My girl not lovin' Sweet and Low.
Mmm, horse manure (and Mike from Idaho).
Our home on Turtle Island. A simple and efficient structure with two beds, a desk, and a wood stove.
We put the roof on the lower portion of this barn.
This is the horse drawn mower with some of the Turtle Island horses in the background.
Car camping off the Blue Ridge.
Climbing at Table Rock, in Linville Gorge, NC.
Winston after the first pitch of "Boardwalk" (5.8) at Shiprock, NC.
Check out those handmade shingles!Thursday May 15th:
"The first full day of work is done on Turtle Island. It was a long day. Started at seven a.m. and ended with supper at eight p.m. We put the whole roof on a barn/carriage house and did a number of other random jobs. There are chores to be done both morning and evening that include moving the goats, feeding the animals, letting the horses to pasture and mucking the horse stalls."
We spent the first part of this week camping and climbing up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It felt great to get back on some rock. The first route we climbed (my first route since last May) was super exposed and sent adrenaline pumping through my body. For a few seconds I wondered why I even liked climbing. Once I pulled through the crux roof and stood on the top all those thoughts got swept away and I couldn't wait to do the next route.
The latter part of the week was spent transported back into the 1800's at Turtle Island Preserve. Working from sun-up to sun-down, cutting firewood, roofing a barn, and shoveling thousands of pounds of horse manure. It was an inspiring experience to work beside Eustace Conway, the "modern Daniel Boone" and also a really solid guy from Idaho named Mike Preston.
Made it to Kentucky this morning where I will be working for the next couple of weeks before heading to Alaska on June 3rd.
Experiences make life rich. People make life rich. You make my life rich. Thanks for caring enough to read this.
Much Love,
Eric T.
"The first full day of work is done on Turtle Island. It was a long day. Started at seven a.m. and ended with supper at eight p.m. We put the whole roof on a barn/carriage house and did a number of other random jobs. There are chores to be done both morning and evening that include moving the goats, feeding the animals, letting the horses to pasture and mucking the horse stalls."
We spent the first part of this week camping and climbing up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It felt great to get back on some rock. The first route we climbed (my first route since last May) was super exposed and sent adrenaline pumping through my body. For a few seconds I wondered why I even liked climbing. Once I pulled through the crux roof and stood on the top all those thoughts got swept away and I couldn't wait to do the next route.
The latter part of the week was spent transported back into the 1800's at Turtle Island Preserve. Working from sun-up to sun-down, cutting firewood, roofing a barn, and shoveling thousands of pounds of horse manure. It was an inspiring experience to work beside Eustace Conway, the "modern Daniel Boone" and also a really solid guy from Idaho named Mike Preston.
Made it to Kentucky this morning where I will be working for the next couple of weeks before heading to Alaska on June 3rd.
Experiences make life rich. People make life rich. You make my life rich. Thanks for caring enough to read this.
Much Love,
Eric T.
2 comments:
Eric T, you are the man. Keep enjoying this time in your life. You will look back on it with the fondest of memories.
If you make it over to the Raleigh area, stop and say hi.
The Tall, Paul Bald Spot Blues
so are you guys going to want to do those waterfalls? it deserves to be on this trip... trust me.
stoked for you.
-davey
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