August 11 2014 – Finally arrived at Punta Gorda, FL

First we stopped off to get a rental car. Piece of cake. Except we couldn’t find it. No sign by the side of the road, just an address that didn’t make sense. A phone call and wha-la…. Enterprise hides their rental cars within a car dealership repair facility. Hmmmm makes sense. You do need a rental if you have to have serious work done on your car, right?

I am in the rental car leading the uHaul truck going to the storage unit. We have no clue where we are going. Just following the voice on the phone. We decided that since we didn’t know what we were going to find on the boat, we would store our goods and slowly add them to the boat over the next couple of weeks. We had our wonderful daughter and her equally wonderful husband help load the truck in Arizona. Where were they when we needed to unload? No where near by!! We rented a large unit so we would have room to stack and sort. HOT – HOT – HUMID both inside the uHaul AND inside the storage unit. Come to think about it, it was hot and humid outside as well.

We almost collapsed!! Taking frequent breaks and drinking cool water seemed to help. By the time we unloaded and drove out of the storage facility, we were just minutes away from the uHaul return location. We skidded into uHaul Rental place just before closing. We must have looked like we had just walked 2600 miles uphill and against the wind! Whew!

We will never ever move again!!

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