We finally have power and internet back in our house. It had been out since last Sunday afternoon. It was off for a whole week thanks to weather Hurricane Ike surprisingly brought all the way up to Ohio. At the peak of the power outage, about 1.5 million Ohioans were in the dark.

But the power is back on and I’m back with our Suburban.

I’ll post a more comprehensive update about my epic drive from Las Vegas, NV, to Ohio a little later. We’re about to clean out our fridge and freezer… Yuck!

Well, here I am in Las Vegas. Actually I’m currently on a shuttle bus heading to Mesquite, NV, where I’m going to pick up our new (to us) Suburban.

I brought my camera, but somehow ended up leaving without a card reader, so all the great pictures I’m taking will have to wait to get posted when I get back.

More to follow!

Well, well… we didn’t get a Class C. We were going to, but we came across a great deal on a 1994 Suburban 2500 with a towing capacity of 10,000 lbs. This thing is sweet and its going to make the perfect starter tow vehicle.

The interior is in great shape. The tires have about 80% tread.

It has a drop-down DVD entertainment system for the kids, which I’m sure will get a lot of use.

Somehow, we’ve ended up being one of those families who inadvertently ended up with more vehicles than they need, so we’re now going to be selling off our three other cars: a ‘97 Saturn SL, a ‘94 Nissan Altima and an ‘05 Pontiac Aztek. Money from those cars and other stuff we’re selling around the house will go towards a small, used travel trailer to use through late February 2009. We have until the end of October when our lease is up.

I am scheduled to start my temporary job at Amazon.com in Kansas on Nov. 2, a day after my birthday. Money from that job will go towards a travel trailer as well. Before we know it, it will be February and we’ll be ready to head out.