The big move, told through many pictures

[Menagerie]

As a continuation to my Moving is hard enough... thread, here are the pics!

The fish were placed in coolers and given airstones

Here is Josie in our friend's basement apartment waiting to go

The blue "lobster" dancing in excitement

Then the fish and rodents stayed overnight at a motel in Yahk while we took the Budget truck up to Calgary

The next day we loaded the truck

(That's Trevor with Toirtis and KaiserFish on the side)

Trevor, the birds, cats and I ready for the 6 hour trek to Yahk to join the fish and rodents

The following day, Squirrel and a cooler with snacks were loaded into the front of the Surbaru, while the fish and Spice were loaded into the back. Trevor road with the birds and Josie (no pic )

By the time we got to Spokane, we were exhausted and managed to get our mattress in before crashing

 

[Menagerie]

Over the next few days, we set up the fish tanks.

The 80 gal and Squirrel showing off her pearly whites

A BrianNY pleco getting comfortable

A degu before we properly set up their cage

The gerbils got tired of having only one cage and no tunnels, so they ate the ring around the "outpost." Luckily Trevor saw them before they escaped.

This is Casa avoiding his cage and admiring the 50 gallon

Finally, our bed was put back together!

 

[Menagerie]

A few days later (and after a lot of rest) we went to "rescue" Trevor's 1968 half ton truck from my aunt's thistle field.

The truck was in storage for abour 17 months--YUCK!!

This is Pup, my aunt's dog who decided to help while Trevor took the truck off blocks. It was a wet, rainy day and we went home smelling like dog

 

[webmoose]

great photos! love the macro shots....

Male Albino Pleco! I end up with all female plecos.. hahaha.

Mooose

 

[WooHoo]

Thanks for sharing your experience! We love the one of Casa watching the fish!!

 

[Jchillin]

Wow...truly amazing film history.

 

[TankGirl]

Thanks for posting the pics - I have never had the presence of mind to take photographs while moving and have never documented some of the more interesting events (something interesting always happens during a move) so it is cool that you have these pics to document the experience.

Welcome back, and it looks like you have settled in nicely

 

[lmw80]

wow! what a story and the pics to prove it!

 

[Melody]

The pic of the dog is priceless!!! What great eyes! I cant imagine a trip like that with so many critters up to my ears... Yikes! I would go nuts!

 

[Fluff]

Great photos! What a trip, thanks for posting. Glad things have settled down for you and everyone is doing well.

 

[Guest]

Geez, I got tired just looking at the pics, can't imagine how much work that actually was.

I haven't kept up with the enire story, did all your fish survive? I hope so!

 

[Melody]

I like your license plate... did you do what it said??? cry?? I would have, thats just way too much like work for me. and the one of you face down on the matress... HA! I bet you didnt move for days! Its good to see that your at least getting settled in.

 

[fishfreek]

Did the truck start up right away or did you have to fuss with it sine it was in storage for that long.

 

[Meredith]

Wow Menagerie! What a trip! Those are some great photos. It looks like everything is calming down and coming together. Thanks for sharing

 

[Menagerie]

Did the truck start up right away or did you have to fuss with it sine it was in storage for that long.

Trevor bought a new battery, and spakr plugs (I think). The truck started up just fine, but one of the wheels was locked. He had to take off the tire and sprinkle fairy dust on it to get it going. We will be taking the truck up to Calgary next weekend to pick up the stuff that didn't fit in the Budget truck.

did you do what it said??? cry??

Not at that time, we were too busy and too mad. Although, I feel as though I am making up for it tonight. We just discovered Trevor's bird, Abott, has died. She was a sweety and now Casa is squaking his beak off
Now we need to find a vet and bring in Casa to make sure everything is okay. There goes our fun outing to the Art Fest

corvuscorax~we lost a few fish due to keeping them in coolers for 3-4 days longer than we planned Even with daily PWC, the stress was too much for some of them.

 

[BubbleyBlue]

wow that's a lot of pics

 

[QTOFFER]

Great pics!!!
I love the one of your aunt's dog.

 

[Toirtis]

Cool web pics! I love that photo of you and Trevor with the towering pile of pet carriers.

 

[Guest]

Although, I feel as though I am making up for it tonight. We just discovered Trevor's bird, Abott, has died.

Very sorry to hear that. It's tough losing any of our animals. You and Trevor are in my thoughts today.

we lost a few fish due to keeping them in coolers for 3-4 days longer than we planned

Also sorry to hear that, but I sort of expected it.