Hiya! It’s been a while since I provided an update, but rest assured we’re still alive and enjoying a real winter with AC’s parents in Angel Fire, NM. Week one in Angel Fire went by calmly. I set up shop in the basement and it’s been a great little office. And the decorations coupled with the wood stove in the living room sometimes makes me feel like I’m in a Hallmark Christmas movie. We’ve even…
Petrified Forest is a pretty neat little National Park! We spent the first half of Monday exploring the colorful petrified wood and the rainbow-striped hills. This park was small, which y’all know I prefer, and packed a punch. For others like me, who don’t know much about petrified wood, it comes from ancient trees that have turned to stone! 200 million years ago, a tree might fall into a river. Over time, changing water levels…
We spent Friday in Saguaro National Park. It was cold and rainy most of the day, but we still managed to fit in a couple short hikes and even see some crested Saguaros. The “crested” part is a genetic deformation of the cactus that makes it look like Mr. Broccoli from Veggie Tales. The crested Saguaros that we saw all had spots on the crest that resembled a face and they had upright arms. This…
I write you today from the road, per usual. The difference, though, is that we are not headed to another farm. Though we will never stop learning, we have officially finished the “internship” portion of our adventure! Over the past four months, we have lived at, worked on, and learned from 4 very different farms. Starting with the 166-acre, multi-family operation in Canada and ending with a 9-acre goat dairy in Arizona, we have collected…