Diary of a Move... Day 20, part 2

Plan for the day:

*ferry from Juneau to Haines, AK

*drive to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada

*stay overnight in Whitehorse

We started this new adventure with a super fun ferry ride from Juneau to Haines!  I walked on to grab a table, while Bill and the girls waited to load the car.  Our friends Jan and Steve (who were traveling to Haines to see family) joined us.  We chatted, played games, knit, read, snacked, and whale watched the for the duration of the trip.  As we pulled away from the terminal, the Kennicott was pulling in carrying Bill's replacement.  We waved a "Welcome to Juneau!" wave as we got underway.   

After arriving in Haines, we took a quick loop through town stopping at Mountain Market for lunch!  One sandwich, one roll, two cookies, and two coffees (Aztec Mocha for Bill, iced coffe for me!) later, we traveled north heading for the US/Canada border. 

Gray skies gave way to blue as we crossed the the border into Canada!  We spotted lots of arctic ground squirrels (they look like prairie dogs) and saw a beautiful black bear!!

We finally arrived in Whitehorse around 5:45pm... We "lost" an hour entering Canada.  We checked into the hotel, and then headed to Bocelli's for a yummy pizza dinner.  

i spent hours putting this binder together

considering how organized our pack out wasn't, 

i probably should have been working on that instead!  ;)

beautiful view from the passenger seat

Diary of a Move... Day 20

3:45am wake up call, 11 gallons of gas, 5 donuts, 5 bagels, 1 little ferry, and more than 6,000 miles to go

Diary of a Move... Day 19

Well, it was a fast/crazy week, and I've spent more time in this chair than I care to admit.

I will miss Juneau, the life we have created here, and all of our wonderful friends more than I can say (without breaking down in tears, again!), but I am looking forward to having my own washer and dryer again!  ;)

Diary of a Move... Day 11

What goes around, comes around...

When we arrived back in Juneau for our second tour, we were so very lucky to find a gem of a vacation apartment for lodging until our shipment of household goods arrived from Germany.  We are feeling extra lucky that our gracious hosts welcomed us to stay again upon our departure!  I told our hostess yesterday, it was like coming home... Only better... She had fresh flowers from the garden waiting for us!  Still lots of things to do this week before leaving, but I get to enjoy this amazing view...

Diary of a Move... Day 10

It's been 10 days since our life has been upended again... 10 days of packing and sorting and cleaning and living with boxes... 10 days without my favorite shoes (which I thought I wouldn't need since it was so warm last weekend... way to plan, erin!)

Today, we finally left our house... The place we have called home for the last (almost) three years.  I cried... Just a little, because I really do not care for those stairs anymore!  ;)

Goodbye house... On to temporary lodging...

Diary of a Move... Day 9

One last night at home... One last fire...

Diary of a Move... Day 8

We are camping in our house.  Air mattresses, sleeping bags, paper plates, the works!  ;)  The one "luxury"?  Continued use of a washer and dryer.  That is, until the washer stopped working this morning.  Ugh.

Diary of a Move... Day 7

My kitchen has been reduced to food, and the utensils shown here... Yes... Wine and rum are utensils.

Diary of a Move... Day 6

Now, at the end of the day, this is all that is left...

Diary of a Move... Day 5

And pretty soon, i start to wonder…. What could really be in all 

those boxes?!