our unusual life

This is my favorite episode so far...not only because we get to hear moms path to her faith in God but also because you can tell this means so much to her. Moms life is so amazing and her faith has an obvious influence.  We also talk a bit about the passing of my Grandmother Anne...I still miss her every day and that was hard to talk about. This episode is beautiful.  I apologize about the volume level of my voice. I was not aware it was not matching mom's. 

In this episode we are trying a new microphone for mom so hopefully the quality is okay as we talk about how we got our water...for drinking and bathing. The big 5 gallon (?) jugs you often see on the back of Jeeps were what we used most of the time. And I also ask mom what it was like to send us off into the woods to get to the bus stop as such young children. It was a different life...and I imagine there may still be people doing this today...maybe. 

Lorien and I chat about Mountain Hair Care and walking miles to school...well until we started riding on our horses. A little sister chat...

In this episode Bill and Kathy talk about the details of how the cabin was built. It still stands to this day 40 years later. I suspect many of people have camped in our cabin found deep i the woods. 

It this short episode you will meet my dad Bill who met my mom when I was about 3ish. He and some friends had also moved to the middle of Northern Idaho. It is a beautiful thing that they met each other and a life changing event for all of us.

This is the epic story of when mom left us alone in the middle of the woods and we fought off a bear all by ourselves!! Well it wasn't as dramatic as that but what a story!  As you will hear encountering bears was a normal part of us going through the woods to school...this one was a close encounter however.

This episode is so fun! Mom meets Dad and plans her homestead. This is an adventure for sure as Lorien and I learn more about how mom met Bill and also Mom discusses surveying the land to find the perfect spot for the cabin. The bonus episode coming next came from this discussion but deserved it's own -- Mom teases it about half way in! 

In this episode you get to meet my sister Lorien! Oh the stories already got 100% better. We are two years apart so she remembers much more than I do. This is about to get good!!! 

In this episode my mom goes into more detail about her decision to move to the middle of Northern Idaho ... and stay. As a young 25ish year old woman it is truly amazing all that my mom did with us two girls. This is the reason I started this podcast with my family. I know it is hard to visualize where we lived and how with just photos (and the video) but hopefully our stories will help.  And she wasn't the only one. As this goes on you will start to hear about our neighbors and friends most of whom we are still in contact with thanks to social media.