We finally made the big move to Madison, Wisconsin. Despite a few blips along the way (more about those later), we had a really great trip. Jim & Jason (Matthew's Dad & brother) flew out the night before we left. They drove the moving truck, complete with trailer, while we (Matthew, James, Wrigley, Boo, and myself), followed behind in my car.
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| The Big Rig |
Last Saturday, we had several friends come over to help us load the truck (thank you Kendra, Randy, Serena, Karen, & Addison!!). When Matthew told me he rented a 26 footer, I thought that was waaay to big. I was wrong.
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| "Matthew, smile with all of your sh**." -Jason |
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| Matthew & the awesome bruise he got from loading said sh** into the truck. |
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We were very sad to leave our first home, the city we fell in love with, and the life-long friends we made.
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| James hanging out in his room one last time. |
But after saying goodbye, we were ready to hit the road (only 2 hours later than we had originally planned) and start a new adventure.
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| Ready to go (Photo by Jason) |
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| Our last family picture at our first house (Photo by Jim) |
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| Closeup (Photo by Jason) |
Unlike when we moved to Seattle where I slept 90% of the time, I actually stayed awake for most of this trip. We took I-90 to Billings, Montana, where we hopped on I-94, which we took to Madison (a little different course than the trip out, when we took I-90 the entire way). The scenery was gorgeous.
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| Windmills in Central Washington |
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| Columbia River |
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| The plains of Washington. The picture on the right was taken 5 years ago during the move to Seattle. |
James takes after his mother. At least where sleeping in the car is concerned. At least for the first day of our trip.
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| Sleepy Baby |
We stopped for the night in Spokane, when James started to get hungry (and cranky). We drove about 280 miles that first day.
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| Hungry Baby |
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