It’s been nearly eight months since we locked the door to our Ashland townhome for the last time and hitched up the trailer. We felt as footloose and fancy-free as possible with 41 years of accumulated marriage and family “stuff” whittled down and stored in a 5’x10’ storage unit. It was a pretty good feeling…still no regrets.
Once we decided to try to call Staunton, Virginia our home, we found a beautiful campground not far out of town and settled in to search for a house.
Previously, I wrote about our April house offer fiasco that had us canceling a contract on a brand new home (that I loved). What I didn’t mention was that when we expected to move in on May 5th, Reg quickly arranged for our belongings to be picked up in Ashland, Oregon and delivered to our new house the day after closing. As luck would have it, our things were on their way but we no longer had a house/garage to unload them into. More fast work by Reg secured us a local storage unit just in the nick of time.
Pretty quickly (probably too quickly), we made an offer on a second home, but withdrew it the next day after realizing the beautiful 17-acre forest view across the street was for sale and zoned for commercial/high density housing. Ugh! That was a close call.
Now we are waiting patiently for a closing date on a third home, one that we are excited about for a number of reasons. The current owners need to find a home to buy prior to moving out. We think they’ve done so, but we don’t know the status of the sellers they are (hopefully) under contract with. If the dominoes fall in the wrong direction we could be back at square one. We are hopeful, but not preordering furniture this time!
Meanwhile, we keep busy exploring the area and all that it has to offer…
Staunton’s Stonewall Brigade Band was established in 1855, making it the longest continuous community band in the country. Much like Ashland, Oregon, they offer free summer concerts in the park and ice cream sales. We’re feeling more and more at home.
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