My last Weehoo ride was about 3 weeks ago, but it feels like 3 years ago! That's what preparing to move across country does to your sense of time, I guess!
We are in the middle of our move to California, and I could write a book about the past 3 weeks, but I honestly don't have the energy or desire to do that. So I'll summarize it:
1.) May 9: Last day at work. Hooray! I'm free!
2.) May 10-16: Sell a bunch of our stuff on Craigslist. Sell some stuff to neighbors and friends, too. Prepare to have a big garage sale.
3.) May 17 morning and early afternoon: Garage sale!
4.) May 17 late afternoon into the evening: Donate the stuff that didn't sell or couldn't be taken to the pawn shop.
5.) May 18-23: Pack, pack, and pack some more. We had quite a large collection of junk after living in 1 house for 8 years!
6.) May 24: Load up the U-Haul trailer all day, even though we thought it'd only take a few hours...finally leave and say goodbye to our house at around 10:30pm. Today is also our 11th wedding anniversary!
7.) May 24/25: Drive west on I-40 through the night, watch the sunrise come up somewhere in Tennessee, stop for a quick breakfast, switch drivers (me to Rob), drive through KY, IN, switch drivers again, and keep driving until we arrive in St. Louis, where we slept like babies after a quick dip in the hotel pool!
8.) May 26: Keep driving west. Kansas was so boring! Cross the border into Colorado and stay in the world's comfiest bed at a mom-n-pop owned motel in Burlington, CO.
9.) May 27: drive west to Grand Junction. Pulling a U-haul trailer behind a Hyundai Elantra is fun, err, something like that! Get a hotel and decide to stay 2 nights because we needed some rest.
10.) May 28 (today): Go for a short Weehoo mountain bike ride at the awesome Lunch Loop trails.
Wow, what a network of trails these Lunch Loop trails are! I wish we had more time to ride and explore out here. Here's a trail map of the area. We rode the easiest and shortest trail called the "Kids Meal Trail". It was fun and Eliza said "weehoo" every time we went down any portion of downhill trail!
We didn't ride far, only a couple miles. We rode slow mainly because we kept stopping to say "Whoa, look at the view! It's like a postcard!" Here's our Strava summary:
Only 800 more miles to go until we reach home.
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