Before moving to the central Oregon coast, we really only looked forward to one time of the whole year, and that was archery hunting season from late August to late September. The simplicity of being tucked away in the woods, surrounded by nature and living off the land somehow felt like thatâs the way life was supposed to be.
However, the drive back home to reality was always a painful one. Of course, we were always happy to return home to our animals, but honestly, that was about it. We dreaded leaving the peace and tranquility of nature behind. And the accessibility to natural foods was always an added bonus, one we never took for granted â none of which we had in the town we had called home our entire lives. So we decided to take a huge risk and leave the only hometown we had ever known behind in search of a life we wouldnât dread coming back from archery hunting camp to.