Well with 2 months to go before my wife Sue & I take off in our motorhome to see the good 'ol U.S.A. there is much work still to be done. I have to finish tweaking the RV to get it ready for the road, including registration/inspection, preventive maintenance, a couple of tires, etc. Meanwhile you should see the inside of our house; it looks like a mini-storage facility! Sue has given her employer notice of intent to retire and I will follow suit soon. It's much more difficult for me to leave my job than Sue, as I really like what I've been doing & the money's decent, too.
This is the first of many posts which will chronicle our progress in this incredible adventure...
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Hey y'all, what about all that stuff in your residential storage facility...are you gonna have a massive garage sale or auction?
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ReplyDelete47 days to go-we will accelerate into full prep mode soon. RV has been serviced, generator removed, state inspected. I have given notice to my bosses and while they are devastated to see me leave, on the other hand they are happy for me that our travel dreams are going to be fulfilled. We are beginning to put certain items up for sale and spreading the word about some big ticket items we will be parting with. Circa April 30th we will start aggressively selling 90% of our household items; Greensheet ads forthcoming.
Today I will be working on a thorough cleaning in the RV and retrofitting the genny compartment for a series of 6 volt batteries, which should give us an extra 400 amp-hours of reserve power. Once the unit is cleaned we will start placing some key items inside as that will begin to give us an idea of the practical capacity inside our future home...
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Now that I have cleaned out the RV and installed the battery bank, I will be looking at the loading of some supplies and other items that are "must-have", to get an idea of what we can take and what has to go. As one can imagine, it's a daunting task to shrink a 3 bedroom + garage house down to a 32 ft house on wheels with a trailer...
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Having trouble with the hot water heater, will have to fix or take cold showers! All other systems are functioning properly including my 420 amp hour battery bank. I will need to install the 2 small solar panels either on the roof or on some sort of board/platform that is portable..The BIG SELL-OFF is starting now but the big bang will be towards the end of April..I'm looking for a used trailer; however a new one isn't out of the question. The landlord has been notified, I still have many utilities and such to deal with...
Well now looks like 28 days to go! Finally all systems are 100% thanks to Rick who helped fix the hot water heater (loose wire). Yesterday I arranged for the gas, water, electric, cable & cell phones to be cut off. We will be getting a pay-as-u-go phone to cut costs..next weekend we will be starting up the yard sales-we got lots of stuff to sell! Although my bosses know I'm leaving, my co-workers still do not. Guess that news is coming soon..my friends Tim & Scott Sizemore are talking about a going-away party(yahoo).
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