Arizona, so far.

It has come to my attention that some people aren't fully aware of what exactly is going on here, and I've been asked to bring this old blog back from the dead. Well, here goes. 

The short version is that we bought a bit of land outside of Flagstaff, Arizona, and sold our house in Austin to relocate here. The long version is, well, longer.

As just about everyone knows, Tim and I share a pretty serious wanderlust that has led us around by the nose since we met. First the five month long epic honeymoon, then the summers in the trailer, and all the side trips and short journeys in between... Somewhere in there, we fell in love with Flagstaff, and Tim being Tim couldn't help but scan the real estate listings after everyone else went to bed. About two years ago, he saw a particularly attractive and size able lot (25.49 acres, to be exact) that we could never afford. Fast forward a couple years, to the discovery that Tim's dream land had a few major hurdles that were keeping it from selling. Turns out, most people (sane people) don't want to buy land that is so securely surrounded by national forest land that it has no legal access! Also, the land was completely raw. No power, no water, no gas, no nothing. Lots of huge pine trees, though, and we sure do like pine trees, so we made the admittedly ill advised to buy that very pretty but tricky piece of land. We sold our house in Austin, packed our stuff and took off. Several years were taken off of Rob's life driving the Penske (but hey, they're probably bad ones anyway, buddy) and we all hated each other a lot more than usual at the end of the two day drive, but we made. Rob had to fly back to Austin to finish up the duplex he's building, but once that's done he's joining us here to start construction on our homes, assuming I can get legal access and permits and all that fun stuff, which is so far so good. 

Tim, Havoc, Zoe, and I are living in the trailer again. We have our trusty old solar panel and a water tank, but trust me when I say the conveniences aren't exactly convenient! I'll post more about the day to day aspects of homesteading later, for now I just wanted to catch you guys up on what's up. The posts will get more entertaining soon, I promise! 

Here. Have a bee on a thistle.