La Reine

Some pics of our new house! (and the puppy Pinky, that lives upstairs)

Leaving San Juan

Finally some good news regarding our moving plans.. as most of you know we were having trouble co-ordinating a moving company to pack/load/ship our things on the day we wanted (and were originally booked for!). Yes, Monday was a public holiday in Puerto Rico even though they do not celebrate 4th of July here. None the less, our moving company failed to tell us that the port wont be operating on Monday after having that date set for THREE WEEKS!! (note: Do not use Capitol Transport)

We've finally found a smaller, local trucking company (GTS) that is organizing our move - and is even doing more for us - for less money than the original one. They will be coming this Thursday (8th) to pack up our things and we will be flying out of San Juan on Monday morning. We will be without possessions and car for about a week, since the container needs to be inspected by USDA and the truck needs to be checked by the police (no fines, not a stolen vehicle etc).

We're excited that its all coming together now!

The wrap up to Miami

Well our last few days here in Bellingham certainly havent been quiet!

We worked till 2am on the truck last night..its up and running! All our rush for nothing though, because the shipping company emailed and said they wont be here till Thursday...ggrr....

She's all fired up though and pretty much good to go.. some things still need fine tuning and installing (pump, wiring for lights, new seatbelt) but the main thing is, the truck can run.

Our last day of cold weather was spent in Seattle, Geoff had a pre-op exam for his laser eye surgery and I finally managed to pick up my medical forms. One last dinner at my mother-in-law's and we had an early Christmas - ham and pressies!

Warm weather - here we come!!