Lending a helping hand
When I sold my house and left the city in October of 2022 I didn't have my own property yet. I did however have some wonderful friends who invited me to stay on their property as long as I needed. I was staying there until July of 2023 when at least I sleep on my own property. The winter I stayed with them forged a lifelong Bond and helped create a community of people not being forced to share resources and labor like the coercive state socialists but doing it through voluntary association.
Alfalfa hay for the goats
My friends have goats and needed to stock up their hay Supply for the winter. Last year winter hit early and none of us were quite prepared. Most of their hay was not in the right location and covered in tarps rather than some sort of structure to keep the snow and rain off of it. This year I was there when the hay was delivered to help make sure it got to the right place. We couldn't get the big trailer down to the hay barn so we are taking it down by truckloads.
Just getting things done however
The day it was delivered the road to the barn was blocked by the delivery truck and I had to leave early. In order to fit all of the hay and get it where it needed to be I took a few bales home with me and return to the next morning to unload them in the barn
Getting physical labor done before it's too hot
The next morning when I returned with the small load I had in my truck I made sure I got there early as we've been going through some record-breaking heat lately. I got there and we unloaded both trucks by 9:00 a.m. which made me very happy. It was already getting warm but not as hot as it would be later in the day.
Time to cool off
After finishing and being a little bit hot already as well as covered in bits of alfalfa and dirt I decided I needed to cool off already. On my way to another friend's where I was heading to work on installing a new hitch in my truck I stopped to take a dip in the river and cool off. It made me reminisce from my childhood days in Montana stopping along a river or a lake to jump in and cool off.
