Hip Guests

With summer in full swing our Hip Camp site “Pasture View” has had a steady stream of guests.

I am delighted to report that our campers have been fun to share the farm with. No matter their age, they seem interested in the animals, their names and their stories.

I’m always a bit surprised at this, but I guess if they had wanted the Ritz Carlton, they wouldn’t have shown up at a farm in an RV.

On the 4th of July our guests selected our location, as we back up to the Palouse to Cascade Trail. They are riding bikes on the trail as part of their year-long adventure of biking across America.

Being the 4th of July and this being the country, our neighbors had invited us down for a fireworks show over their pond.

This being the country, we invited our bike riding guests to join us for the show. We all jumped (some of us ‘carefully clamored’) into the bed of Whoa Nelly, for the drive down the road.

We parked Whoa Nelly and set up our chairs for the action. I knew we were there for the fireworks, but it didn’t keep me from literally jumping out of my seat as they lit up. What can I say, I startle easily.

The neighbor fireworks were the most fun I’ve had in a long time. Partly because it can only happen in a small country town, partly because my neighbors were so excited to put it on and especially because we got to share it with our Bike Riders.

Sharing Glory Farm with our guests is sharing what we love best about being here.

Sometimes you can just see the stress roll off of our traveling guests, as we did with Jean’s Dad.

…and we are blessed.