The move

This has been an incredible experience for us. Downsizing after 30 years in the same house (with 6 pack rats) and then moving to an apartment and finally eliminating everything except what was going to go with us was an arduous process. The last month in the apartment (aka The Fort) was a real experience, as we had removed all the furniture and brought in the boxes from storage. Then we gave away our bedroom furniture and put everything from the dressers into laundry baskets and we slept on airbeds . Finally the movers arrived on 7 through 9 May to pack the lift vans. Every single item or box was numbered and listed on an inventory list. Anything with a serial number was listed seperately, as well as the number written on that box. Another list showed which boxes went in each lift van. International moving is not for the faint at heart. Then we were left with just our airbeds in an empty apartment. Here is a picture of the apartment we left. We brought what we thought we'd need for the month in our truck; who knows where the rest of our stuff is...we'll see it again in Mexico.