We loved WWOOFing with Evelyn at Sandalwoods in Queen's Bay so much that when we found we had some extra time, we decided to go back for ten days.
We were all really glad to see each other and had a wonderful time over thanksgiving and the end of her harvest.
While we were there we picked and juiced apples, planted garlic and put it to bed ready for the winter, helped haul log rounds out of the bush and then split and stack them, and looked after the chickens.
It was a beautiful place to come back to, and it felt even more like home that it had the first time we were there. Louise, Evelyn and I cooked together, worked together, played with the dogs, watched movies with popcorn and desserts every night together.. Watched the full moon rise from the steamy warmth of Ainsworth Hot Springs together. Laughed and cried together.
Reflecting on this time makes me wish, not for the first time, that we could take all of our favourite people, all of those like-minded best friends who are as passionate about life, the environment and learning as we are, and just put them all in one beautiful place - with mountains, forest and water. Somewhere we could all live our lives, learning, laughing and growing together. Instead we will be thousands of kilometres away.
We'll have so many memories though, and the hope of seeing each other again. That needs to be enough.
