Quick update - moved and RAIN!

Since there is not an internet connection on the farm yet, this update will be pretty short.  We are moved!  Everything is out of our old house and the gentleman who is renting it has moved in.  We are settling into life in the RV and shed with few issues.  We also find ourselves re-living some of our ancient ancestor's issues - we have no running water and no electricity.  Luckily, we aren't actually living in the 1800's - we have flashlights, batteries and water available from the spigot by the road.  ;-)

Construction should start on the stand for the solar panels this week with a hopeful goal of having electricity by the end of next week.  Running water will have to wait until the contractor gets here in mid-August, but that's only a couple of weeks away.  Until then, we're doing a bit better than camping, but not much.

On the upside, we've seen baby deer, cayote's, no end of birds (and bugs) and gotten to experience the wonderful silence that comes when you can't hear any man-made sound.  I missed the quiet more than I thought.  It is amazing and so worth it.  You don't realize how much noise there is in town until you're not there.  You also forget how many stars there are - we can see a dazzling number of stars from the farm.  On a really clear night, you can even make out the milky way crossing the sky.  We also got to eat an entirely garden grown meal of cooked cabbage and tomatoes and pan fried potatoes.  So delicious!  Anyway, here are a couple of pictures that I remembered to take.  Hopefully we'll check back in soon with more news!

Home sweet home

Newly brush-hogged top field

Solar components and batteries waiting to be assembled.