Sunday, August 19, 2012

All Kinds Of Downsizing


The ManFlesh and I are moving ourselves, our 2 young dogs, and Bigfoot from Portland, Oregon (pop. 593,820) to Florence*, Montana (pop. 765).  Our Portland life includes a 2800 sq ft craftsman bungalow within walking distance of tons of great restaurants and bars, a handful of grocery stores, two hardware stores, three pet stores and at least two tattoo parlors and guitar shops.

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Photo from Trek In The Park 2010
Our Florence life will include an 1800 sq ft house within walking distance of our greenhouse, a too-be-determined formerly-chicken shelter, 1000s of acres of National Forest, some great-looking hiking trails, and the shed where our new-used ATV with snow plow attachment is stored.  We will drive into town to pick up our mail at the Post Office.

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Photo from 50,000 Silver, Montana's Largest Gift Shop on I-90 in Haugen May 2012
Ahead of us is a month of packing, sorting, purging, selling, visiting and then moving across three state lines.  I think the blogging will really start when we get there and I hope to clean up the look soon, too.

*A 30-minute drive south of Missoula (pop. 67,290)


8 comments:

  1. I'm so excited for you & The MF! Such big changes on the way, so many new horizons! I'm looking forward to following your adventures! oxo~L

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  2. I can tell this is going to be a fun adventure! I'm so excited for you.

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  3. How fun! I'm looking forward to the updates and reviews!!

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  4. The site looks great, love the background! So glad you decided to star tthis blog I know myself and many of your friends will look forward to reading it. The name is perfect.Love the pics and the tiny print of where the photo's were taken. I have a feeling there will be many a hilarious story on this blog :)

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  5. What fun we shall share with you on this new chapter and adventure in your lives! Thanks for taking us with.

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  6. I'm so excited for your adventure and start scouting a house for me and the OMP!

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  7. Thanks so much to everyone for checking in! I'm afraid there may be about 6 weeks of dry spell before the move, but I hope you'll all come back when I get down to some serious observing and (mis)adventuring.

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