On the road again

I've always been a 'home is where my stuff is' kind of a gal. This is partially because I've never lived in one place long enough to have a definitive 'home.' I don't have one childhood home that I grew up in, realistically I have seven. When I'm on vacation my hotel is home, when I'm in Toronto Pete and Kara's is home, and since these days most of my stuff is in Picton, I call it home.
Starting in March, I will be calling Medicine Hat home. I was offered a job at the paper there and I'm looking forward to starting the next phase of my life. I will be sad to leave Ontario behind--and I'm annoyed that I have to change all of my identification and what not again-- but it will be nice to be closer to 'home' in Calgary.
Now the craziness begins. I'm trying to figure out to move out there without spending a small fortune. When I came to Ontario I didn't have any furniture to ship, so that was easy, this time around it's a different story. That's probably not going to happen. I'm also trying to decide the best way to get my car out west, the cheapest way is probably to drive it out, but a cross-country road trip on my own sounds painful. So we'll see what happens.
Does anyone have tips on a cross-country move? Does anyone want to drive across the country in a Buick with me?