Our trip to Savannah

Recently Chesters mom Jane sadly passed away and we had the task of dealing with her estate, I know this isnt an easy task for anyone in general, and with us it was made just a little more difficult as we had to travel all the way from North Carolina to Georgia to empty a Storage shed of the furnature which had been stored there since 2004 which was the Date Jane left there to come and live up here in Grandy , NC.
Jane had intentionally planned to bring the furnature just a few months after she arrived here in Grandy but due to unforseen circumstances she never did ,so the result was her belongings had been nearly five years stored in the shed , we really didnt know if the stuff would be ok or damaged due to the climate being very humid and damp in those parts of the country.
Anyhow we set off to go and find out, fortunately we had the help of good family and frineds Dennis and his wife Bonnie and Chesters cousin Art and his wife Anita , so last week we set off in Dennis' car altogether with Art and Anita behind in their truck and made our way along the long highway to Savannah , its takes around 7 hours so we made sure we packed some food and drink goodies to keep us fuelled ( : Dennis like my sandwiches and Brownies and couldnt wait for a rest place to eat them so had some on route !


Fortunately we got there in good time and even though we were all so very tired , we made a start on hauling and unloading the shed of its contents, it was so hot and we really had a hard time doing it , sweating like bulls ( perspiring for the ladies )



We all really did work very hard , my job was to hold the parasol over Chesters head so he didnt get too hot and bothered ( wink ) it was sooo hard a job , think I worked the hardest really (another wink )and my kisses he said kept him going ( :


Eventually after a good few hours graft we got the storage shed empty and loaded on to the truck and into Arts trailer, we just say got the last piece fitted in ,then it was off to our motel for a long shower and sleep !
The next morning Dennis was so kind and took us all for a fantastic delicious breakfast to Deni's cafe we all filled up on bacon and eggs , and Chester chose a traditional breakfast of sausage biscuits ( for the Brits who read this -not our type of biscuit, its a bloody scone !!, crazy americanos ) ( another wink )



After that it was a case of having to get back on to the road and head home, so off we went to fill up the U -Haul with juice and hit the road,

I couldnt say the journey home was very easy , poor Chester was doing great until maybe half way when we hit severe thunder storms and the rain made the driving treacherous, but I have to praise my husband for staying calm and conscientious and he drove like a pro, you would think he had been a trucker all of his life ( :
Arriving back home late we just parked the haul and headed for the shower then bed, the next morning we were up at the crack of dawn to start unloading , its took us nearly 3 more days to unload and sort it all , but at last we have completed the job , its really sad Jane wasn't able to be with us and enjoy seeing her furnature again ,but we have of course kept some of it and I know she told us many times during her illness to make good use of it if she wasnt here with us , the best treasure we found was a scrapbook made by Chesters Grandfather which had so many interesting snippets and photos in it dated back to maybe 1920's or even earlier ,some parts of it were in a state of disintergration but Chesters skills with the pc he was able to enhance a few of the photographs ,amazing , im sure he will make a post on his blog and show some of them off later.

Well all in all the trip to Georgia was a tiring but we accomplished what had to be done and we have a houseful of memories of Jane , we miss her a lot .