On Her Way ...

So it's 12:01 AM Tuesday morning (although I'm writing this days later due to exhaustion) and the house is ready for it's 3 mile journey.  The path is going to be off the back of the lot it sits on now and onto the off ramp for the adjacent highway.  About 2 miles later we'll get off the highway and begin to cross a farm that's been planted, then through the yards of 2 new neighbors and back onto the street to it's final placement.  A few obstacles along the way, but everyone's confident.  I still don't know how long to expect it to take and that makes me crazy considering I'm used to absolute deadlines. 

We had a tremendous turnout of people.  Kids, dogs, old-timers...it was amazing!




Along the highway we had to overhang guardrails, scrape trees, and maneuver once to avoid a street lamp.  We had turned 6 street lamps, but there was one more we should have done.  The house fit shoulder to shoulder when we got on the actual highway and off the ramp area.



We made it off the highway about 4am and had to wait about 1/2 hour for the utilities to drop the next set of lines.  They were still restoring the previous set.

Sadly we hit a snag about 5:30am when a drive axle on the truck hauling the house snapped in a soft spot of the farm.  It happens sometimes when you're pulling 160 tons across dirt.  So everyone took a break and will begin fixing the truck at noon.  We're still on Tuesday by the way.



It would have made for gorgeous photos seeing the sun come up over the house.