The end of an era

The house trailer finally left. There was one delay after another, thankfully none of them had to do with us, but the trailer is gone. It was supposed to leave weeks ago but between mover illness & breakdowns and very high winds it sat on our yard for much longer than anticipated, much to the dismay of the new owner. Funny thing is that after we moved out of it the kids had no desire to go back in it to look around and neither did I. Ron was in and out of it numerous times to unattach the addition, unhook electricity, make sure the plumbing didn't burst, etc., etc., but I think he didn't really feel a desire to be in it after we moved either. Here are a few pictures of that day:

The house trailer being prepped to move. This was a few days before it actually drove away.

The trailer had to sit beside the shop for a couple of days. The wind got up to close to 60 km/h, the shingles wouldn't have handled going down the highway!

New homeward bound!

Just our little addition is left. Bethany at first thought the house trailer had shrunk! I then reminded her that we saw it drive down the highway so she then realized that it hadn't shrunk. I told her this building was where our playroom, office and storage room had been. She was very surprised, "Our playroom was in there??!!" I always assumed she knew the addition wasn't originally part of the house trailer, I thought it was quite obvious from the outside, but she never put the two together. Her house was always that way and there was no need to see it as two separate buildings. The addition will now be converted into the farm office. The plan is to move it beside the shop and give Ron's parents their room in their basement where the office currently is.

We have settled quite nicely into our new home. Ron commented the other day that it was hard to remember what life was like in the house trailer and Bethany has no recollection of what it looked like on the inside! Nathan and Larissa don't mention it at all, it's like it almost never happened. Almost. We had a great 11 years in the house trailer, it served its purpose well, but now we have said good-bye to our old friend knowing it will continue to be a great place for its new owner.