New Mexico to Arizona via Salt River Canyon

 We took highway 60 to Canyon Lake Campgrounds in Arizona. We had a blast at the campground with the Watkins on the first day and the next day we went to a park day in Mesa with the Watkins clan. Kids loved it! I loved it!! It was nice to be around other kids again. Then we headed to Guru Mike's in Sedona and hit Montezuma's Castle on the way. We went to Red Rock Crossing and then Slide Rock State Park before we proceed to the Grand Canyon on Easter Sunday! What a whirlwind week it has been getting back into civilization! We were in Pie Town for 10 weeks with lots of side trips. Cliff took the kids to Boulder to ski and to hang with friends. I picked my brother up in Phoenix and repaired a tire. Lots of grumpy moments have transpired, but overall it has been a good experience. We are meeting lots of really interesting people and seeing some awesome places we will never forget.

We are slowly making our way west and if we can we will work/volunteer/live on some organic farms in California and possibly in Hawaii. We have don't always have a lot of access to high speed internet, so I am squeezing in this time at guru Mike's before we leave in the morning.

Much peace and love to all!
Heather

Hiking in western NM and playground by Dodd's

New Mexico days of 2012

Housesitting in Pie Town entailed a lot of bonfires, movies, road trips, seeing the Dodd's, hitting explora, Camden playing Plant's vs Zombies with Sandra for hours was a joy to see! It was a lot of hunkering down and just being this winter! It is over now and we a foot loose and fancy free for a bit.

Pie Town, New Mexico

Cute kitties we are house sitting. The fourth cat is off playing...she is a young one!

This is one of many cool wood carving we have seen in Pie Town. There is a huge big foot he is facing. ;-)

 We are house sitting in Pie Town, New Mexico for a few months in a cozy little house on over 150 acres. We are in a very remote area and it is very peaceful here. Shadow is loving the homeowner's dog as well. I will add more blog posts as I get the chance. It ties up the phone line to use the dial up internet. And as it is we are expecting a few phone calls. So I am going to end this here for now!

No, we don't know where we are going next and no we are not worried.

Much love and peace to all!
~Heather

P.S. Kids and Cliff are well, but wish we had more friends or family out here. 

Galisteo, New Mexico

 After Sandra's symposium we went to house sit in Galisteo, NM (25 minutes south of Santa Fe). We house sat a lovely cat named, Kitty and an old golden named, Peanut. We were there three weeks in a lovely passive solar house. I don't have good access to all my photos at the moment, but these are a few.

James, Adam and Julie Daniels from England were still in town and came over for lunch and we had a really nice visit with them.

My brother, Kris also came to New Mexico to look for work and visited with us for a bit. We went on some awesome hikes and had a very nice visit with him for about a week.

The homeowners were very awesome and we loved the pets a lot!!! Camden cried when we had to say goodbye to Kitty. She was a wonderful and friendly cat.

Adam and Holden

Galisteo mountains