U-Hauls come in 3 sizes

Bwd house w/ boxes everywhere

We became very friendly with Bwd's U-Haul guy on Main Street. We rented the LARGE truck for our first load/move right after we signed papers on our Arlington house. We not only rented the truck, but Nick found three truck loaders who were young and strong and loaded EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. Yep, I went on the truck to get my box of underwear I had set aside for wearing during the move. They loaded everything not tied down. But they did lift, tote, and seemingly not even break a sweat while doing it. The trip was awkward with N driving the huge truck and me driving the loaded van. It wasn't hard, just long and tiring, knowing that when we arrived at Woodshire Drive, we'd have to unload. Our wonderful kids were there to help us unload much of the truck that evening. We had stopped by Stephenville to buy 2 mattress sets on the way, so we had a wonderful soft place to sleep. We finished unloading the truck the next day and and organized some of the items in boxes, so could take the boxes back to repack. Took the big truck to a nearby U-Haul place (a feed store that sells animals, feed, saddles, plants and of course rents big trucks and trailers.

For our second U-Haul trip, we rented a smaller truck and a car trailer for the yellow Smart Car. We loaded the trailer ourselves (altho' N did most of the loading). For this trip, w/ N driving the medium sized truck and pulling the yellow car on the trailer. I drove a very fully loaded van pulling our utility trailer loaded with lawn mower and yard things. Again, N and B were there to assist in the unloading of the medium sized truck and various trailers. This time the boxes were left in the garage for unpacking later.
Back to Brownwood for the absolutely final load.

That's another story for another day.