And Here We Go....

Well, I wouldn't say it was exactly a smooth start to our journey. I know that there will be bumps along the way, but they could have at least waited until we were actually on the way!

Getaway day started perfectly. The movers arrived at about 8 a.m. We had been told that they would probably take 6-8 hours to load the van, so we figured we would be on our way by about 2-4 p.m., which was good because we had reservations at 7:00 p.m. to have dinner with my mother and stepfather in Lancaster -- a farewell meal.

And then the movers moved throughout the day at the following pace: crawl, steady, crawl, crawl slower. By this time it was 4:00 and they still had a good bit to go. We were still hopeful that we would get out in time to make dinner when the main mover-guy sprung this one on us -- he couldn't disassemble our Thomas Moser bed -- it required a special tool! He asked, "You wouldn't consider leaving it behind?"

Well, if you know about Thomas Moser furniture, then you know it is heirloom quality very expensive furniture -- not the type of thing to leave behind. So we called Thomas Moser to ask their advice. They confirmed that, indeed, there was a special wrench socket that would fit the bed -- They would be glad to send one out and we should have it in 2 days!

All this is taking place now late in the day, actually later than the latest time we had expected to leave. Well, to make a long story short, we did eventually get the bed disassembled. Laura tracked down a suitable socket at a local hardware store. But by then it was 5:00, the latest time we could comfortably leave to make our reservation.

Around this time, it started to thunder and lightning, and rain and wind started to kick up. I guess that was a good thing, because it kicked the movers into high gear! After being snails all day, they rabbited their way through the rest of our items and by 5:30 we were on our way. Surprisingly, traffic wasn't bad, and we pulled in to the restaurant at exactly 7:00!

We did have a lovely meal with my Mom and Barney, who have been so gracious even though I know they can not be happy about us leaving. It was good to see them and we are so happy that they will be visiting us next month in Berkeley, and we will, of course, be back to visit them. Anyway, I so appreciate their grace.

So here we are, in the first hotel, in Denver, PA. Laura and "A" are sleeping in the room while I work on this in the early hours in the lobby. We were in such a rush at the very end, that all my good efforts at organizing our car/trunk sort of went to hell in a hand-basket. So we'll straighten that out, take a little time to reframe ourselves and then it's off to Fallingwater where we have a 1:00 tour time (guess we better not take too much time before we set off this morning!).