After camping with Robin we met up with our next Wwoof host Steve, who picked us up in his truck and drove us through the river 25 times to get to Whiskey Creek Dude Ranch in the Gila Wilderness, the most remote place I’ve ever been. We stayed there 2 weeks mostly exploring and reading with the occasional garden work.
Steve is a hillbilly with a bad attitude and more vices than teeth but there was another worker there, Jaya, who saved our spirits by being one of the most caring and interesting people we’ve met to date not to mention one of the only women we have been able to interact with on our trip. She is an incredible artist and thinker and regaled us with countless fascinating stories, anecdotes and philosophies.
Highlights: designing the garden layout, daily meditation by the creek, watching the bats in the attic, ladies nights after Steve went to bed, seeing copious amounts of wildlife, and all our treks through the mountains.
On our last day there we woke up to a crazy snow storm but within 4 hours we were in 90 degree Tucson drinking Mezcal on the porch.
-Carrie
