Well, I wanna thank yous guys (that's Yankee for "y'all") for getting back to me on my questions. Escrow closes on Monday so it's been a busy weekend with the 4th and interviewing furniture movers. Now I know I can commit to the move, so I will be looking into car hauler$$ as well.
Thanks especially for the tips on storage: that's the next problem to solve. Thanks also for the DMV pointers re smog and registration. I have clear title on all: My family is the first owners on the Porsche and Camper: My 66 was a desert car I bought 10 years ago from some kids with an over-ambitious plan to "fix the car up". Thank God they ran out of enthusiasm before cutting the steel or stripping the car down too bad. They did manage to utterly screw up the electrical system - I think they just pugged wires in at random, and when it worked, that was good enough.
Now, why I am I moving to Chattanooga? Ask me again when you see me in person and I will give you the full low-down.
I am leaving CA because of : High taxes, more taxes coming (they're talking about taxing the number of bags you use at the grocery store), too many people who do not speak English and have no interest in learning. I have interviewed for several jobs and have been told I do not speak the right language. I live in Palm Springs, so we are talking about 120 degrees in summer, and my house is 300 feet from the San Andreas fault. I wanna sell it while it's worth something.
I also discovered I don't really need to vote anymore. If the courts here don't like the way the people voted, they just nullify the election by calling it "unconstitutional" and legislate as they please.
I am coming to TN, spec. Chattanooga, because; Your plants are all green and aren't studded with 3" thorns. There's dirt on the ground, not sand. I wanted to move to a smaller southern city, preferably in or near the Appalachians. Knoxville is a college town (no thanks), Nashville too big, Huntsville too small, Atlanta is what I am leaving behind. Big enough to have something to do, small enough that I don't have to spend hours getting there. I like country and bluegrass: and you don't get popular in CA listening to that stuff. I like older buildings and have the hope that after a few weeks time I'd know my neighbors' names.
The only time my neighbors in CA ever knocked on my door was to sign a petition because somebody's well-built fence was one row of bricks too high.
... so don't worry, I will be brining very little of the west coast with me and I promise NEVER to tell you "how we do it in California".
