More Time For Us
“If we only had more time” is a familiar phrase to most of us. It doesn’t seem to matter in what regard, we’re always wishing we had more. Time is a funny thing. You can’t buy it, find it, or make it. We can, however, make More Time for Us. Welcome to our journey.
Monday March 23, Day 8 at the Farm
The adjacent property has a professionally managed fishing pond. Today we ended up with about 50 medium sized bass that were pulled from the pond. It was great repetition to learn and get better at cleaning and filleting!
First off, we’re healthy and in a safe spot on a farm in central Alabama.
Writing isn’t one of my stronger points, but my usual method of documenting this journey with only photographs isn’t going to capture all of these feelings and thoughts during this coronavirus outbreak. I’m backing up to about when our plans started to change in response to the virus. So here goes…
March 1 – San Luis Island, TX
Today we’re leaving the beach. We’ve been here for 4 nights, boondocking above the high tide line. We ventured out onto the sand with our friends, the Fethers. We were all concerned about pulling 16,000 lbs over the sand – but it turned out to be a non-issue. We biked, kayaked, caught ghost shrimp, had another family over for a day, and ended up with enough sand in the RV to remember this for a long time! Here are a few photos from the few days at the beach. What a great time this was.
Monday March 16th – Spencer Farm
This morning we hooked up and left Summerdale about 9:30am. The drive up I-65 to Marion Junction, AL was uneventful and took about 4 1/2 hours. We stopped at a rest area to use the facilities in the RV. Traffic was light and the roads were good.
We pulled into the farm and were greeted by Chip Spencer. He was mowing with the tractor. We shook hands – then sanitized. He showed us the way to the spot we’d be parking at. We had a little issue clearing a 12′ 6″ phone line with the 13′ 2″ RV just before we got to the “bunkhouse”. I guided the wire over the solar panels while Tricia slowly drove under.
Spencer Farm is a host of WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms). This article we found while researching the farm prior to arriving tells the back history of how they came to be where they are today. We’re looking forward to getting to know them.