Move up, move on

Come Thursday, November 1st, the farmily that has become our surrogate family and home, will start to break off. Claire and I fly for the Big Island, Everett goes back to Salt Lake City and shortly after that, one by one, the farmily is moving on or moving home. For a lot of people it was nearly time, and some drama with our boss and then our movements inspired/reminded everyone else that they needed to get going. Alicia has someone waiting for her in Denver, with the promise of a little apartment and a lot of love to share. Drew and Chris have been on the farm for a long time and it's beginning to feel like too long. Whitney is racing against the clock like us, and therefore has a lot to see in a short amount of time, and not all of it can be found on the farm. Chancee needs a job, and most of the jobs are not in Haiku.

I have no idea if I will ever see the farmily again. And usually staying in touch/falling out of touch stresses me out, but not this time. The farmily exists solely by chance. A bunch of young misfits thrown together on one farm in one little town on one little island. In any other circumstance, we probably wouldn't have been friends. But we are now. And if we ever see each other again, it'll just be by chance. So I'm not worried about it. We all have somewhere to go and when we do, we'll just say "I'll see you when I see you". Because that's how we met, and that's how we'll leave. And it'll be just fine.

Before we all get back to real life, we're making the most of farm life. We took the pick up truck, layers, water, and cameras and headed up to Haleakala for sunset. This is the crater, the highest point on the island, and by far the coldest. Alicia drove up as the rest of us froze in the back of the truck and swore we had never been colder ever in the history of ever. And then we reached the peak and stumbled out of the truck.

Being there was really understanding that the earth is round. It was being reminded that you are small and that space is big. It was being grateful. It was like breathing light. It was like this: