Moving Day

Two weeks after graduation we had our house packed up and our truck loaded. We were out of our apartment on May 15th and were on our way to a new adventure!

Packing was a little rough, but we got through it!

Living room

Kitchen

Bedroom

Apartment's empty...

All gone!

Thanks Trent and Kristen for your help! They're the best

The last time in our apartment

Bye #293! 

I always loved the view from our porch

We're ready to hit the road

So after our first 6 hours of driving, we stopped off in St. George to stay the night with my grandparents. We figured it would be good to give ourselves a little break and cut the trip into two legs. We were able to rest up, get some good food, and hang out with Grandma and Grandpa a bit!

The next morning we're about to head out when our trailer starts making a strange noise. We stop to check things out, and don't see anything wrong, so we get started again hoping there aren't any major problems. The trailer only makes noise when we turn or slow down, so we figure that some parts just need oiling. As we're heading to the freeway, some nice man in a pick up truck waves us down to tell us we have a flat tire! AH!! As we get out to look, we find out that it's not flat, the back axel is breaking/broken.

YIKES

This is very stressful, to say the least. Literally everything we own is now stranded on the side of the road, practically on the freeway onramp. We call Penkse Truck Rental company to see if they have a location close to us to come replace the trailer. The closest one is in West Las Vegas and was going to take THREE hours to get to us! So now we just have to wait. Thankfully we (a.) didn't get on the freeway and start driving, and (b.) my grandparents live in town.  After calling the local police department to see if we can leave the truck (I didn't want to get it towed/booted as well!), my grandma took us back to her house for some lunch and to wait it out. After about three hours, we headed back and waited for the trailer to come.

The guy finally came and replaced the trailer. After about 5 hours, we were on our way! Another 10 hours of driving in the middle of no where, on a two-lane road, and a few missed turns later, we finally made it to Mesa, Arizona. Thankfully we had some family friends living there who were willing to let us stay for a few days as we checked out apartments. More on that later...

We were so grateful to have a friendly house to stay in after such a long and stressful day! The Bentons were so kind to let us crash at their house! Nate had never met them before and I hadn't seen them in a very long time, so I was afraid we would be awkward. A few weeks before I had randomly called up their daughter to ask if we could stay there for a few days, so I was nervous we should seem intrusive and like freeloaders. If we did, they didn't show it because they seemed just as happy to have us there as we were to be there.

Originally we had planned to stay for a week while we decided on which apartment to move into. I already has a spreadsheet (yes, another) full of complexes to check out and thought it would only take a few days! Little did we know it would take a little bit longer than that!