It’s been a good week y’all! I’ve gone from Boston to Austin and, though I’m pretty tired, I’ve had a lot of fun. My brother, Miles (also known to some of his high school Spanish students and cross country runners as Mr. Master Senor Coach Bryan) accomplished an amazing feat and ran the Boston Marathon this past Monday. Miles didn’t become a serious runner until he lived with me in Austin back in 2014 and…
It feels weird to be writing this, but the travel portion of our adventure has finally come to a close. It’s a bittersweet ending because we learned so much and had a ton of fun, but we’re also ready for the next phase: putting all those learnings to use on our own homestead. We have many, many people to thank for supporting us throughout our trip–too many people to list in this post so, whether…
We spent last week with my sister, brother-in-law, and two nephews in Chattanooga and my heart is full. Your’s would be, too, if you had a whole week of this goodness: Miles will be 3 in April and is currently potty training, which provided some top notch entertainment! We pulled into the driveway to see him practicing his aim on their retaining wall. Then, after we unloaded our (second) cooler full of elk meat into…
Howdy friends! We’ve had a busy two weeks in Texas and Louisiana. We kicked off our time in Austin with a weekend at Sasha’s house in the hill country near Lake Travis. Stacey joined us on Saturday and we spent time catching up, eating delicious food (thanks, Chef Graham!), and playing with Sasha’s puppies. On Sunday, we relocated to Jen’s place in our old stomping grounds of north Austin. Jen is AC’s “Austin Mom” and…
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…
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…