Down Sizing: AKA The Yard Sale

Two days of beautiful weather allowed our yard sale to happen. We sold lots of our stuff, and gave a lot away. It feels great knowing that the next step was just taken. We needed to down size. This was what was mostly left, I called a charity to come pick up the rest, hopefully they will be here today. I would prefer not to have to bring it inside! We kept some stuff to sell on ebay. -Jason

Curt Hitch and Rola Cargo Carrier

It took two of us (thanks Joe) to install this hitch. We had to cut the bumper and bend it a bit to do it. But voila, it's on. I had to borrow a grinder from a friend (thanks Kevin), to get it done. It doesn't look like much installed but as you can see from both pictures there is a lot more under the van. As we where getting the last bolt tightened it started to pour down rain. Woot, we rushed to throw the tools in the van and run inside. We needed this hitch to be able to use a cargo carrier. Click on picture of license plate to see the hitch better.

 It does a lot of nifty things as you can see. We are going to use it to store our sun oven and other items, that we will need mostly when we are outside the van, like fuel for a small stove (in case we want to fry). We are buying the cargo carrier from a really nice gentlemen in Carlsbad, CA. He is giving us a great deal on it and delivering it to us in Sacramento in late July. He and his wife are going to Washington this summer and on their way up to WA we will meet up. Thank you Terry. -Jason