The Big Move - Part I

Welcome to Rob and Shelby's blog! We are a newly married couple who in 17 days have gotten married, traveled to Aruba and back for our honeymoon, packed up all our possessions and drove from Fresno, California to a smallish-town in Iowa where we now live. Here we are in warmer times on our honeymoon in Aruba.



The name of the blog was inspired by the total distance we drove during our move from California to Iowa. Although Rob will be a contributor and post occassionally, the blog will be written mainly by Shelby. So now, that you know a little what we're about and how this will work, let me get on to our first story...

After packing up the moving truck and my car and having one last dinner with Rob's family, Rob and I left Fresno, CA on Wednesday night, February 14th. We made it all the way to Visalia where we stayed the night with my family- that's only about an hour's drive but our bed was packed so we had to stay somewhere! We left early the next morning and made it to Flagstaff, Arizona by Thursday night. Thursday's drive went pretty good but we learned a valuable lesson that cost us an hour's worth of driving time. Here's the lesson: When driving through the middle of nowhere, it is a good idea to stop and get diesel wherever you can because the next gas station may not have any. We had to double back and drive an extra 55 miles or so to fill up the moving truck with diesel. Flagstaff was beautiful- there was snow on the ground and it was a little cold, but very pretty. The next day we hit the road for Amarillo, Texas which I will post more about later.