During dinner with Cyril, Charito, Gary and Pattie, Gary convinced us to have breakfast with him and Pattie in Nampa on our way out of town. They reasoned that we were only driving as far as Winnemucca Nevada and that it would only take us 4 hours to get there. On the morning of the 27th of September we had breakfast in a really nice little coffee shop in Nampa Idaho. We really enjoyed breakfast. As we left the restaurant and headed back to our car we passed a small Real Estate office next door.. We made the mistake of looking in the window at the pretty pictures there. We couldn't believe the prices under the photographs of the houses in the pictures. Later Margie's cousin Emmy would comment "Most people who go on vacation buy a magnet. You bought a house". Actually that isn't quite correct. We discussed the prices and the weather in Nampa all the way home as we spent one night in a crappy hotel in Winnemucca and then the next night at the Silver Legacy in Reno. During the next 5 days we were approved for a home loan and started looking online and thru and agent at homes in Nampa. Less than  two weeks after we left Nampa we were back there looking at homes new and old. We finally bought a house there. Since then we have started to pack up our 2 bedroom apartment so we can move into our 3 bedroom 2 bath house in Nampa. Our house payment including taxes and insurance will be $160 less than our rent in Rohnert Park. We will be leaving California on October 14th. Here are a few pictures of the 14 year old home we purchased. There was only one owner of this house, a little old lady who has since retired to a rest home. She took loving care of this house. All we need to move in is a Lawn Mower, A Snow Shovel, A Washing Machine (it came with a Clothes Drier) and a Garbage Can.

Update: We moved in on October 29th, 2009 after much haggling with the Loan Underwriters.