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First Visit of 2023
Our first visit of 2023 was the weekend of spring break, the last weekend in March and mother nature was still frosty as ever. We ended up having to take a longer route to the property this time because of the snow over the Santiam Pass. This alternate route was beautiful and gave us a…
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One Year in the Books
We are three months into the epic bread winner – house spouse role swap and it is awesome! Did we deplete a uncomfortable amount of our savings in the transition? Yes. Would we go back to the way it was before? No. Our savings can be rebuilt, we are working really hard to try and…
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Steve’s Walkabout and The Future
I started this post back when we originally recorded the episode in October 2022 and then got distracted and didn’t finish it until March 2023. I thought about apologizing, but you know what, this is who I am, and it’s important you know what I am bringing to the table here… xoxo Steve set out…
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Not The Weekend We Expected…
Wow it has been so long since I posted an update, to those of you who are staying up on my frequency, I apologize! Our visit in August was the second weekend and it was a quick trip. We left Friday, later than anticipated, and returned to the city on Sunday. Our goals were to…
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H2OOOOOO ya baby…
You guys! THE SPRINGS WERE STILL RUNNING! Click the media bar above to listen to the full episode per the usual, but I am going to change the format of this blog post to break up the gallery into sections to make it easier to digest. First thing first – we arrived and the water…
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Water – Trailcams – First Guests – Visit to Mitchell
It felt like an actual lifetime since we had made the drive up to get dirty on our property, it was almost a month and a half and when we got there it was still the same as we had left it. Paradise. This was such a landmark visit though, it was our first trip…
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May Update
Second weekend at the property! This is truly my peace place, it is official. First thing first, the DRIVEWAY! It looks so good, machine neighbor really knocked it out of the park here and we are so excited to work with him on future projects. It took 8 dump truck loads of gravel and a…
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Steve’s Tukey Hunt & City Farm Update
Well he went, he hiked, he conquered! The story of Steve’s first successful turkey hunt and what he learned. The itch is just not quite scratched yet! He nabbed this bird 45 min into the first day of the season, didn’t get to use any of his calls or decoys. We are so thankful for…
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Weekend One
We were so overcome with nerves and emotions for our first trip up to our property as the new owners. After two visits kicking the proverbial tires, we are finally going up as the owners, it is not a dream anymore, it is a reality. Now to see if we have what it takes to…
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Introductions
We are the Phoenix family! Steve, 40, is a certified arborist in the Portland area and will be the point person to designing and building our homestead infrastructure. He will be tasked to studying building code, permits, and the flow of our property. Wendy, 37, runs the day-to-day of house, homeschools Greyson, and works as…
City to Gritty 