Break-in!

One month after putting some of our furniture into storage, we got a call from the self-storage company.  Young Melissa calmly told me that during her every-other-day walk around she noticed that there was no lock on our unit. She opened the door and found a cut lock on the floor. On the other end of the phone, I immediately started freaking out. Our storage unit was broken into!! Not a good way to start our full time RVing life!

Since Melissa didn't know what we put into storage, she couldn't tell me what was missing. I called my son Jon and asked him to drive over and take photos. Jon drove over and sent me a live video of the contents of the unit. I compared the video image to the photo we took a month ago.  Amazingly, the contents looked undisturbed!!! Nothing was taken!!!  What a relief! My emotional switch flipped from upset and angry to happy and relieved.









So what happened?

• My Theory: A thief was attempting to steal stuff from our unit, but was interrupted.
• The Self Storage Manager's Theory: Another renter forgot his key, thought our unit was his and innocently cut the lock. When he saw the "wrong" stuff inside, he tossed the lock on the floor, closed the door and left.
• Jeremy's Theory: Someone was trying to break into their ex's storage locker, but realized they had the wrong one, closed it back up and took off! 

Actually, Jeremy's theory is the best bet and the only one that truly explains all the facts (i.e. no other units were broken into, nothing was taken from our unit, and he left the cut lock behind).

The manager assured me that his facility is safe. He's been there since 2005 and there has been only one break-in during that time -- in 2006. Jon purchased a new, stronger lock and locked up our unit. So now, we have decided not to worry -- and to continue our journey.  - Amanda