Just like the leaves and the seasons here in the Northeast Kingdom are transforming, the farm itself is undergoing a few changes of its own. Our new friends are preparing to leave on a cross-country expedition of their own. Just like us, they have decided to travel powered by grease, and their moving craft is a great big yellow, now also blue and purple, school bus. The bus has just been recently converted and is still undergoing some renovations to make it a comfortable home for all 4 of them (plus a dog). We are excited for them to have many great adventures as we did on our trip.
Hickory and Ben Working on the Bus
We had the pleasure to meet Ben and Lea when they came to visit the farm to do the vegetable grease conversion for the bus. Ben and Lea also live and travel in an awesome converted bus of their own. They are also in a fantastic and energetic band called The Prodigal String Band who we saw play at Langdon Street Café a few weeks back. It was really nice having them around and getting to know them. We even had the treat of all playing music together one evening in the cabin- how often can we play alongside stellar fiddle and upright bass players? They were so fun, and we hope to see some more of them while here in Vermont and catch another performance by their band!
The leaves have turned bright yellow, orange, and red, and are covering the ground to create splashes of color all over. One morning, we even awoke to see the rain had turned to fluffy, thick snowflakes pouring from the sky! And so we will remain in the cabin for the winter and watch over the farm, chickens, and Wavy Gravy (the cat). The farmhouse will be filled with some new people for us to get to know and spend time with. There are three rooms already claimed of the four (that includes the finished attic known as the “up up”). A young mom with her four-year old and boyfriend and two other ladies have all committed to moving in by mid November. We are still in search of another person or couple to fill in an empty room… interested???
The two of us are truly looking forward to our visit back to Philadelphia from mid to late October. It will be so good to see friends and family and also attend friends Matt and Amanda’s wedding! By the time we return, Earthdancer and family are planning on being moved into the bus and our new communal neighbors will have arrived. Lots of transition ahead!
Feel free to browse some of our recent photos from our time in VT on our Flickr page.
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