New Adventure

For 13 years we lived on a small farm in rural Clark County, Washington.  This blog chronicles the adventures raising sheep, chickens, pigs and turkeys.  Grown veggies and fruit.  Battling the elements.  My daughter grew up on the farm.  She was 2 1/2 when we moved to the farm and 16 when we left.  Many joys, many tears.

In 2017, I made a mental list of everything that needed to be done.  The farm house needed new siding, new windows, new gutters.  It was overwhelming.  At the time my daughter was a competitive swimmer, so we worked all day, drove home to get her, drove back to Portland for swim practice and then back home. It was 5 hours of driving per day and not getting home to stay until after 9pm.  There was no time to manage the farm.  It was not enjoyable and not sustainable.

We made a huge change.  We sold the farm and moved into a suburban house on a small suburban lot in town.  The house was relatively new and needed zero repairs.  The yard was tiny by comparison - 20 minutes to mow instead of half a day.  And we were a 5 minute drive from the high school.  It was very, very hard to leave the farm, but the right decision.

What made it easier was that we also had a cabin on 6 acres in Packwood, Washington.  We could escape the town and neighbors for mountains and forests.  For almost 3 years we spent week days in Battle Ground, working Portland, and weekends in Packwood.  Then COVID hit.

On March 13, 2020 I came home from the office and I didn't go back.  Jeremy and I started working from the dining room table.  A
n idea took hold.  If we can work 100% remotely, why not do it from our cabin in the woods?  In June 2020, one week after Jordan graduated high school, we moved.  Next adventure!