Kaplan (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} gkaplan) wrote,@ 2008-03-07 18:03:00 |
|
My moving adventure
A few weeks ago I helped my fiance Janine moved from Detroit (area) to Maine. It was quite an experience.
That saturday morning I flew out to Michigan from Owls Head. My first time
doing that. Flying out of OH that is. I had to switch planes there and
then switch again in NYC at LaGuardia. It was also my first time on a prop airplane like that. The security at OH took forever! Not exactly sure why they felt the need to take so long but I almost missed the flight. The door closed and the airline manager had to run out and ask them to open it up for me. They were leaving!
So the trip from OH was fine and we landed in Boston. I made it to my
next gate with time to spare a stop to get some breakfast to take on the plane. It was a beautiful huge USAir plane. I
guess it is a shuttle to NYC that goes every hour. Before we could take
off they had to deice the plane. They didn't even start that till the
plane was full of people and they took an hour to do that. Mind you I had
to change in NYC again and only had an hour and a half on that end. So we
took off an hour late. We got into NYC and I found out I had to go to
another terminal to catch my next flight. This required me to leave the
security area and go through security again. How fun. I made my Detroit
plane by about 1 min and I had to run to do it. In the security line at
LaGuardia I saw Richard Anderson the owner of Village Soup. I spoke to
him for a moment. That was interesting to say the least. We literally had time to say hi and move on.
I got into Detroit and we went to eat with some of her friends at Bob
Evans farm restaurant. They are from Ohio and are very big in the midwest. They are pretty good. I had a great three cheese omelet with hash browns. We had to leave there to meet some people at her house who were
going to help move stuff. So we started loading the uhaul trailer. Lots
of help showed up and we got what we thought was 95% of it. The next day
we finished up but it took a lot of the day to do it. I was in so much
pain at that point. Due to my foot I have been very inactive lately so all of a sudden being very active and doing a lot of bad lifting wasn't kind to the ole body. So Sunday
night we left and drove to Erie, PA before stopping for the night. The
next day we got going a little late but we got in late. So we were on the
road at 10am. We drove all day till we got to Kennebunk, ME and we
decided we got ahead of the snow enough and stopped for the night. The
next day we went the rest of the way and unloaded and returned the uhaul.
Jason was very generous and allowed me some space at his garage. The
pastor also came and helped unload as well as a friend of the family. Two days of loading and packing c combined with about 16 hours of car time and then an unload on this end were pretty tiring but we made it just fine. We had a nice meal at Cody's that night.
I forgot to mention her dad actually pulled the uhaul trailer behind his
vehicle that he also had filled up with stuff. We went in her car which
was filled with stuff. We just went along and stopped about every two
hours for gas and food if need be. Her father's vehicle took a lot of gas
towing that trailer. He has a 2008 Ford Taurus X which is like a
crossover vehicle. He stayed a few days here and my family loved having him. A very
nice guy. My dad wanted him to stay longer actually. He drove back
by himself. He was fine doing that. He likes driving so he didn't mind.
Coming out we decided to avoid Canada even though that was the most direct route. We figured hauling a uhaul they could make it very hard for us if they wanted. So we went down through Ohio which only added an hour to the total journey. Her dad went through Canada going back and had to wait an hour just to get through customs so we really didn't lose anything. The Detroit/Windsor border corssing is very busy as well as the Niagra Falls crossing. I think one of those is the busiest and second busiest or something like that.
It was pretty interesting to drive through some cities I had never driven through before like Cleavland and Buffalo. Cleavland was intersting and Buffalo was really ugly. Albany was dissapointing and the traffic there was really bad. I know we will be making that drive a lot to see family and one of the nice things about it is that there are about 6 good roads and routes to take. I look forward to seeing them all.
A few weeks ago I helped my fiance Janine moved from Detroit (area) to Maine. It was quite an experience.
That saturday morning I flew out to Michigan from Owls Head. My first time
doing that. Flying out of OH that is. I had to switch planes there and
then switch again in NYC at LaGuardia. It was also my first time on a prop airplane like that. The security at OH took forever! Not exactly sure why they felt the need to take so long but I almost missed the flight. The door closed and the airline manager had to run out and ask them to open it up for me. They were leaving!
So the trip from OH was fine and we landed in Boston. I made it to my
next gate with time to spare a stop to get some breakfast to take on the plane. It was a beautiful huge USAir plane. I
guess it is a shuttle to NYC that goes every hour. Before we could take
off they had to deice the plane. They didn't even start that till the
plane was full of people and they took an hour to do that. Mind you I had
to change in NYC again and only had an hour and a half on that end. So we
took off an hour late. We got into NYC and I found out I had to go to
another terminal to catch my next flight. This required me to leave the
security area and go through security again. How fun. I made my Detroit
plane by about 1 min and I had to run to do it. In the security line at
LaGuardia I saw Richard Anderson the owner of Village Soup. I spoke to
him for a moment. That was interesting to say the least. We literally had time to say hi and move on.
I got into Detroit and we went to eat with some of her friends at Bob
Evans farm restaurant. They are from Ohio and are very big in the midwest. They are pretty good. I had a great three cheese omelet with hash browns. We had to leave there to meet some people at her house who were
going to help move stuff. So we started loading the uhaul trailer. Lots
of help showed up and we got what we thought was 95% of it. The next day
we finished up but it took a lot of the day to do it. I was in so much
pain at that point. Due to my foot I have been very inactive lately so all of a sudden being very active and doing a lot of bad lifting wasn't kind to the ole body. So Sunday
night we left and drove to Erie, PA before stopping for the night. The
next day we got going a little late but we got in late. So we were on the
road at 10am. We drove all day till we got to Kennebunk, ME and we
decided we got ahead of the snow enough and stopped for the night. The
next day we went the rest of the way and unloaded and returned the uhaul.
Jason was very generous and allowed me some space at his garage. The
pastor also came and helped unload as well as a friend of the family. Two days of loading and packing c combined with about 16 hours of car time and then an unload on this end were pretty tiring but we made it just fine. We had a nice meal at Cody's that night.
I forgot to mention her dad actually pulled the uhaul trailer behind his
vehicle that he also had filled up with stuff. We went in her car which
was filled with stuff. We just went along and stopped about every two
hours for gas and food if need be. Her father's vehicle took a lot of gas
towing that trailer. He has a 2008 Ford Taurus X which is like a
crossover vehicle. He stayed a few days here and my family loved having him. A very
nice guy. My dad wanted him to stay longer actually. He drove back
by himself. He was fine doing that. He likes driving so he didn't mind.
Coming out we decided to avoid Canada even though that was the most direct route. We figured hauling a uhaul they could make it very hard for us if they wanted. So we went down through Ohio which only added an hour to the total journey. Her dad went through Canada going back and had to wait an hour just to get through customs so we really didn't lose anything. The Detroit/Windsor border corssing is very busy as well as the Niagra Falls crossing. I think one of those is the busiest and second busiest or something like that.
It was pretty interesting to drive through some cities I had never driven through before like Cleavland and Buffalo. Cleavland was intersting and Buffalo was really ugly. Albany was dissapointing and the traffic there was really bad. I know we will be making that drive a lot to see family and one of the nice things about it is that there are about 6 good roads and routes to take. I look forward to seeing them all.
