Summer is Winding Down......:(

Very happy that Matt was home last weekend, enjoyed every minute!  Very sad when he left.  I had a very blue day which thankfully, cleared up in 24 hours.  Worked on getting Amanda's car ready to ship.  Found a place through Lisa Atwell (and Facebook)(her husband, John, works for this company as a long distance transporter) that would ship it from Taylor (enclosed transport) to Santa Anna, CA for 950.00.  Eureka!!!  Arrangements were finished and Otto and I delivered the car, packed to the window bottoms, to Select One Transport in Taylor on Friday.  When chatting with Angel and the receptionist (who use to live in the same area as Amanda just moved from.....North Hollywood and worked in Burbank and knew where Cumpston was), I mentioned that when I retire, I want to write a column (long time dream) about "What Would It Be Like To......." (and one idea I had was) ride in a long distance hauler.  Well, everyone laughed and Angel asked if I had ever been in a truck.  I explained my adventure with the 18 foot Penske truck a year ago, but, no never in a big rig.  She said she would be right back and was.  She asked Otto and I if we had time for a field trip.  I got to not only see the big trucks, I got to climb in one, and go in the back where their rolling mobile home is.  I swear, the kitchen is bigger than mine.  There was nothing missing.  Full stove, microwave, ( a shower!!!, ), double bed, table, I could not take it all in and was too flustered to get my camera!  Some have a washer and dryer.  It was an amazing, surprising adventure!  I did get a photo of the outside.  One of these trucks will take Amanda's mustang all the way to California with a stop in Phoenix......go figure!  I wish Otto would have taken a picture of ME in the driver's seat!!!  Here is another amazing fact.  This transport company is on the street that runs next to the dealership Amanda bought the car at!  Small world indeed.  It Is What It Is and It is one the way to California....to be delivered to her door!  Thanks Lisa!

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