Another drive home to Colorado

On Saturday, July 24th, we started out early from the "Fried's B & B" in Waukesha and headed to Oak Creek to drop off some moving straps that we had borrowed from Jason W. Also wanted to see if he needed any help because of the heavy rainfall the night before. He said the family was doing ok even though they had lost power temporarily.
Basement flooding - a real problem sometimes.

We took off for Colorado about 8:30AM and our destination for the evening was somewhere around Omaha, NE. Not knowing what was planned in Omaha, we did not know if there would be rooms available. Instead of taking our "normal" route heading South and West along 43, 39 and then HWY 80 we decided to take a more scenic route for a change. This came about because of a discussion we had with the Fried's the night before as to how they came back to MKE the last time they were in Colorado. The route along 151 and 20 proved to be much more scenic and great for a diversion.

We listened to an audio book on the way (Peter did and I napped off and on. Always waking up when something important happened! Peter did fill me in). Only made stops for the bathrooms, water, ice, coffee and gas along the way. Made good time and arrived in the Omaha area around 6PM. As we began checking motels for a place to stay that night, we soon found that there were several major activities planned for the weekend and we would find it very difficult to find accommodations. We plugged in motels on our GPS in nearby locations and came up with Goodman, NE. Very small town with not much going on. We were tired, hungry and did not care at that point, so we took the room. Stopped at the local cafe for a bite to eat before hitting the bed.

Took off early on Sunday morning hoping to arrive back home in Colorado by mid afternoon. Weather was much cooler than our last trip making the drive more pleasant. We continued to listen to our book....this time I stayed awake! Arrived home by 4PM and unloaded our van. Looking for something cold to drink, we opened the freezer to get some ice only to find that the freezer/refrigerator was not working! We called management and were told that we would have to wait until Monday to check on a repair. Luckily we still had our other freezer stored in the garage, so we plugged that in and put our foodstuffs in there. Better freezing it than having it spoil I guess!

Monday came with a repairman. But we were told that he did not service our brand, we would have to get service from Sears. Another call to management told us that we would have to wait until Thursday afternoon to get it repaired. We were not happy to say the least, and after another call we were told that they could come out on Tuesday morning. That they did! And now we have a working refrigerator/freezer. Headed out to the store to replenish our larder. So much fun in 2 days!

Arrival in Fort Collins

We arrived back home in Fort Collins around 6PM after leaving Omaha this morning about 7:30AM. Thankfully it was not as hot today as it was yesterday. We did have the rest of our audio book to listen to so that made travel easier.
Only stops we made were to the gas station and the rest areas.
Somewhat of an uneventful day.
Happy to make it home safely. Still find it hard to believe that we are now calling Colorado "home".

We have the movers coming early in the morning to help us unload the truck. It will be good to have all of our belongings in one State at least. Andy, Tara, Hailey and Emily will arrive in the early afternoon from Wyoming to help us set up beds, shelves etc. They will be staying until Sunday morning. On Saturday we will be celebrating Emily's 3rd birthday. Cupcakes for everyone which she will help decorate.
In the evening Doug & Heidi will arrive from Golden, Colorado to spend the night. It will be good to have the entire family in one place again. Has been about 3 years since that last happened.

All in all it was a good day. We are both happy to be home and anxious to unload the truck and see our family tomorrow.

Moving from Milwaukee for the 2nd time

Paul & Maris helping us once again with our move.
On this day, we moved the remainder of our items out of the storage unit in Milwaukee into our truck.

Time to return to Milwaukee

Well, I guess its that time once again folks....
Must return to Milwaukee for another truck load of our belongings.
We are headed back to Milwaukee today to do an art show this weekend at the Wisconsin Lutheran College and to empty out our storage unit in Milwaukee.

Woke very early this morning at 2 AM with only about 2 hours sleep in order to catch a shuttle to Denver Airport. The night before we leave it always seems difficult to settle down and get some good sleep. Suppose it doesn't help matters much when we continue working and packing until about midnight!

Arrived at the Airport with about an hour to spare. Check in went fairly normal for us....that is I have to be wanded! Have rarely been able to get through without setting off the alarm. My magnetic personality?!

We arrived in Milwaukee at 6:30AM to find our friends, Paul and Maris waiting for us with our van that they had been storing at their home. On the way home we stopped for a bit of breakfast before going to Menomonee Falls where we promptly headed to our bed for the week and crashed! The rest of the day was just spent catching up and relaxing. In the evening we went to Bastille Days which is one of our yearly traditions. Peter ran in the 9PM 5K run! After only a bit of sleep a very intense couple of weeks and very warm temperatures, it was great to see him finish.

On Friday our friends left for their annual Fried Fest near Stevens Point. We headed to our storage unit to pick up and sort through the art work and display units that we were going to take with us to the Art Fair at the Wisconsin Lutheran College on Saturday. Long day and early to bed. Rising early on Saturday to be at the College by 6:30 for set up!