Renee’ and I retired 12/21/23. We both really enjoyed our jobs, but not as much as being retired. I will have our Christmas letter up before I publish this.
I hit a deer on Nov. 7. There was a lot of damage to the Tundra, and it was in the shop, Paul’s Autobody in Fulton, MO got it back to us on 12/22! Almost $18,000 worth of damage.
We rented a U Haul trailer and moved out on 12/22. I drove the truck south leaving a bit after noon. Renee’s sister and her husband and mother all came and helped clean out the place. They stayed at a friend’s place (Brendan and Callie) in Fulton overnight then headed south.
We moved into our new place on Christmas Eve. Then enjoyed Christmas Day in Savannah, TN. The family left on 12/26, and we worked on moving in to our new house some more.
12/28, we headed west first stop was to visit friends Steve and Cyndi Hollinger in the Phoenix AZ area. We were with them 12/30 – 01/01 (Happy New Year!) this was a great visit, Steve played Sax at a nearby winery, and we played cards at their place.
01/01 night we stayed at a hotel in Yuma. Our normal route to the boat would have been via Lukeville, (Phoenix to Lukeville to Puerto Peñasco) about 4 hours. Well Lukeville has been shutdown for a month. (News today as I write this on 1/2 is that it will be open on Thursday 1/4). So, the alternative routes were either via Nogales to the East, San Luis (south of Yuma) or Calexico/Mexicali to the west. The least of the time differences was an additional 3 hours. We elected to stay in a Hotel in Yuma and drive in today 1/2. It was clear sailing all the way down with no issues. We had a late lunch here in Puerto Peñasco then off to the boat.
It took us a few minutes to find the boat, then we unloaded all the stuff we brought. We did a few boat projects, and then talked to some of the people there in the yard. Finally off to a hotel for the night.
Well, that was NOT a good nights sleep. The beds were small and hard (full size), and a car alarm went off as we were going to bed. Thankfully it only went off one time, of course the other one (different tone) started at 4 am and went off for a couple of minutes then off for a minute and then back on etc. Until about 6:30, I assume when the owner had to go to work. We got over the yard and paid our bill and finished up on the boat. Then headed out of town. It was a quick uneventful trip to the border then a three and a half hour trip to go about 1.5 miles. Finally across the border we headed to Carlsbad and our friends place.
I don’t expect to write about that, but will return to the blog when we get back to the boat in February.
