The web log is back on line in Pocatello, Idaho! The system came up this afternoon when Cable One finished the DNS implementation. It should be a bit faster, particularly on the initial page load. We’ll see how service is over the next few months.

This also means we’re in our apartment in Pocatello, and have moved out of our home in Colorado Springs. Here’s some dates:

• We got back from the cruise on Saturday evening, June 12th, too tired to do much other than unload some suitcases.
• On Sunday, June 13th, all the computer equipment was turned off and packaged up so it could come with us in the motorhome to Pocatello.
• Monday morning, promptly at 8 a.m., the packers arrived. Three people started packing up the house and Nina and I started consolidating the stuff we needed to have with us in Pocatello into the motorhome. We were successful in getting most things we needed out before they got packed. In one case, the packer put our telephone system into a box just before lunch on Tuesday. We were able to retrieve it before he closed up the box.
• Monday evening we had dinner with our good friends Bobbie and Duane at the Outback Steakhouse. Good food and very good company.
• Tuesday the packers continued their work, finishing up about 3 p.m. that afternoon having packed about 280 boxes of "really important stuff".
• Wednesday morning the moving truck showed up about 9:30 a.m. to begin loading the truck. The driver and a crew of four other people arrived. They began tearing down beds and putting boxes on the truck. The original estimate was that they’d be done around 5 p.m. It was about that time when they figured out they didn’t have a large enough truck and called for another truck. In the end, they finished loading everything onto the trucks about 7 p.m. that night.
• Continuing on Wednesday, we finished loading the motorhome and cleaning the house. Duane came up and loaded all the remaining trash in his pickup truck to give to the trash collectors on Friday. It was a full load! We finally drove away about 8:30 p.m. headed north on I-25. We drove up north of Denver and stayed the night in a TraveLodge because they allowed a dog to stay in the room. We both collapsed into bed. The dog, however, spent most of the night sniffing all of the strange smells in the room!
• Thursday morning, June 17th, we drove through Ft. Collins, over to Rawlins, and across I-80 to Green River. From there we took US 30 through Soda Springs for a quick visit with mom and dad, and ended up in Pocatello about 6 p.m. that evening. We picked up the apartment keys and directions from security at my new employer and went to the apartment. It’s quite serviceable for our needs right now.
• Hallelujah! Our Pocatello realtor called as we were driving across Wyoming to tell us that we would close on our new home in Pocatello on July 22nd. We will be in our new home by the end of July! That’s a whole month earlier than expected!!

Most everything is put away in the apartment and we’re getting used to living in a small space. Life is pretty good. Last Sunday we went to Church. As we drove towards the building on the freeway, the parking lot was completely empty at about ten minutes before meeting was to start. Our first thought? Stake Conference! So, I called our new bishop at home and we figured out where the Stake building was (funny thing was, I had talked with the Bishop at work on Friday and he totally forgot to tell me it was Stake Conference on Sunday). The conference was good and we enjoyed being there. This is the third time this has happened! We should just expect that first Sunday anywhere we move will be Stake Conference.

We spent Sunday afternoon in Soda Springs. It was a very pleasant time visiting and having dinner with my folks. We’ll do this fairly regularly. Also, they are no longer long distance! Nina calls mom a couple of times a day, "just because I can!" she says. Monday evening Cable One installed the high-speed internet and now today, the web site is now online and working. Hurrah!