Hope everyone is enjoying this glorious summertime! Even when the days are over 100*, we are finding ways to appreciate the abundance of the season. As long as I keep it watered, my garden grows like mad and provides us with loads of delicious vegies, beautiful flowers, and wonderful herbs. I'm drying a year's worth of herbs to take with us and keep us well-stocked in that department. We just eat up the vegies; no canning or freezing produce this year! And the flowers are loved both indoors and out.
Here's our Big News:
We bought our one-way tickets! Moving Day, when we say good-bye to our Idaho home, is September 25. So I guess this adventure is really going to happen!
Here's the plan:
1. We load up a UHaul trailer, our luggage and ourselves and drive to the Spokane Airport (2-1/2 hours away). K gets dropped off there (with her two pieces of luggage) - she is greatly looking forward to a long week with her cousins in San Jose before heading out to the middle of the ocean.
2. Meanwhile, Mike & I continue the drive across eastern Washington and over the Cascades to the Port of Seattle to send off our boxes and the Blazer.
3. We will also need a rental car for the actual transfer day, and a hotel for a couple nights.
4. Then, on the 27th, off we go! It's a straight shot to Honolulu. And, after a brief layover, on to Hilo.
5. After gathering up our luggage, another rental car awaits us and we drive to our house, arriving by evening.
6. K joins us a week later!
7. Our crates and car will take 2-3 weeks to arrive; they get to go by ship to Honolulu, then barge to Hilo. The books are travelling via Media Mail - it's the cheapest way to get them there, though it does take about a month.
We aren't really bringing much stuff with us. Our Hawaii house is already fully furnished since we've been renting it out as a vacation rental. But there are some things we've been unable to find on the island - like a decent nut-chopper! - and other items we 'have' to have with us. Then there are the tools and kitchen equipment and so on that we already have and can't really afford to buy again. We'll be building the ohana right away and then moving into that, so we will need to outfit it. But it'll be small and won't require much - simple island living, you know.
Meanwhile, I've been going through every box and bin, every drawer and shelf, every closet and all the outbuildings, paring down 32 years of accumulation on this farm. It's an overwhelming job at times, so I try to do at least a little each day. I had my second big yard sale of the summer last weekend, and it was a huge success! Got rid of lots of good stuff. It feels so good to lighten our load!
Some of the preparations are not so exhilirating though: Snape, the 7'-long red-tailed boa, has already found a good home with his original owners who were overjoyed to have him back. That felt good. However, it's much harder bearing to part with our furry friends. We're working on finding loving people to adopt our kitties. Got some leads and some maybes, but so far we still have all 5 cats. I don't think the chickens will be quite so agonizing to part with, although they are really sweet girls and we will sure miss the fresh eggs - until I get new hens, which is high on my to-do list once we're settled in.
I'll keep you posted as things progress.
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