Wife, dogs and I are now in the affluent Atlanta suburb of Dacula, Georgia.
It was rough getting here. Nothing seemed easy. I found a POS M1102 military surplus trailer to load most of our stuff for the trip to San Diego. Dude charged me $1500 for it with no paperwork. Just a dubious Texas plate. Felt bad for the dude. He is living in a house with no roof. Four walls and a mom and grandma in their 70's and 90's. He needs the money.
A friend who owns several farmacias in Cabo has an employee who lost everything. I decided to have him come over and take whatever he wanted or needed. He took our washer and dryer, two recliners/couches, clothing, dishes, assorted kitchenware and food.
He was in tears as he loaded the truck after several loads. In light of all the kind words and assistance from you folks here, it just felt right doing this for him.
A day into the drive up the Baja he even called again thank me.
The first Army checkpoint found me nearly disassembling the intricate packing job I did on the trailer. Tarp off, straps off, load off. By the fifth checkpoint, they showed me some mercy and waved me though.
The line at the border in TJ was unusually short but this allowed the CBP folks to do some serious inspecting. Secondary was overflowing and I momentarily bummed at the thought of coming so far and getting stuck in that quagmire.
The CBP officer was so incredibly cool with me, taking a quick look around and inside the truck and trailer. She even said "I am trying real hard to NOT send you to secondary."
Three nights at a Motel 6 in Mission Valley sorting things and putting them in storage and we were finally off across the country, on new tires, thanks Beau! Man, is it a long drive!
Stopped in Ft. Worth for lunch with my parents who in their odd behavioral stage in life, didn't want us to stop by and visit their home and certainly weren't opening their doors to us. (If I was the son who always seemed to be in trouble, needing help, I would understand but I have not asked them for anything since I moved out at 19. I make it a point to check in on them at least once a year and handle anything that they can't deal with. People are weird. Families, weirder.)
I used to be a no frills guy but a word about Motel 6. Sure they accept dogs but I have seen dog houses cleaner. At least those dog houses didn't have skeeezy people hanging out everywhere. They are just plain nasty.
Arrived late Saturday night here in Georgia. My friends have been incredible. One of our dogs has been ill since Shreveport and is squirting shit everywhere and the only concern they have is for poor Ollie.
We went to the vet the morning after our arrival and were it not for the generosity of a few of you, we could not have afforded the vet visit. Again, thanks!
A look out the window show what an incredible difference in the terrain we have become used to. We also forgot how many people there are out there. This place is crowded!!!
I thank all of you who contributed to our move, those who had positive thoughts and words and championed the BARF spirit!
I will edit some of the video from Cabo and post it and some pics later.
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It was rough getting here. Nothing seemed easy. I found a POS M1102 military surplus trailer to load most of our stuff for the trip to San Diego. Dude charged me $1500 for it with no paperwork. Just a dubious Texas plate. Felt bad for the dude. He is living in a house with no roof. Four walls and a mom and grandma in their 70's and 90's. He needs the money.
A friend who owns several farmacias in Cabo has an employee who lost everything. I decided to have him come over and take whatever he wanted or needed. He took our washer and dryer, two recliners/couches, clothing, dishes, assorted kitchenware and food.
He was in tears as he loaded the truck after several loads. In light of all the kind words and assistance from you folks here, it just felt right doing this for him.
A day into the drive up the Baja he even called again thank me.
The first Army checkpoint found me nearly disassembling the intricate packing job I did on the trailer. Tarp off, straps off, load off. By the fifth checkpoint, they showed me some mercy and waved me though.
The line at the border in TJ was unusually short but this allowed the CBP folks to do some serious inspecting. Secondary was overflowing and I momentarily bummed at the thought of coming so far and getting stuck in that quagmire.
The CBP officer was so incredibly cool with me, taking a quick look around and inside the truck and trailer. She even said "I am trying real hard to NOT send you to secondary."
Three nights at a Motel 6 in Mission Valley sorting things and putting them in storage and we were finally off across the country, on new tires, thanks Beau! Man, is it a long drive!
Stopped in Ft. Worth for lunch with my parents who in their odd behavioral stage in life, didn't want us to stop by and visit their home and certainly weren't opening their doors to us. (If I was the son who always seemed to be in trouble, needing help, I would understand but I have not asked them for anything since I moved out at 19. I make it a point to check in on them at least once a year and handle anything that they can't deal with. People are weird. Families, weirder.)
I used to be a no frills guy but a word about Motel 6. Sure they accept dogs but I have seen dog houses cleaner. At least those dog houses didn't have skeeezy people hanging out everywhere. They are just plain nasty.
Arrived late Saturday night here in Georgia. My friends have been incredible. One of our dogs has been ill since Shreveport and is squirting shit everywhere and the only concern they have is for poor Ollie.
We went to the vet the morning after our arrival and were it not for the generosity of a few of you, we could not have afforded the vet visit. Again, thanks!
A look out the window show what an incredible difference in the terrain we have become used to. We also forgot how many people there are out there. This place is crowded!!!
I thank all of you who contributed to our move, those who had positive thoughts and words and championed the BARF spirit!
I will edit some of the video from Cabo and post it and some pics later.
For now, old window:
New window:
