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| Sunny 1 loaded in Vallejo |
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| Big Girl! |
We made it to Olympia from the road last night at 9:00. Having a dog really changes how many rest stops you have to try! Tessie did great and met a handsome 175 pound (!) german shepherd who gave her lots of kisses.
Getting Sunny 1 ready for the truck was quite the undertaking. Many thanks to Scott and his 4' long tie wraps! We did such a fine job that the truck driver said, "Oh, you've done this before..."!
Once Sunny was loaded onto the truck and secured (took 3 hrs), Carl (the nice trucker from Missouri) took another hour measuring the height of the load. We measured Sunny in the yard in March to the height of 15' 1". Add 6" for the truck for the height of 15" 7'. After an hour of measuring Carl determined Sunny sat at 16' 2", thus requiring an additional escort car, one of them being the Pole Car. This car literally has a pole adjusted to 16"2' attached to the front bumper. If the Pole Car clears the overpass/bridge, she lets the driver know he can proceed. Funny that in our high tech world it comes down to something as basic as a pole not scraping the bottom of the concrete.
Sunny is expected to arrive this afternoon at Olympia's Swantown Boatworks. We noticed she needs her zincs changed before going in the water so a trip to West Marine is on the list. The trucking company is not charging us for the additional escort car (whew!).
We are so excited to be splashing Sunny into Puget Sound water today! Can't wait to take a nap in our own bed!
More later!
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