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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Home - Story - 2022 - August
August 4-7, 2022 - This was overnight trip number 19 and was four days and three nights. The temperatures were really hot during the day and warm at night and a bit windy during the day but almost no breeze at night. There was also a bit of moderate rain during the night. This was a very productive trip. A new route to the bathroom was completed which went through the point and cut out a couple of minutes walking time. The huge oak tree stump was removed from the parking area and now there is room to park the truck. The oak pieces were put in place denoting the location of the campsite and beds. And the first bed was almost completely filled with soil and close to being ready for use. The trip included a couple of hours at the beach before returning home.

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August 12-14, 2022 - This was overnight trip number 20 and was for three days and two nights. This trip was supposed to be about working on the beds for growing cool season stuff but the plans changed thanks to really hot temperatures. The plan changed to getting rid of the huge pile of canopy being stored along the slope adjacent to the campsite. Thanks to excessive rain this year, the leaves and wood turned black and molding and mostly unusable as firewood. These were burned in the middle of four oak tree chunks in an effort to remove them. A lot of work was also completed on the parking area including the removal of a bunch of understory trees. The trip ended with a trip to the beach which turned out to be very crowded. Because of this we got COVID and began showing symptoms on 8/16, only two days later.

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