The Last Load

The last load. 

Well it's official. We have sold the farm and will be closing this week. That's actually an interesting term, because that is exactly what is happening as we are closing the chapter of the last ten years. 

We loved the farm, and were so excited to purchase it. Chuck devoted many hours to its improvement, and we were quite pleased at how nice it looked when we put it on the market. For a period of time we had a small herd of cattle, and enjoyed learning all about these interesting creatures. As I think back, and look at pictures we took along the way I'm happy that the farm was part of our life. 

Since April we have been working hard on clearing out the place, and this past weekend the last load left with our son-in-law. He, Chuck, and our friend disassembled the corral and loaded it on to a flat bed trailer to be moved to our daughter and son-in-law's home. Will is planning on running cattle at his place so we were happy that the corral found a new home there. 

As far as the future is concerned, well that all remains to be seen. We feel certain that being closer to our family is a high priority. It just didn't make sense to retire so far away. For now, we still have a garage full of stuff to go through, but we pretty much are waiting for a reprieve from the weather. 

Life really is a series of opened and closed doors, and we feel fortunate that we had our small piece of the country in Wolfe City for as long as we did.