The time has finally come and we were off to Missouri. We had been planning this trip for the past three or four months. After we had downsized and moved out of our rental house, we still had some things that that we didn’t feel we could part with yet, so we rented a storage building near our RV Park. One thing that we read over and over on other full-timer blogs is the one regret many have is paying so much money for years of storage of things. Instead of continuing to rent storage space, we decided to purchase a storage building to put on our family’s farm. When discussing with my parents who work and enjoy the farm now, they didn’t mind an outbuilding on the property. It’s more like an investment into the property instead of throwing away rent to a storage facility. We know that we’ll always have ties in Missouri as that is where our families are, so we feel comfortable in storing our extra stuff in Missouri rather than any other part of the country.
Our trip to Missouri is for two reasons, move our belongings out of the storage unit to our storage building and to have a nice long visit with our friends and family. We really needed a change of scenery from Florida for a while as we seemed to be getting in a rut and suffering from burn out.
Our plan was to leave as soon as we packed the U-Haul of the contents from the storage unit on Wednesday. We had a slight snag, however, as I had was waiting for a FedEx delivery for work that I had to have before we left. It was supposed to be delivered first thing in the morning, but ended up being mid-afternoon. I stressed myself out because I felt I was holding things up, but all was good with Robert and he wasn’t concerned on the time we took off, which really made me feel better.
Robert’s Dad and brother came down to help us load up the U-Haul and drive back to Missouri. It is very nice to have them along for both the help and the company. My daughter was visiting us for Christmas and will be returning with us as she goes to school in Missouri. So, in the evenings, it will be quite crowded in the RV when it’s time to rest with five adults and three wiener dogs. We’ll see how that goes.
