Winston rides along as we pull the UHaul through the Northwest!

Well it is that time already- I have been in North Dakota for 11 months, 18 days, and 9 and a half hours: Juy 1, 2008 – June 19, 2009. Today is the day that the dog and I hook up the trailer and pull all of our stuff out to Arlington, WA to be reunited with Jaci in a very nice house that is about 20 minutes north of Everett! It has been an eventful year, and full of lots of weather, but it was a very good experience living somewhere that was so far out of my comfort zone. Now that I’m gone, I’m positive I’ll miss it!

Mom made the trip out from Columbia to be a road assistant and dog handler on the trip, so we are looking forward to spending some time together. Thanks to her amazing packing effort, the trailer was loaded (well- Mike would be proud because of his UPS background) in record time, and we managed to leave around 930. The truck is all loaded up, and seems to be pulling ok- but so far it has been struggling up the mountains, and we haven’t even hit the Rockies or Cascades yet! We are in Billings now, and plan to make it to Coeur D’Alene or Spokane tonight, and then make the final push tomorrow. Unfortunately, the weather is looking extremely bad.

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