It won't all fit!!!!!!!!!

 7 May 2022

Well, so much for my careful plans of how we're going to get all our (absolutely necessary) stuff to Sydney.  It was evident this morning that it won't all fit inside the car and the hitch carrier. So what to do?????  

Too late to buy a small enclosed trailer.  U-haul wants nearly $800 for a 1-way rental.  I do have a lightweight aluminum trailer - but it's a flatbed, and our items need to be secured.  I do seem to remember that I bought a Thule soft rooftop carrier a number of years ago, but it's still stored in the mezzanine of my North Salt Lake shop.  Wait!  I cleared that out a month ago and it's down here in Dammeron.  Found it! And it's just the right size for our extra items.  Won't be good for fuel economy though.  I made a crossbar to secure the front, and there are straps to secure the sides to the Touareg luggage rack.  But it's so tall I can't get up to load it!  Wait again!! a 3-step ladder will bungee to the top of the hitch carrier box.  So after it's all loaded up, we'll really look like the Clampetts.  I'll attach a picture of us on the road - which we hit Monday morning with our 1st overnight with our Cusco mission friends Richard and Julie Hasler in Albuquerque.



Comments

  1. nancyJune 5, 2022 at 7:10 AM

    I love hearing about your mission adventures. Thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What can we do now??

Image
 September 25. Sunday morning.  Power is out.  No church today.  What can we do?  Loaves & Fishes says they're always short of help on Sunday, and they have a generator so they'll be operating.  Let's go down and see if we can help.  After several backtracks and detours around downed trees and power lines, we finally make it.  When we get there, we find out to our surprise that all the volunteers on the schedule actually showed up.  We can stay if we want, but are really not needed.  We leave Anthony stirring a pot of soup with a paint mixer! So we decide to head home, with a stop at Sister Uyen's to see how they are doing.  We take them some more essential food items, as they're likely low.   After that stop, we are on Grand Lake Road, when Sister Johnson points hard to the left and exclaims:  "Home Depot is open, pull in".  So I do.  Sure enough, they are on generator power, the cash registers are up, ...
Read more

And Hurricane Fiona hits Sydney. . .

Image
 As predicted, Fiona hits Sydney in the overnight between September 23-24.  The intensity of the incoming storm builds throughout the night, and we hear objects being thrown about and striking our apartment - not the glass, thankfully.  We have a shed in the back on skids, not a foundation, and I think there's a good likelihood it will be completely blown away or destroyed, so we remove all the items in it and bring them inside our apartment.  In spite of all the noise and chaos, Sister Johnson and I sleep through most of it, though we do waken occasionally when it really gets loud.  I'd guess the seasonal winds in Farmington have prepped us for this type of experience, but it's never been this bad.  The power goes out at 5am on Saturday the 24th, and we're completely in the dark. The shrieking winds continue through Saturday, and into the evening.  There's not much we can do except hunker down and ride it out.  So far our house is intact, but we ...
Read more

What's it like after a hurricane?

Image
 The short answer is: It's anything but fun! The things we take for granted like: Lights actually coming on when you flip the switch, rather than living in the dark from 7pm to 7am. Hot water > shower The grocery stores being open A hot meal The gas stations having fuel at the pump when you pull up Internet, text, and phones that work Church on Sunday, because there are lights and heat, and a microphone that works. Hot water >  I mentioned that before, but it's worth mentioning again. Checking by flashlight to see if the internet has come back up.  Nope! We do a last check of the refrigerator before the power goes out.  It's pretty well stocked, and we have extra items for members and friends who need them.  Sister Johnson has some empty 2 liter orange juice bottles that we fill 3/4 with water and have frozen for several days.  These serve to keep the fridge cool, though the freezer compartment does thaw.  As soon as the stores open we get 2 bags...
Read more