Packed and Loaded!

The movers arrived Thursday, packed ,loaded and took off with our things.  I am a little nervous, as the semi couldn't make it down our street (cars park on both sides of the street) nor could it fit in the complex.  They had to load everything on to one truck and then transfer it to the "big" truck.  To me, that's a recipe for disaster and loss!  I spoke with the driver as he was leaving on Friday and said he'll be in Montreal by Tuesday.  Once there, he will take it to a warehouse, where it will sit for an undisclosed amount of time.  We've heard it could take a few days to a few weeks to clear customs.

Now the hard part starts; me packing what will be going in the car, so it will all fit and still have room for us and the cats! 

I almost forgot a very important part of this puzzle...calling the US Customs, to inform them we will be exporting our car out of the US and into Canada.  We have to email them 72 hours before we plan to cross the border; take the endless amount of documents we have and the car, for them to approve. Where we have to cross the border, there's only one point of entry, in that area, we are allowed to take the car for this. The recording stated this fact about 4 times and the customs agent I spoke with, also told me this, about 4 times!    That's a whole other issue to deal with, but sounds pretty painless....I hope!  This info was not in any of the books I read, or in any of the info they sent to us.  Once again, found it looking through the Canadian Customs website.

We are hoping the temporary housing is all set in place, just waiting on our arrival.  We'll be there until our place is ready, the 1st week of September. 

Off to pack...

Here are pictures of our Thule cargo box.  Thanks to Carolyn and Jesse for helping with the install!