How many things are created in peoples minds on any given day? Dan and I have certainly been contributing vastly to that number during the past few years. Ideas form and are talked about – some of them are discarded and some of them stay and develop further. THE SOLAR SYSTEM Dan started his first solar system in his farmhouse in 1998. A pioneer during those days – we now know that this is probably one of our few energy sources that will not run out in the near future! He just might be a pioneer again and we think […]

The outline of a 20’ container in our garage in Evans, WA is pretty much our world right now. After months of shopping for big and small treasures to bring with us we currently spend our days disassembling and bubble wrapping our possessions, writing inventory lists as well as planning for a yard sale and scheduling our flight to Quito. The majority of the remaining time is spent on discussions on how to go about setting up our lives in Ecuador. All formalities to obtain our visa within a few weeks are taken care of – or so we think. […]