Winter’s in the High Desert follows our family of five as we downsize our life in central Iowa and rebuild our world in the rugged, beautiful high desert of northern Arizona.
This channel documents the real journey—
the challenges, the breakthroughs, the mistakes, the learning curves,
and the surprising beauty that comes from starting over with intention.
We picked it up from our very generous friends, and started with what I can only describe as the kind of sentence you want to hear before a 1,600+ mile journey: > “It’s a good, solid engine. Keep up on oil changes and you’ve got another half million miles in it.” So technically, we’re just […]
There’s something surreal about watching the pieces of your new life arrive in cardboard boxes. We’ve officially entered the “order it now while we still have an address” phase. It feels strategic… and slightly chaotic. But mostly strategic. 😊 Our Starlink showed up first — still sitting in its box like a promise of wide […]
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