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We've still got boxes under the house from when we moved to this house several years ago. I'm sure it's all good stuff in those boxes, but by now there's probably centipedes, too. Eewe! We didn't even move that far, probably all of about three miles, but those boxes are still down there lurking around somewhere.
I checked my quote and the 20' Matson container was actually $6109. It was dropped at my home in San Diego. After we packed it the driver came back and it was trucked to Long Beach (LA). It then was loaded onto the boat to Oahu then finally to Kauai. The $6109 is only to the port on Kauai. We then paid another driver to drop the container at our storage unit so we could unload it. I think that was about $175.
Haha! No, we haven't got everything out of the boxes yet. We've unpacked and organized our 13 checked bags, that was stuff we wanted access to right away. But, most of everything else is in our storage units. Yep, we got 2 storage units. Space is limited in our condo and with four kids it got filled fast! I joke with the kids that we're trendy with our "tiny house living".
Aloha SunnySideUpS, thanks for the kind words! *blush*
Four kids and only a twenty foot container, you did good! Hopefully they will be helpful when it comes time to getting things out of boxes.
I'm not a personal fan of storage units, it seems to me that once they've been filled they rarely get emptied out and go away. The more space allotted to 'stuff' the more 'stuff' will appear to fill the space. Plus the more 'stuff' the more time you gotta spend keeping it organized and then there's less time for swimming and other fun things.
Hopefully with four kids, though, there will be lots of time for fun things. They're always a good excuse to go out and do fun things. Not that as one of those adults you'd mind going to the beach, but it doesn't happen as often unless you've got enthusiastic helpers.
What's been the best thing about Kauai so far now that you've gotten your container unpacked?
The best thing about Kauai for us since unpacking the container is the slow pace of life. There is so much to love about Kauai! The clean air, the beautiful green mountains, sandy beaches and clear water. The people of Kauai are friendly and reflect the beauty of the island. If you read my old posts you'll know that it was a long awaited dream. We feel blessed to be living here.
I checked my quote and the 20' Matson container was actually $6109. It was dropped at my home in San Diego. After we packed it the driver came back and it was trucked to Long Beach (LA). It then was loaded onto the boat to Oahu then finally to Kauai. The $6109 is only to the port on Kauai. We then paid another driver to drop the container at our storage unit so we could unload it. I think that was about $175.
Aloha!
Thanks for the reply, Sunnyside. It is beneficial for folks considering a potential move to know the container cost. Unfortunately due to the horrendous flooding and yet unrealized damage to the Texas
gulf coast, we might find the price of refined petroleum products escalating higher with a subsequent escalation in near future shipping costs.
As a side note, I only hope and wish the best for those folks in south Texas and Louisiana who are in the
midst of dealing with very real danger as well as what may be realized as profound personal tragedy.
My heart truly goes out to them all.
I heard once that Hawaii's oil doesn't come from the mainland. Which means you'd expect we'd be exempt from any price rises, but we will see how that goes. Still, the ships go from the mainland thru here and loop around, so I suppose they get some of their fuel from the mainland at what will be higher prices.
As SunnySideUpS has mentioned, the slower life here is a great thing and I'd guess a lot of the reason for things to be slower here is our distance from the mainland. As well as everywhere else.
I heard once that Hawaii's oil doesn't come from the mainland. Which means you'd expect we'd be exempt from any price rises, but we will see how that goes.
That is true. Oil generally doesn't come from the mainland. That's actually not a good thing with currency fluctuations and the US is the #3 oil producer in the world.
Last evening, I sat here on a hillside above Honolulu with thunder shaking our home and lightening flashing. The rain fell in torrents, and our cell phones lit up with flash flood warnings. I thought about those tough and resilient neighbors of ours living on the gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana, and I realized that there is an unspoken degree of proximity that could be realized between what they are currently suffering and what we in Hawaii could face in the future. I wish all of them the best.
Do you happen to have a picture of the ramp you built?
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We've unpacked and organized our 13 checked bags, that was stuff we wanted access to right away. But, most of everything else is in our storage units. Yep, we got 2 storage units. Space is limited in our condo and with four kids it got filled fast! I joke with the kids that we're trendy with our "tiny house living".
