We took a 3-week detour, but today we fly back to Austin to pick up where we left off! Quick recap: Right before our scheduled departure from New Mexico, AC had a snowboarding accident that separated her shoulder. We made a beeline for our next long-ish stop, Austin, TX, where we were told we should really have the surgery wherever we plan to end up (so AC can do post-op stuff) so we booked a…
Hi friends! To avoid 72 separate posts about AC’s shoulder saga, we’re going to have this single, running post, that I’ll update regularly. If you want to know how things are going, keep checking back here 🙂 Jan. 23: At AC’s appointment in Austin yesterday, the ortho strongly encouraged us to have AC’s surgery at our final destination so AC can attend follow-up appointments. Immediately after leaving his office, we made some quick calls to…
Well, we are on the road again! Saturday morning we loaded up our truck and left the snowy mountains of New Mexico, but our destination changed. The original plan was to hit a few more national parks- White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Guadalupe Mountains, and Big Bend- before heading to Austin, TX, but AC had an accident so we are now headed to meet an orthopedic surgeon. More on that to come. Since last week was…
I can’t believe it’s been 3 weeks since I last shared an update. Eeek! Short version: We’re still in NM and it’s still snowing. Long version: AC has been busy at the ski school. So busy, in fact, that she suggested I go home the week between Christmas and New Years since that is peak week on the slopes so she wouldn’t be around much. So I did. And it was great! My parents scooped…
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…
This year has been full of excitement, opportunity, and adventure. AC and I have so much to be thankful for including the love and support of you all, our cherished friends and family! We have one more week of farming ahead of us before we head to the Caraways in Angel Fire, NM for ski season. It’s amazing how fast our “adult internship” has flown by and we can’t wait to put all of our…
This past week was pretty low key so this will be a short post. We completed our morning and evening chores each day, per usual. AC worked with Annabelle to muck stalls and rearrange the office. I made a few trips into town this week because I needed a more reliable WiFi connection for a couple of meetings. The farm has WiFi, but it’s slow at best. Not quite reliable enough to host a client-facing…