Friday March 11 We left our lovely work-trade posting in Taos for a month in Missouri -- helping Aaron's parents on their new 5-acre property. The first stop in our vintage 1975, camper-outfitted van (named Karma by the previous owner) was back north to Denver to...
Friday March 11 Our day of departure from Taos finally upon us, I got up early to start our morning of loading up and final cleaning of our cabin. Upon my return walk from the bathroom, I discovered a small, light colored Husky dog, with a collar...
Friday March 11 We are heading to Aaron's parents' new house in Missouri for 5 weeks of spring planting & planning! We are excited to see their new property shaping up and lend a hand. Before we left, we were invited to return to Peaceful Earth...
Taos got some major major snow last week! It was so fun to watch the inches pile up over a 24 hr period...
We're loving live here in New Mexico! It's been three weeks since we arrived at our new work-trade property, and we've been busy getting settled. First task was finishing some features on our provided trailer, nicknamed the Hemp Hut for it's use of hempcrete insulation!...
Friday Dec 24 - Jan 9 We spent the Christmas and New Year's holidays in Denver, thankfully getting to see some of my visiting family on Christmas Day -- and un-thankfully catching COVID somehow a few days later. We did our due diligence of tracing, but...
Monday Dec 13 We left Joshua Tree Monday morning without a real schedule or time frame beyond a loose plan for the next 11 days, and being back in Denver by Christmas Eve. We stopped at the Joshua Tree visitor’s center for some souvenirs, and then...
We left San Diego this past weekend, Saturday (Dec 11) morning - bound for Joshua Tree with my cousins Mike, Brian, their daughter Olivia, and two puppies. They have a built-out Sprinter van of their own - so it’s been extremely helpful hanging out with...
Sunday Nov 14 We are loving the honeymoon phase on our first trip in the van. We rushed our move out an additional day earlier to give us more time on our 1200 mile journey. We had just barely enough time over the first week of...
Surprise! We jumped out of our apartment lease and into a “new” van! I’ve owned this van for a week now and I still can’t believe it. We had lined up a really amazing farm to work and live at for the winter, immediately upon moving out...