Moving Day!

After 43 years in one place, Mom's made the big move! Many things had been moved already, such as dishes, clothes, books, and many boxes. Mom had already been filling all those great closets and storage areas with her things. Saturday was the day for the furniture and the final move. We rented a 17' UHaul. Friends came along at just the right time, some to load and some to unload.

Glad we weren't packing for a cross-country move! The truck made three trips back and forth.
The view from Mom's balcony. A nice ramp down to her garage. Some things came up the elevator, some up the nearby (and faster) steps.
We drove out to the lake Friday night to get the trailer and four-wheeler for moving the piano down the hill. Carolyn had come up with the great idea of taking it out through the kitchen rather than down the stairs. Tom took lid, pedals, and legs off the piano, and then strapped it to a skid borrowed from Dave Morlock. The guys rolled it through the kitchen out onto the deck, then loaded it onto the trailer, and Tom SLOWLY drove down the till with four guys bracing the piano. It worked! Then onto the truck, across town, off the truck . . .
The careful measurements and calculations worked out. The piano fit onto the elevator!
Most of Mom's stuff was in the condo by 12:30. Time for a first meal in her new place! Tom, Lexy, Austin, Dan and Andrew Hornung, and the happy new condo resident! A couple of condo neighbors brought goodies.
Deb Hornung insisted on this posed shot. Looks like I'm having so much fun! I didn't have anything to do with moving the dryer, but it was made easy with the use of a great appliance dolly borrowed from Bismarck friends. Tom hooked up the washer with new hoses, and refitted the dryer (undoing Keith's adaptation of venting the dryer out the side through the wall).

It was a lot of work, but all went smoothly. So thankful for all those who helped. We're looking forward to many happy memories in Mom's new home.