Day 2Miles 11Sophie whacked her ankle on the picnic table first thing. Look at the lights of Reno! she said. And we didn’t know if it really was Reno or not but they were beautiful in the dawn.The mist flying over the ridge looked like smoke and I posted on Read more…
Can you come up here by me in case we have to shoo off some dogs? Sophie said from the front, first thing in the morning. Sure. I said and started hurrying up from the rear. Running? We’re Running! Said Oatcake, and ran up behind me and attempted to pass Read more…
We got up and Bosco was already fussing. Wrapping his horns around and around the highline, then acting like a baby about it. Like he was super stuck and didn’t know what to do. We’d start heading his way to help, and he’d suddenly untangle himself. Like magic. Repeatedly. He Read more…
There’s no reason in the universe to get up that early, he said the night before. But there it was, 3:30 in the morning, and I dragged myself around, making coffee and a little breakfast sandwich, then it was off to pick up Sophie. It was our last practice trip Read more…
It was Tuesday when the Virginia City Highlands Property Owner’s Association told me we were not welcome to hike to the petroglyphs with our goats and if we veered off the road at all, we were trespassing. No foraging, no camping, and if we went, we should cross our fingers Read more…
I was a total wreck. Being a wreck isn’t helping you prepare, he said. But I was a wreck anyway. I couldn’t sleep, worrying about all the things I was responsible for that weren’t done and all of the Dreadful Things That Could Happen. But eventually Friday came and I Read more…
So then it was back to the DMV at 6am again. And Christina showed up like the champ she is, and held my place in line while I hung out with the truck and the new trailer and kept my fingers and toes tightly crossed. And I gave her a Read more…
None of it is right. None of it. The DMV VIN inspection lady said. You needed to do a million things differently than you did. So we’re just screwed? I asked her. Pretty much, yes. She said. Well, that’s basically what she said anyway. But she said I could get Read more…
It was 5:01 a.m. when I got to Sophie’s. I teased myself for being one minute late. We were trying to see what it was like to work the goats super mega early in the morning, as we would on trail. She hopped in with two energy drinks and we Read more…
Did you see the donkey yet? Kristin asked. Yeah, he’s right over there. We pointed. The guy with the donkey wanted to talk, but Sally the Donkey didn’t want anything to do with our goats. Sharkey even went up to say hello and Sally’s heart just about fell to her Read more…