Unpacking Life in Moab

Older & Wilder

GGW Media

Health & Fitness, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Chaos and Catch-Up: Moving Tales, Packing Fails, and More

In this episode of 'Older and Wilder,' Claire and Joy catch up on life updates, including Claire's move to Moab, unpacking struggles, and addressing packing mishaps. They also delve into amusing anecdotes about their partners' packing skills, navigating mountain roads, and the trials of driving through snowy I-70. Claire shares her family's transition to a new home, dealing with rental issues, and missing loved ones left behind. They touch upon Halloween costumes, art decor preferences, and managing moving expenses. Towards the end they reflect on the ongoing challenges of podcasting and express gratitude for their listeners' support.

00:32 Moving Woes and Packing Struggles

01:07 Funny Anecdotes and Pet Peeves

06:42 Travel Troubles and Weather Woes

13:41 Settling In and Home Improvements

19:23 Furniture Shopping and Recommendations

24:17 Renting vs. Owning: The Struggles

25:23 Deep Cleaning and House Repairs

27:15 Settling In and Unpacking

28:12 Core Memories and Moving Stories

35:25 Art and Home Decor

44:26 Halloween Fun and Costumes

48:32 Podcast Updates and Farewell

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. Welcome back to older and wilder, Joy, and Claire and Mira.
0:06.6	Mira is like a lifelong listener, and she's in the chat today.
0:13.0	And we're very excited.
0:15.2	I am in Moab. I made it.
0:17.2	Yay, you made it.
0:18.6	This is probably hopefully our last week of the poor audio quality until I can get my
0:22.6	real mic set back up.
0:23.7	It's packed away, surrounded by so many blankets and pillows.
0:27.5	It basically was like the blanket and pillow box and Claire's podcast mic.
0:31.3	Yeah, I remember that.
0:32.4	I actually, I still have the box for it and I like took it out and set it aside.
0:36.9	And then someone else packed the
0:38.1	microphone and I was like, well, well, we tried. Oh, I remember that being like my nervous
0:44.3	packing situation when we moved where I was like, just don't break the microphone because I really
0:49.3	don't want to have to like rush to get a new mic, but by the time move side note it's so it's so embarrassing kind of
0:56.7	sort of but like Scott is not the greatest packer and I just like I don't understand why his brain
1:02.1	would like why are you making that face that surprises me it's very surprising such like an intentional
1:07.7	guy like everything is like no they. They can. Oh my gosh.
1:12.0	There's some things where like, okay, Claire, I'm sorry to be sexist here, but there's some things where I want to be like, like, what makes you think this is like going to work? You don't have to be. It isn't sexist. This is just the way of the world. Not all men, but many, many to most. He would like shove pictures with glass in like a box with like no padding, just shove them all together. And I'm like, you have to pad things. Like, what about this makes sense to you? So when we got here, he was like opening some of his like poster photos that were framed and they were like all cracked and I just remember thinking I'm not
1:44.6	going to say it I'm not going to say it but this is the worst packing job ever seen and I know
1:48.8	he packed them he just like shoved him haphazardly into a box thinking they're just together
1:54.1	they're not going to break like right how does that make sense they're just going to be friends
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