Blogs from Dalhart, Texas, United States, North America

Well we've finally made it back to Dalhart and our 'home away from home' Been quite a journey to get here however. To fill y'all at home in...I wrote this eighteen days ago... March 26 The following update comes with a warning to all family and friends...Don't Panic! While aforementioned family and friends continue their normal lives around the country ( barring where we are now), most will be blissfully unaware that we have not yet left said country! Originally due to fly out a week ago, due to unforeseen delays with visas we had rescheduled for this coming thurs 28th. Not content with visa delay alone we encounter more drama and excitement than anticipated, but first I need to backtrack to the day we flew out to Melbourne three weeks back. The morning of our ... read more

I haven’t felt inspired to write much lately except in my diary. Not sure why except I guess it has been very routine here of late. We have finished the wheat harvest and have been doing lots of maintenance and those jobs that get left in the rush of harvest. Right now I’m sitting in the Scale House at a feedlot called Avi Lanche about 10 miles North of Dalhart. I am recording the weights of the loaded trucks as they make their way from the 2 fields we are cutting to the pile. When the trucks come onto the scales it goes dark in the Scale House they are so big they block out the sun. Thank goodness I have air conditioning in here!! The building is about 2 m square so it wouldn’t take ... read more

Hi there, Well it's 24 hours until I board my flight from Amarillo to Denver and I'm all packed. Had a hair cut, withdrawn some money, thrown away my work clothes and set my phone up to be disconnected on the 12th Dec. I can't believe that I'm sooo organised! I visited Todd & Honey yesterday and really enjoyed the chat we had. I need to get home and take stock of things before I decide what to do next. Do I return here for another 8 months? Do I travel to Australia and look for a job? Do I stay in New Zealand and get a job or set up my own business? Have thought about painting people's homes in Christchurch as a business. Have also had discussions about some business opportunities here in the ... read more

I want to write about the battle in my mind, the battle that has raged over the years and where this journey has placed me today. The trouble I'm finding that I don't know how to express this battle in words. Perhaps I should start with where this battle has lead me to over recent weeks. The battle appears to be over, for now. In recent weeks my time with myself has become a quiet joyful conversation with me where I'm clear to live in the moment. Man that sounds really cosmic!! So what does that mean, to live in the moment? When I climb into my truck tomorrow living in the moment, for me, will mean experiencing all that is around me, the air (cool breeze or hot wind), the enormous coloured dome above me ... read more

Yes I'm still here!! For the last 2 - 3 weeks I have been working about an hours drive from where we live in Dalhart so we have been leaving at 6.00am and returning home at about 10.00pm sometimes earlier. Today I have been in Amarillo on private business, but that is another storey for later. Have a couple of things to do and then I am going to post a couple of blogs so brace yourself. He He.... read more