Like the early pioneers on the Oregon Trail, it was time for us to dump our piano off the back of the wagon, so to speak.  We managed to leave 12 boxes of stuff behind with my parents.  We also left our 8” dobsonian strutted telescope behind, which makes me sad, but we haven’t used it yet and we should have a good number of opportunities to visit star parties this year.  The three foreground stacks are ours, as is the telescope base leaning against the boxes:

The upshot of leaving all this behind is we were able to get rid of the shelving I built into the bedroom back in June.  The bedroom now feels much bigger and there’s a lot more light now that both windows are unobstructed.

Progress!