Planning for a Move

This will not happen until summer next year, but moving telescopes and guns is complicated by odd shapes.  The 5" refractor will need a 6"x6"x60" box.  The 8" reflector will need a 12"x12"x70" box.

Yes all of these came in boxes many years ago.  If I cannot buy boxes this size I may have to make them of plywood.

I was planning to ship my car to avoid spending most of each day driving.  If I can find someone to split the driving, I could load the guns and the 5" refractor in the Cadillac.   My wife will be chauffeuring the dogs in her car.

Bad News, Good News

I picked up the bad cold that sent my wife to Urgent Care in Johnson City.  (Like Boise used to be, there was only a few minute wait.)  

We had speculated that the heaviness in our lungs was the high humidity or allergic reaction.  I now think it was just the incipient cold 

I Think Eastern Tennessee is My Future Home

I would not have picked it myself but when my daughter moves, we will likely follow.  Rush minute is nothing there.  It has much the same feeling as Idaho when we first moved here in 2001: no traffic, friendly people, very little homeless population (it is not Knoxville or Nashville).  It is also prettier: lots of trees and hills.

Housing is cheap.  This 4 bedroom 3 bath 2932 sq. ft., 1.32 acre house is $519,900.  By the time we are ready to move, it will be gone but many similar houses are there.  Housing is so cheap that we can buy cash, pay for movers, pay to have a big dog run for the girls, and maybe build an observatory.