like we got ripped off. We couldn't get out of there fast enough!
One good thing about Wyoming (in the boys' opinion) is that Fireworks are legal there. You only have to be 16 to buy them, you have never seen such excited kids!
We got up early and made our way to Colorado, our new home!

Wendover, UT

We spent the night in Wendover UT last night (via Winnamuca- I love that name!). It is an interesting place, we are staying in Utah and just across the street is Wendover, NV so guess where we went last night? Oh yea, the peppermill in Wendover NV, donated a few bucks to the Keno games and the slots and then went back to the hotel for sleep. Let me tell you, it is NOT FUN riding in the car with 3 teenagers, 2 angry cats and a husband with a sore back. I did my best to bite my lip and not yell at anyone but it still happened!


Those boys really know how to irritate eachother. (and me)

Thank goodness for electronics, One of them plays the playstation, one of them is listening to an ipod and one of them watches a movie on the DVD player, when all of that happens, the ride isn't too bad.

The cold medicine seems to be working on the cats, that is the amount I can get into them before they start doing this wierd foaming thing where nothing will stay in their throat. It must be some defensive device they have, it is disgusting.

Anyway, the cats seem to like riding in the car, the only time they really cry is when we are going through some mountains and I think they are popping their ears. Other than that, they pretty much sleep!

The ride is boring but beautiful at the same time, the mountains are covered in snow and you can see animal tracks (bears?coyote?) so there are things too look at if you try!

More later...we are on our way to Rawlins, Wyoming tonight! Should be interesting.
~K ~

Late Start

One last family picture in the Monterey house...















So, we were going to leave on Thursday but just when we got the house clean, the car and the little uhaul trailer packed, we couldn't find the cats!


I got a dog sized crate to put the cats in on the car ride to Colorado, (the vet told me I could give them children's cold medicine and they would sleep the whole time ) anyway, we located one of the cats, but one of them was missing in action. So, we decided to stop the search and get something to eat, get some sleep (as much as you can get while all 5 of you are on the livingroom floor) and just wait.
He finally came home at 3am (brat) and we were on the road by 7am on Friday.

Picture of Camelot (grey) and Colby (black) looking miserable in the crate included!

Of course the escrow on the Monterey house hasn't closed yet (more on that later - I am so mad) so we were on a slow trip to Colorado to make good use of our time.
We went to Grandma's house in Carson City and had a great visit. We decided to stay a couple days at her house getting some needed rest and TLC.

Moving Truck

The Moving Truck is in front of the house...they got here at 7am and 6 hours later, they are still loading. The driver seems to be a nice guy, his route takes him to the Bay Area, then Reno for a pick up, then ours is the first drop off in Co Springs. He will leave tommorrow and arrive Monday or Tuesday. (I hope we beat him there!)





We PLAN to leave beautiful Monterey Thurs afternoon or Friday morning. We have a few loose ends to tie up here on the Peninsula before we go.
I plan to post along the way (It will give me something to do when I am not dealing with the 3 teenagers that are bound to be a bit grumpy on a LONG road trip...

More later tonight...I have a dumpster to fill!

Signing off....a tired achy gal!
~K ~

Happy Anniversary

to me! (Oh and R )
Today is our 21st anniversary...time flies when you are having fun!

More on the "BIG MOVE" later...

for now....Happy Anniversary R !

We are On The Move!

I know, we can hardly believe it ourselves!

We are leaving beautiful California to move to...

COLORADO!

After 18 years in this house, and over 40 years in California, we are making the move!

We have sold our home here in California and have purchased a home in Colorado!
It is a new home, due to be completed on January 18th, the close of escrow date...
we are leaving a 1300 sq. ft. home and moving into a 4,935 sq. ft. home!
(I have a ton of shopping in my future!)

It will surely be an adventure, taking three teenagers, across the country to start a new life in Colorado...there will be some tears, but hopefully, in the big picture, it will be a good move for our family...

It will be a busy month...stay tuned!
~K ~