Details: moving to Lancaster

770 miles, 5 days of U-Haul

[Atlanta, GA] We rented the U-Haul on Thursday, October 23. Art helped a ton with our first day of loading, and Mark Fifield put his knee through some cheap piece of furniture, which also helped a ton because we hated it.

Friday, October 24, we kept loading the U-Haul. 14' truck, interior space of 11'4" x 7'5" x 6'9" (LxWxH) and a mom's attic. This space is the size of our worldly possessions because it all fit exactly. Friday consisted of jigsaw puzzle packing of assorted boxes and bikes and chairs; running to the Post Office to get a book that I ordered and they wouldn't find for me and will now be lost in space; running around to find somewhere to dump extra trash (thank you Washington Mutual); and more packing. Finally we loaded the car onto the tow dolly and set out. The time? 7:20 PM. My goal, my life aspiration at this point: make it to Gwinnett before we stop and get a hotel room.

Did I mention it was raining all day? It rained all night, too, as we drove through the dark to Statesville, NC. The Holiday Inn was so hospitable, especially after their unnamed neighbor hotel tried to sell me an expensive jacuzzi room at 1:00 AM. That lady had a bad attitude.

Saturday, we leisurely advance our U-Haul from Statesville to York. After gassing the truck in the rain, being denied a bathroom, and almost getting hit by a speeding pickup truck burning rubber in the raining parking lot (I literally dodged out of the way), I felt we had traveled enough that day. York, PA is just across the river from Lancaster, PA, but nevertheless, we were done for the day. Quality Inn.

Sunday, we arrive. We are staying with host families, very kind and generous ones, first in Mt. Joy and now in Lititz. Monday we were able to score a storage unit for our belongings while we are in Rwanda.

Monday evening, the U-Haul was returned. Did I fill the gas back to 1/2 tank?