Cooking Rabbit
I cooked our rabbit tonight! I used this recipe with 2 small changes: Watch below for the verdict… Until next time, Charli
Animals Learning
Month: August 2023
Animals Learning
Livin’ and Learnin’ in Paradise
I’ve decided that 2 days of farm life is the equivalent of about 5 days of regular life. So much happens in a day on the farm! Since my last post, we’ve kept up with morning chores and AC has continued to work her tuchus off. You can tell the she’s proving herself a great farmhand because she’s getting more independent jobs that involve big machinery: moving the water cannon, cleaning up a fence line…
Animals Learning Planning
Farm Immersion
We’ve been at Paradise Valley Ranch for a full week now and we’ve already learned so much! Here are a few experiences to highlight: Due to my work schedule, unfortunately, my daytime participation on the farm has been limited (and the FOMO is killing me). I assist with morning chores and have volunteered to take on evening chores alone most nights. On the other hand, AC has been working 8+ hour days. This week AC…
Animals Learning
We Arrived at Our First Farm Stay!
Arrival After a 5-hour drive from Osoyoos, we finally reached our first farm stay in BC, Canada! Two families share this 160 acre farm: Olivier, Karla, and their three children make up one family. Heidi, Paul, and their two daughters make up the other family. When we arrived, we were greeted by Olivier and Heidi. Heidi gave us a tour of their beautiful farm which included showing us all of their animals–cows, rabbits, pigs, chickens,…
Travel
Roadtrip Stops #9 & 10: Deserts
Spokane After Missoula, we had big plans for Spokane. Unfortunately, the 107 degree heat wave put a damper on most of those plans. Our Hipcamp was interesting, though! We stayed at Hidden Acres Orchard and nestled our tent among a grove of mulberry trees. This was the first night we actually had the time and energy to set up our full camp, complete with our table and chairs. We used our camp stove to cook…
Animals Dreaming Travel
Roadtrip Stop #8: Llamas & Alpacas!
This is a longer update than usual because I’m combining two posts! I drafted the first portion of this post on May 26, 2023. “Dreamsearcher” Let me start this post off by self-identifying as a researcher. When I have a dream, vision, or idea I research the heck out of it so that I can bring it to life. I research my dreams–I’m a “dreamsearcher”, if you will. For example: Anywho, since we’ve been talking…
Travel
Roadtrip Stops #6 & #7: South Dakota to Montana
On our last day in South Dakota we explored three more sites: Wind Cave National Park, Mt. Rushmore National Monument, and Custer State Park. Here’s my quick opinion of each: Wind Cave National Park If you’re not on a mission set foot in every National Park, skip this one. It’s small and the namesake cave is not always accessible–during our visit, the elevator was broken so we could not visit the cave. Since we were…
Travel
Roadtrip Stop #5: The World’s ONLY Corn Palace
The best part of Friday (Aug 11) was AC’s unscheduled pit stop at the one and only Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD! AC saw billboards from the highway and, as you should when you pass signs for “the world’s only [anything]”, knew that we had to take a quick detour to see this gem. The Corn Palace was wonderfully gaudy! It’s a combination of corn history museum and multi-purpose arena. The arena part can host…
Travel
Roadtrip Stop #4: Dutch Ovens…Not the Farting Kind
Kicking Off Yesterday, we made our way from St. Louis, MO to Sioux Falls, SD. Since our bodies were still on eastern time, we were up nice and early. We cooked some of the fresh eggs from our Hipcamp hosts, then we packed up and hit the road again. The drive was fairly uneventful. We did swing through Kansas City and grab photos with a couple fun murals and accidentally took a short detour into…
Travel
Roadtrip Stops #2 & 3: Louisville and St. Louis
Louisville The adventure continues! The longest legs of our trip took us from Washington, DC to Louisville, KY to St. Louis, MO. We got to Louisville pretty late, but we still made pit stops at Churchill Downs and the Louisville Slugger Museum to snap some quick pics. We grabbed dinner on Whiskey Row where AC enjoyed Louisville’s signature drink (and one of her favorites), an Old Fashioned. For desert, we did some dusky scooting around…