Trucks, Trailors, and Trips: The Adventure Begins!

Monday, June 9, I picked up our 22 ft, (16 ft. bed) rental truck from Penske, behind which I would be towing my Acura, loaded with more stuff, and with two bikes on top. As it turned out, Monday was the hottest day so far this year for Philadelphia (99 degrees)! In spite of the temperature, we had an amazing turnout of friends who skipped work, despised the heat, and helped us pack and organize our moving van. Matt B., Janice, Charles (Bill), Tim, and Sonja & I all worked our tales off, packing goods, carrying boxes, and lugging assorted treasures down from our second/third story apartment, while Gabe endured the oven of the cargo bay, organizing and fitting together the puzzle of boxes so that we could jam all our stuff into a far-too-small moving-truck. With the help of Thea, Aaron, and Ethan Williams, after two days of intense moving and intense heat, we finally finished loading up our truck.

Here is a picture of Sonja and I standing in front of our lengthy and overloaded beast of truck & trailor!
At 3:30 am, early Wednesday morning, I loaded our 3 quail, Miley, Matt, and Molly, and our two fish into the cab of the truck, along with some snacks, and hit the road. Surprisingly the truck got pretty good gas mileage, (I only filled up twice on a 30 gallon tank), and it took me about 12 hours to make my way down from Philly to G'ville. Besides a scary incident involving an 18 wheeler trying to pull over on top of me, and the fact that the truck only had an AM/FM radio, it was a pretty good trip.

I was met by Blake, Ryan, John, Tyson, and Drew, who made quick work of unloading all of our goods into a 10 x 10 storage space off Pelham Rd. What a blessing it has been to have friends willing to help us both load and unload all our goods!

Sonja, with the help of her sister Sarah, drove down her heavy-laden car later on Wednesday, and got in just before midnight.