Tuesday February 15 In anticipation of my parents’ visit the upcoming weekend, Aaron and I ventured out early to find the local hot springs. We grabbed our first of MANY breakfast burritos from Taos Cow (a juicy burrito filled with egg, buttery hash browns, sausage patties,...
Taos got some major major snow last week! It was so fun to watch the inches pile up over a 24 hr period...
We've been doing a TON of fun cooking here in Taos! We're provided an amazing amount of staples and fresh food to feed the 5 of us volunteers living on the property, plus usually at least 1-2 meals a week cooked together as a team...
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...
Thursday Dec 23 We woke up early on the upper rim of the Rio Grande Gorge outside Taos. The morning was quite frosty as low horizon cloud cover blocked the first light of the sun, but we still woke to a pleasant scene with a hot...
Sunday Dec 19 We woke up early for our last morning at the hot springs - wanting a final soak before we left the hot springs. We had a whole day to get down from Gila National Wilderness area and towards Albuquerque. The drive out from...
Thursday Dec 16 We hit the road fairly early Thursday bound for New Mexico. We had an aim for Gila Hot Springs Campground, high up in the Gila Wilderness. Aaron’s brother Josh has recommended this place and we thought it might be a great place to...
Wednesday Dec 15 I woke up early and decided to finish up some quick work things from the previous couple days. 2 hours later, I was cranky, irritated that we weren’t already on a trail and that things seemed to be taking longer all the time....
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...