Journey To Simplify - Part Two

We were told about a place that gave loans to people wanting to move to the country so we applied and were approved. We began to look at small towns and house-building. At the same time, though, we had a desire to live close to relatives and when the mention of income possibilities came up we loaded up everything we had; I mean everything, including a freezer full of food that I had put up, into a moving van and off we went. It was a difficult task moving over a thousand miles this way. The moving truck was slow and even broke down at one point, and we had to plug in the freezer each night when we stopped to make sure everything stayed frozen. To do that we had to unhook the car that we were towing behind the truck so that we could back it up to the room we were spending the night in. Our little ones were four, two and ten months old and did so well! They and I were in the station wagon and Jack drove the truck. We stopped at an older relative's on the way down and she said, "If you were twenty years older, you would never attempt this." Hmmmm...... Because the truck was so slow it took several days longer than what they allowed, and we ended up owing more money for the rental when we got there.
We enjoyed seeing the relatives and had many good times there. Catching crawfish in traps, blue crab in nets, swimming, boating, skiing, and visiting the many historical sites in the area. We ended up living in a suburb of a large city again, though, and home was calling us, so six months later we loaded up everything (not quite everything; I gave away all of the frozen food this time and the car that we had towed behind the truck) and headed back. We went with a different rental company and the trip went very well.