Rick & Christy's Sustainability Adventure: Show and Tell

This past weekend Christy and I were joined by Jim, Linda, Nancy, Adrian & Keith in Floyd. Saturday's weather wasn't all that great but it was nice enough for the boys to view the property. The Pugh clan arrived late Saturday so they checked out the site on Sunday which turned out to be the nicer day. Everyone got to meet two of our neighbors, Ed and Randye. They're into growing their own food and raising goats... and a slew of other projects. In fact we got a little tour of their place and had some of their goat cheese. It's interesting that the goat cheese most people are used to has been aged and thus has a fairly strong (goaty) flavor. Our friends don't age their cheese so it has a really mild and delicious flavor. We all tried some goat milk, too and it tasted just like regular cow's milk - literally.

While the Pugh clan stayed at the eco-friendly Floyd Hotel, the rest of us stayed at our other neighbors - Annie and David's - house who were away for the weekend. The accomodations were awesome. They have a beautiful house that they built themselves. There's the main house that's about 800 sq ft not including the loft and mudroom. They also have a cute little artist studio, a green house and barn (see pics). Adrian & Keith slept in the loft while Christy and I slept downstairs.

On Saturday night we all had a fun dinner at El Charro. Thanks to Jim and Linda for treating everyone. Afterwards we went upstairs to Cafe del Sol to catch the tail end of their monthly Spoken Word Open Mic Night.

Tomorrow Christy heads off to Puerto Rico with her college roomie, Anne. They'll be staying on the island of Culebra and camping on the beach - http://www.islaculebra.com/puerto-rico/camping.html while I'll be camping in Floyd. What a contrast!