Day 1: We are LEGAL!
We have more than two feet of packed snow and ice on the ground in Bangor, Maine right now. It has been frigid and the boys haven’t been able to play outside since Christmas Eve. The days are still short and the nights are very long. The cold winter wind blasts against the windows many nights, howling and whistling as it tries to get inside. There is still ice on the inside of the bathroom window, and on the inside of the stained glass window by the stairs. Not too far South of here, it’s above freezing and there’s no snow on the ground. And that is where we’re heading!
We are all packed and ready to go. We were worried that we wouldn’t get to leave today because we were still waiting for the title number for the new tow vehicle so we could register it. We learned when we bought it that the dealer didn’t have the title from the previous owner yet. Then, there was a delay getting that because he (the previous owner) said he lost it. We spent a few days thinking the car might be stolen…so we, of course, named her Hottie (as in hot / stolen). The good news is, the title number came in on Saturday! Things were starting to look good! We registered it early this morning at City Hall (where I slipped on ice – but did not fall) so we are now legal! The car’s name will remain Hottie, however. She likes her name.
Richard picked up the RV on Friday, where it had been in for minor repairs, and to get it road-ready. We won’t be able to de-winterize it until we get much farther South. In fact, we’ll need to stay in a hotel tonight instead of a campground. When Richard brought it home, it got stuck in the ice on the driveway. It was sitting half in the driveway, half in the road, and the wheels were just going round and round. Richard finally got it pulled forward (after many backwards and forwards) but not before a line of traffic piled up as far as the eye could see. Heh…
We’re going to try to get as far South as Connecticut today. Unfortunately, in Maine, we’re under a flood watch and high wind warning. After noon, the rains are supposed to be torrential. We’re waiting for the RV place to call and gives us the thumb-up for heading there so they can put the new tow vehicle on, and make the height adjustment. We’ll leave straight from there for the highway. Whoo hoo! 