Untaken – Clouds circling the mountains as smoke circles the fire Hot coals fuming the cabin Spiders making their way home Saying goodbye to puppies without collars and milk tea full of warmth Trek uphill. Step in puddles iridescent with mineral as the water mixes like potion under your feet Wait for bug bites and...
The day started out on a sad note. We were leaving Rancho Quemado and had to say goodbye to Alice, Glenda, Hope, and more of the amazing people who had taken care of us over the past week or so. I didn’t realize how much we had bonded until it was time to say goodbye....
We woke up in the pouring rain with 7/12 filters left to install. Although the weather was not on our side, we had to get our work done. We split up into groups and managed to finish with only a couple issues. 1) we did not have enough sand for our 12th filter, but our...