August & September 2024 We spent the latter half of the summer living and working with our two initial Food Church properties in New Mexico. Both locations will eventually be able to support full-time or 3-season residency for the owners and additional workers, but for now...
Monday July 10 - Tuesday July 11I celebrated my 37th birthday in the Gila Wilderness and my only wishes were for chocolate and to backpack to Jordan Hot Springs. Aaron amazingly located my favorite chocolate bars, Taza, at the Gila Cliff Dwellings visitor center and...
Tuesday May 28 - Thursday June 20 2024Our beloved host from Kauai, Jiva, coincidentally retired to our favorite neighborhood of Western New Mexico: Gila Hot Springs. We were graciously allowed to camp out on his new 3-acre property for several weeks, helping out with planting,...
Friday May 24th - Monday May 27th 2024Aaron and I left the badlands of western New Mexico for the green mountains of the Gila Wilderness at the start of the famously busy Memorial Day holiday weekend. We arrived at the Cosmic Campground by late afternoon:...
Thursday May 23 - Friday May 24 2024We left the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness and headed further south with El Malpais National Monument as our goal destination. We stopped for a quick diner breakfast at the adorable Lil's restaurant in Thoreau, NM and a beer at the...
Saturday May 4 - Saturday May 11 2024I rolled into Moab late Saturday evening after riding in the CO2UT gravel bike rice in Fruita, CO. I took the bike race as a sign that I should head onward to Moab earlier than initially intended, and...
Friday November 10th - Sunday November 12thIt was bittersweet to leave Tucson with its giant saguaros speckling the mountain slopes above, but it was time to explore one more Arizona gem with my cousins - the Chiricahua mountains. We drove the scenic route through historic...
Thursday Oct 12 - Saturday Oct 14 After a bustling summer and autumn at Peaceful Earth Gardens harvesting everything in sight (grapes, apples, plums, pears, peaches, apricots, raspberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, broccoli, cabbage, chard, basil), Aaron and I were ready for a bigger trip away from...
Wed May 10 - Mon May 15 Aaron and I spontaneously bought tickets to our first New Mexico festival about a week before we left, on Aaron's birthday (May 10th) to travel 200 miles west towards the new and much-talked-about Tico Time River Resort. The grounds...
I've added some new galleries with my favorite photos of the gorgeous scenery we so often place ourselves in. You can find them all on the gallery page. or see the new galleries directly below: Wild Rivers – Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument Karma Road Trip...