She's finally home ...

Aside from myself and Nate having a wonderful weekend with Sherrie, Brett and the boys, I also went up to Mt. Airy to pick up the trailer. She handles beautifully, and she did turn a few heads. We took a leisurely drive home, but even at 65 MPH on smooth blacktop, you wouldn't know she was back there - even when riding alongside tractor trailers. I also calculated that pulling her only expends about 5 MPG more on my truck than regular driving ... I think that's really good!

The REAL moment of truth was when we arrived home. I had carefully measured the clearance of my garage to be 82 inches. The builder told me that she's 79" from the ground - not much margin. And I seemed to entertain my neighbors with my effort to back her in. But only after a half dozen tries I did get her in on the right side of the garage. SHE FITS!!! I put the caster on the tongue jack and finessed her in the rest of the way by hand. I then cracked open a cold one and just sat back and gave her a good look-over, like any new, proud papa would.

Next weekend I'll start up with the interior. First thing to tackle will be the flooring. Sherrie's neighbor had some extra hardwood, but unfortunately it wasn't the right color. So I'll have to take a trip out to Lumber Liquidators and see what they have there.