Phoenix Bound
We’ve finally steered the ship towards Phoenix after 3 plus months of fun remodeling our house in Gallatin. Preparing for our departure and working off the final punch list of things needing finishing on the house made it a little hectic. The weather continued to deteriorate with cold winds made it feel like it was time to move to warmer weather. We departed yesterday (Sat) driving to liberal Kansas. Tonight we stopped early in Gallup NM due to very strong winds. Hopefully they will die out for our drive into Phoenix tomorrow.
We will be returning to Gallatin Dec 1 for nearly two weeks for cousin JD & Lisa’s wedding and see first hand how well the house is doing in cold winter weather. A local isolation company did a spray foam isolation job on the entire house foundation inside making it air tight. This should keep the basement and craw space from freezing protecting the plumbing. We’re looking forward to the brief winter visit. We’re told that the very cold weather should not arrive that early although it did last year.
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Driving home gave us time to reflect on our summer. We worked hard but had a great time. Working on the house allowed us to meet lots of people and become more a part of the community rather than just visitors. Just as we feel part of the community in Cholla Bay Mexico, Gallatin is feeling like home and we look forward to getting to know more people and becoming part of the community. We’ll be returning for an extended period next year and hopefully have much more free time to visit with family and new friends.
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We left Mom in charge. She will stay until the second week of November and drive back to Phoenix with her friend Dick.
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We took pictures as we left on Saturday morning. It was overcast and cold so outside photos are a little dull. You will see there still some work to be done on the back deck. It needs a ceiling, railing, benches and skirt or some sort. Work we’ve saved for next year. It’s a great place to hang out.
Frankie’s flowers are still hanging in there.
Plants and flower should come back next season. It will be interesting to see how things are doing when we arrive next year…
One final inside photo
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Next Up… Big Fun
Our fall fiesta in Cholla Bay starts Oct 17th and lasts for two weeks. We will zoom into Phoenix, take care of some business (Frankie’s customers) and then head for Cholla Bay. We’re both looking forward very much to that. Next blogs will be from Mexico. Until then take care… Lowell, Frankie & Neely
October 5th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Yay!! Everything looks in good shape in Gallatin! Now it’s time for “FUN” in cholla! Sooo looking forward to seeing life next door!
October 5th, 2009 at 8:55 am
We are already missing you. Take a well deserved rest and then have big fun at BIG FUN. Don’t forget to keep the blog going so we can keep up with the activities. See you in December.
October 5th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Landed in Phx 1ish today (Mon). We had a wild ride with 40 mile an hour cross winds east of Flagstaff. Kinda like sailing Gato Loco into big seas and strong winds.. We arrived in Phoenix to perfect weather (80 with light winds) and were able to open the house up. Awesome… Feels good to be home..
October 31st, 2009 at 10:47 pm
That was an amazing three month tour of your renovation project. You are an awesome photographer. Best of all I loved the old photos of your family in the past and present. I even got teary eyed when I saw Deb and you in the one photo. . I so miss that gap toothed smile. I am hoping to see Betty over the Thanksgiving weekend if she is going to be in town. I sent her an email but have yet to get a response. But then again, I only sent it yesterday. Give her a heads up that I will be in town that weekend.