We weren’t ready to move up to Oregon when we bought our farm in 2010 – we knew it might be years before we were able to leave jobs, schools, our home. We arranged for the orchard to be taken care of by a miracle man named Jesus. Yes, you read that right, pronounced Hey-SOOS. It was important to meet Jesus before we bought the property. He is our neighbor to the south, and we would share property easements including a well, electrical access, and several soil drainage mechani

A National Geographic spread perused over a long wait at the dentist's office alerted Rob to the photogenic town of Hood River, Oregon. That was in 1992 -- we weren't windsurfers or skiers, the area's two major activities at the time. Mostly our sports were beer, food, and a red-headed toddler. We'd hardly spent any time in Oregon between us, but Rob was so smitten by the stunning photographs that he simply said, "We're going." We flew up from Southern California and found gr