Okay, City of Rocks wasn’t quite the spot that takes my breath away and although I’m told it’s the place for star-gazing it was too cloudy to see the most stars I’ve ever seen (both on my list), but it was so gorgeous we will most definitely be making our way back in the future for a longer stay. We spent our short day there scrambling rocks and staring out over the valley below.

You can see more photos from City of Rocks here.

Unfortunately we left the peace behind. The trek from City of Rocks to Albuquerque wasn’t the best. Apparently we need to have a talking to with our GPS about not navigating us through steep, narrow mountainous roads covered in ice and snow with sharp drops. An early morning panic attack pretty much sets the intention for the rest of the day and it was hard to recover from there; we had numerous mishaps and bad moods and one ridiculous incident we’ve agreed never to speak of again.

We’re now settling into the farm, Zeb is making FAST friends with the two unschooling kids here and we’re all catching our breath before the real fun begins!

Possible farm duties: the usual feeding (of animals and humans) and garden care, sheep sheering, milking and if we’re lucky we’ll see the birth of goats and cows!