Changing On A Dime

Well, things certainly kicked into gear on Monday.  We were just having coffee mid morning when the phone rang.  It was the AZ couple.  They asked if we would put the RV in a campground so they could check it out better.  So we did. They looked again and made us an offer.  Then we had to move quickly.  We had the title and they wanted it notarized though it doesn’t call for a stamp.  It took 3 banks and 3 UPS offices before finding a notary.  Then it took two Chase offices for them to transfer the money from their Chase accounts into our Chase account.  Once that was done we had to unload everything we had in the RV.

It took the balance of Monday and half of Tuesday to accomplish a complete purge.  They wanted nothing but did accept paper plates, paper towels, cups and two sets of flatware to get them home while eating in.

We had stuff on every bed, counter, garage floor and our neighbor’s garage floor.  I realized we had accumulated all this from 5 RVs we have owned and it was time to clean house.

In the meantime we called to advise our North Carolina motorhome owner we were ready to buy.  We left on Thursday, made sandwiches and ate in a rest stop and stopped at a Hilton Garden Inn at Germantown, TN, just east of Memphis.  We bought sandwiches from a nearby restaurant to eat in our room.  In the morning for breakfast there were empty bags and all sorts of things to choose from to eat in your room or wherever. Since we couldn’t just stop anywhere with the pandemic I took muffins, protein bars, Cheerios, milk, OJ and bananas.  It got us through the day.

When we arrived, Jim said we had a problem in that when we entered NC, we were to quarantine for 14 days.  The rental car had Florida plates and they didn’t want the neighbors at the park where they kept the motorhome to see them.  So they insisted we have dinner with them, spend the night and return the rental car first thing in the morning.  Once we did that we were given the Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit we were also buying.  We spent Saturday and Sunday in the motorhome getting lots of lessons from Jim including a driving stint for Ted.

On Monday I called Morgan Stanley and had them wire the money to Jim’s Merrill Lynch account.  It all went seamlessly.  He had all the paperwork ready so it was easy.   We drove to Crossville, TN for our first stop.  That got us through Knoxville.  The next day included driving through Nashville and Memphis stopping in Forrest City, AR.  It was very windy so was a difficult day for driving.  Our last stop was Carthage, TX.  We pulled into Woodlands Lake RV park about 1:30 on Thursday.  Tommy and Susan were waiting for us to welcome us home, they drove from Southeast of Houston just to see our new rig.

We drove home to load up the Expedition and the Jeep.  In the meantime, Ted got a call and our truck was sold.  He went to put the V gate in the truck since we had put the original tailgate back on.  The people are looking for a 5th wheel and it is easier with a V gate.

I started going through boxes and bags setting things aside for Ted’s buddy who runs a Christian boys ranch and someone running a women’s shelter.  Sheets, blankets, towels, pots, pans, etc. all were put into piles.  When I had my car filled, Ted arrived back and I filled his.  We returned to the campground and got busy.  Ted washed the windshield and front of the motorhome while I tried to put things away.  It took a long time but I made great progress.  We were both too tired to do another run and we had a late dinner and called it a night.

Tomorrow will be busy.  A few people are stopping by and Irene and John are bringing us dinner.  It is good to have accomplished so much in 10 days time,