Moving to Yachats, Oregon

We did it - made the move to Yachats, Oregon last week! The work and anxiety of preparing for a move while trying to sell our home in Carlsbad was hectic, but seems to be working out just fine.  The following phone snapshots tell a bit of the story.

Starting in late December, we started boxing everything up. Gail's collections of art and dishes required immense effort on her part.

We drove all the way to Redding the first day - 633 miles. The following morning we hit snow after about 20 minutes of driving and had to put on chains right before Dunsmuir.  A few minutes later, I had a flat tire, but luckily could still pull into town and find the only tire shop.   

I was out of my element in this stuff!  Gail was driving her car with P-girl, and I was in mine with Yummy D.

We made it to the house the second night and slept on the floor.

The next morning, we drove from our house down Yachats River Rd.  to meet our movers in Waldport where we had reserved storage units for some of our stuff.  I saw two groups of elk about a mile from our house.

 Our 3 movers were nice guys, but not the most careful packers! Everything shifted on this truck and we had some damage to my table saw and Gail's bird sculpture.

At our new house, Victor practices his tagging on the back of the truck while Jemain (sp. ?) looks on.  I had to saw off a few tree limbs to clear the way for the two trucks.

 Our backyard!

 We find ourselves staring at this Big Leaf Maple throughout the day.  It is so rain forest with ferns growing out of the moss high up in the branches.

 It pretty much rained all the time from Thursday through Saturday, but we enjoyed a nice hike and look around the property.

So many options for meditation!

Sunday, we headed up to Newport for a big stock up of supplies at the Freddy Meyer. A couple miles from our house we stopped at this sign marking a forage area for elk.

 Yesterday and today were beautiful!  It was mostly sunny and in the high 50's.

 Our front yard with Gail's art studio in the back.  The greenhouse really works - it is like a sauna in there!

 We are just starting to get to the point where it feels like things are coming together.

 My bird sculpture is overseeing the garden area.

 Curiosity fried the mouse!  This mouse was dried to a crisp in Gail's studio, apparently getting electrocuted in an uncovered outlet.

Looking from the house down to the river and cabana this morning.  We are waiting for the eagle to perch in the maple overhanging the river.

I'm doing spa water analysis while the cats are getting their first acclimation to the outside.

Yummy and Penelope can't wait to check things out, but we have to go slow before letting them roam a little.

Well, that's all we have for the first few days - pretty random shots.  I can't wait til we're settled in and I can fire up the tractor!