"Homeless"

 

Couldn't help myself, had to have our picture taken under a bridge after our closing!
Although, someone from our SOWER's family said we were houseless not homeless,
our home was hitched to the truck!!! I had to agree!

Well, we have put on a lot of miles since I have last posted. We made it to to Mission TX. We saw a lot of interesting birds that are unique to Central America and that little corner of the United States. From there we decided to make a beeline to Maple Grove to prepare for the selling of our townhouse that Starr & I have lived in for 25+ years. The longest place either of us has lived, it's been bitter sweet. We arrived on the Thursday before Good Friday. We were initially planned to arrive on Good Friday with an overnight just north of Des Moines IA, but, waking up Thursday morning in a Kansas City suburb with temps in the lower 40 degree and no heat coming from our furnace (it died), we decided to drive straight thru to Maple Grove. That was the day with 60 mph cross winds, with semis being blown over, it got real interesting a few times! But I digress...

Starr and I have fallen in love with the nomadic life style and during our time away this past winter and doing two SOWER's projects, we decided that this is the path that God is leading us down at this time, our townhouse was a huge burden for us, sooo, a decision was made to sell it, asking God that if it not be his will to close the doors that need closing, open the doors that need opening. We asked a gal (a realtor) in our Bible study if she would be interested in listing it, she was, needless to say, a few days later she got ahold of us and said her and her husband were interested in buying it as investment property. Didn't see that coming! We agreed on a price, we didn't have to paint, didn't have to keep things picked up everyday for showings, we just had to clear everything out! We had 6 weeks till we closed on May 25th, no problem I thought, 2 weeks, 3 max, we'll have 3 weeks to visit with friends before we hit the road! Ha, was I wrong, and humbled! This moving and packing up is a young persons sport! I would say we rehomed thru Facebook Marketplace or dispensed over a 2/3rds of our belongings that a year ago we couldn't part with! The other third, our bedroom set with bed and dressers, other miscellaneous keepsakes went into into a 10 x 15 storage locker, with the help from our former ,youthful Bible study group we got involved in. 

Another item we no longer needed was our 2018 Santa Fe, it sat in the garage all winter, we put less than 6000 miles in the year we owned it, we did a quick oil change, and sold it to a dealer in St Paul for $500 more than we paid for it! With those proceeds, and our 2017 F250 as a trade, we upgraded to a 2020 F350 with a Lariat package, a little more comfort for the days on the road and a lot more power for pulling! Not to mention, Starr is able to drive this one like pro!

Bessy II & Boo