The big move to AZ – May 2, 2011
In 2011 we decided to see how Arizona would be year round. After many years spending the winters in Arizona and the summers in Fox Lake, IL I had learned to hate snow and cold. Tammy said she always wanted to move someplace warm and she received a job offer 20 minutes from the house we already owned so we decided to give it a shot.
We were partially done with the remodel on the Pink Flamingo and having owned it for over a decade I just couldn’t part with the old girl. But most transport quotes I received I just couldn’t justify it until the local marine transport in AZ called and they had an empty load going back from Chicago. The only kicker was it was Thursday and he was hoping to head back on Monday. So after a long weekend of work to get it ready and lots of help from my brother Brian and my father we had it packed full of household stuff and ready to go.
I have to admit I was awfully nervous but Hales Marine Transport took awesome care of the old girl and since it was arriving in AZ a month before us I decided to have them do some of the fiberglass repairs and repaint it so it was ready when we go out there. Unfortunately when we arrived in AZ it was already blistering hot and I still had lots of work to do on it before launching it so it took over another year for it to finally hit the water. But that’s another story.
The Pink Flamingo in Arizona 