I was really worried that the pickup would be called off because of high winds, the previous few days winds were averaging 24 miles mph and gusting up to 46 mph!!!!!
But the forecast was good!
We started out Saturday morning in the pitch dark! 4:45 am is way to
early for a night owl like me. Luckily, my husband drove and I dozed
, a few snow showers and in the single digits. Brrrrrrr
We were trying to catch the 8:25 am ferry and made it on with a few minutes to spare!
My BIL met us there with his Suburban because we are still minus a tow
vehicle. The plan was I would ride with him and my husband would
follow behind us on the four hour ride home ..just in case....
Arrived at Colin Hyde's Trailer Restoration shortly before nine, she was
waiting for us out front. Colin was there and I delivered the the
requisite bribe, errr... cookies that is
.
We actually managed to hookup, set up the temporary lights and be off in
under an hour which was amazing. Everything was really well organized
with all my parts and old aluminum all ready to go in the trailer.
Thanks Colin!
Here Colin and my BIL are discussing the hitch, I had to change out the
ball from my sisters' 2 inch ball to a 2 5/16, it's amazing how much
extra heft the 5/16th adds. The temporary lights were zip tied onto
the bumper as the duct tape didn't want to stick in the cold and I
didn't want to mar the new paint job on the bumper.
Moonraker flown the coop! Farewell to CHTR at least for the time being!
The view in my mirror!
Safe and sound on the ferry.
Thank goodness we didn't have to ride the ferry in high winds! Did I
ever mention I hate ferries? It's kinda like a fear of flying thing.
Actually I'm okay with flying, ferries not so much, go figure...
Notice the license plate in the back window? We did this legally!
Here's another reason to hate ferries... $36.70 one way for a 10 minute ride!
The ride home was surprisingly uneventful. We stopped a few times to
test the temperature of the trailer hubs. The only issue we had was
"the two Peter's" (my husband and my twins husband are both named Peter)
put the temporary towing lights on backwards. Good thing my husband
drove home right behind us, he called and said we were signalling a left
turn than going right LOL Ah well.....
Here she is being backed up the driveway, and snugged into her temporary
spot until the snow is gone. My BIL was so awesome he did it in one
try. Although he was mumbling something about really liking the
stability of the twin axle ...and that maybe he pulled the trigger too
fast on his single axle Tradewind!
hahaha
Felt like we dodged a bullet! We are all shoveled out now, i
actually was surprised by how little snow accumulated on Moonraker. Peter cleared about a foot off last night and that first picture was how we
found her this morning. Maybe the wind coupled with aerodynamic
shape???? 
