New Baby, Job Transfer, Bought Home, Moving to OR!, 914 Content I Swear Options

[Britain Smith]

It has been a busy couple of months, but it is all official now. I am moving to Oregon!

I got a transfer approved for my job and took my family to OR this weekend and bought our first house. It doesn't have the 3 car garage that I really wanted, but it is close in my job and has everything that will keep the wife happy! All of this has been motivated by the ridiculous housing prices in the Bay Area (median is now $705,000) and the enviroment (i.e. schools) that my newborn son will be growing up in. We are very excited.

Now for the 914 content...

1. I will be in the Portland area for the WCC 2006!!

2. On my drive back home on Sunday, I saw two very clean looking yellow 914's and one orange one with chrome side door trim traveling Northbound between Eugene and Portland.

So, who in the Bay Area wants to help me move? I will be getting a large Rental Truck the last week in Sept. and two car trailers (one for the teener and one for the '69 912).

Anyone up in the Portland area wanna help my upload?

-Britain

[grantsfo]

QUOTE (Dave_Darling @ Jul 25 2005, 05:02 PM)

No problem at all stopping when needed.  I can even dig up my little walk-about radios so we can yammer all the way up, if ya like!  :chat:   (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) I've driven that trip (north-to-south) a good half-dozen times now, so it should be relatively straight-forward.  It's about 12 hours, if you aren't in a super hurry.  With the extra stops, it might make sense to break the trip in the middle.  (That's what Mom did when she drove back up by herself.) That assumes, of course, that I don't have someone paying me to stay put... --DD

If youre in a larger moving van its easily 14 hours or even more depending how much your hauling over the mountains. I have done it both directions. Also be prepared for very hot weather up highway 5. I moved in August and hit 105 degree weather in the valley. It was not kind to my moving van. Had to stop a couple times to let things cool off.

If youre doing it yourself (I did and pocketed my relocation check!) Make sure not to go with uHaul, believe me they suck and often you will not get equipment that is ready for that length of haul. My wife and I stopped in Roseberg so we would arrive fresh the next day in Portland