This is a story about an international couple raising and home educating three young boys on a small island in Japan, half living in buses, engaged in organic, self-sufficient farming in the middle of a mountain forest while dealing with climate, cultural, and personal challenges. These pages are about pretty much anything and everything all guided by our family motto, Taking Chances, Making Changes, Being Happy. Thank you very much for joining us on our ongoing crazy adventure.

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- This was overnight trip number 27 and was four days and three nights. This trip was all about installing the toilet at the compost area, which was finished on the first day, and removing the seats from the new bus and turning it into a bedroom which was finished on the third day and used that night. Tried sleeping on the seats but was too uncomfortable and not enough room on the floor. A friend came up to help with the removal of the seats and was the first to see the work at the mountain. Anyway the bus is fantastic with a sleeping area and three seats for reading and hanging out. Saw a two lights UFO and two fireballs a few minutes later on the second night. The lights appeared and continued to get brighter until they were several times brighter than Venus. The UFO was stationary during this time and then began moving very slowly and the lights began getting dimmer. An outline of a huge ship could be seen which blocked out the stars as it moved. This was around 4:30 am. This was a really fun and productive trip.

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- This was overnight trip number 28 and was four days and three nights. This was all about working on the walking path to the campsite and the play area. This was directly after the previous trip for a total of eight straight days up in the mountains.

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- This was overnight trip number 29 and was for two days and one night. This was all about moving play wood from the house to the mountains. This was actually the first time to use the RC cars at the mountain.

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