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...
June 18 2024 After returning from Jordan Hot Springs thoroughly refreshed and re-energized, Aaron and I were sitting within the beautiful spiked canyon walls of the Middle Fork of the Gila River, at our summer-camp temporary home deep in the wilderness of western New Mexico. Finding...
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...
Tuesday May 21 Aaron and I reunited with friends and family at the Tico Time Bluegrass Festival which is held not far from Durango, CO in Aztec, NM. Since we were already out on the western edge of New Mexico, we used the geographical opportunity...
The 2023-24 ski season kicked off with a bang at Taos Ski Valley with some solid early snow. We were excited as ever to spend another 50+ days cruising groomers and chasing powder. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid...
We returned for another ski season at the Snowmansion, just in time for Thanksgiving. We were fortunate enough to get a free-range organic turkey from a local farm up in Questa, NM - and though we requested the smallest one available, we still ended up...
Sunday Oct 15 2023 We spent a lazy morning with Mike, Brian, Olivia and their two dogs Roxie & Quinn discussing our hiking options, making breakfast and warming up under the early New Mexico sunshine. We finally settled on a loop hike recommended to us by...