A sad day but need to move on. Got up at crack of dawn as usual and went straight to the garden to pick another 1/2 gal bucket of tomatoes. Stef was thrilled. ( NOT).
I spent the morning cleaning up my mess from yesterday, vacuuming, labeling and putting another 69 pints and half pints of peppers in the freezer. A total of 154 boxes of peppers. Ye gads, that’s a lot. Also, washed all the canning dishes from last nite. Stef didn’t finish til midnight.
Did all my last minute laundry as well as fold three loads of towels etc from the canning process. By noon, I felt like I had done a whole days work. Might be getting soft.
After lunch, I laid on the couch and dozed off and on for almost three hours. Haven’t been sleeping well at night. Must have been tired. And I was thinking I might be a little homesick. I miss my garden and house. Working here on the farm, especially in the garden, has been therapeutic but also reminded me how grounded I am in the land.
Tonight, B J and the three boys came for supper and I played games with them before saying goodbye. Not sure when I’ll make it back and I am going to miss these guys.
When Stef got home, I loaded my bike and bags in the car so we are ready to take off at 6am. Phil, Stef, and I stayed up later than we should have talking but we won’t have time in the morning.
A great two weeks.
BikerAl Across America 2018 
Al,
So glad you shared all about your weeks on the farm and time with your family! It looked great! You sure contributed a lot of loving time and attention to the garden harvest! All those peppers!!
Your garden misses you I’m sure and we do too!
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Thank you. Working in the garden made me a little homesick but I’ll be ok. On to another new adventure.
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