Wow! Time marches on and we are closing in on the departure date.
I have to say that if you ever want to get rid of stuff in a hurry, Craigslist is the way to go! We had a "moving sale" on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday before noon we sold off a lot of small things ($165 toward the escape fund). Sunday was a lot slower but we still brought in $275. Today I took photos of all the big stuff and posted individual ads and we've been busy all day (and another $100 give or take). Not too shabby considering I didn't think we had anything worth anything!
Last week I sold off books, CDs and DVDs and made about $475. I had to shop them around Seattle a bit but it was worth the effort.
So, if we go just on our recent sales we have gas money to get us to about... San Jose. There is the rest of the week to go so no worries. We will be out of Olympia one way or another by Saturday and heading toward a warmer Christmas! Even if we run out of gas in Humbolt and end up on some sort of collective we'll at least be out of Olympia.
Oh, did I just say "no worries?" Paul just this minute came in from a quick trip to the bank to say the car is "misfiring." So stay tuned for further developments.
(I'm telling you, I will be out of here even if I have to walk. I'd prefer not to have to walk but it's an option. Hm, I wonder how far I could get on community transit buses?)
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