Hopefully you have seen our pictures of the grand arrival of our mobile home.
Monday morning we took off work and headed out to the farm at our usual 4:00 am departure. We drove to Byhalia and woke up Pat so that we could pay him for the trailer. It was dark when we arrived but by the time he had walked me through the trailer to show me all the work he had done and give me lots of details about the electrical system that went in one ear and out the other, it was daylight.
So we proceeded on to the farm and drove out of the big feild to find two wonderful surprises! #1, Wayne bush-hogged the mares tail and the big field is wide open and beautiful, and #2 our cover crops were up!
We spent a couple hours lobbing mares tail, cutting kudzu away from the power pole, taking more meaurements for the hand controls on the Cub, and taking the riding lawnmower out for a spin.
By then the sun was getting high and we started into town to eat lunch and wait for our trailer.
And wait we did. We still had time after lunch to visit the grocery store (we were pleased to see watermelons from right there in Ashland!) and the dollar store. The rain came in the afternoon, which cooled things off, and we did a little driving and exploring around.
Still no trailer.
At around 5pm the trailer moving guys finally arrived at Pat’s. We hoped they would get it hitched up in time to move it that evening, but it was not in the cards. Larry did drive out to see our homesite, and once he left we headed home.
We got home around 8:30 pm – which makes for a long day when the alarm goes off at 3:00.
We both ditched work on Tuesday and hit the road at 7:00. We beat the movers and had time to run into down for some Citgo breakfast before they arrived shortly thereafter with our mobile home in tow.
With some manuevering the trailer was put in position and the guys started drilling the ground screws. Larry had to hit the road to find blocks and was gone for what seemed like an eternity. It was another long day of waiting. This time I had wisely brought my crossword puzzle in anticipation.
It was 2:30 or so when they finished. Once the crew moved on we took measurements for the ramp, and managed to register the trailer with the County Assessor, get documentation of our 911 address, and run that to the power company in Holly Springs to apply for electrical service!!
It took two long days, but now we have a home. We both agreed that with the house and something coming up in the field, it felt a lot more “real” than it had only a couple weeks ago.
