Feb 11-15th TRIP to see Family

 A few weeks ago Dave and Mary bought a freeze-dryer and wanted LaVerl to come show them how to work it. LaVerl was sick all last week, so we waited to leave till Thursday the 11th. It was fun spending time in Logandale, NV with them and helping out a little. Dave and Mary live in a big metal building where they have built an apartment inside. The rest is filled with all Dave's old cars.

This cool pretty blue one runs!~ Its a 1937 Pontiac?

He has a guy that helps him restore all of them!

So Dan & Rachelle and their 2 boys live in the house Dave & Mary used to live in, next to the big shop Dave built. They have lots of chickens that run around and they like getting up on the porch and pooping all over. Dave needed help screening off the porch and putting a new door on. However, Dave thought it worked better when it was on the wrong way.

When Mary came out to look, she insisted it go on the right way.

Dave has also restored this really cool old John Deere tractor.

The main reason we went to visit was to help with their new freeze-dryer! They have the newer model and a new and improved vacuum pump. It does a batch in half the time as our 3 year old model!

 

Here's their first freeze-dried product!

Mary is into making Kombucha! Years ago LaVerl's mom, Martha Jo was into making Kombucha, she was way ahead of her time. It is very popular now as a health drink, along with Kefir. 

This is her Kombucha 'hotel' where she has lots of 'scoby's'!

What is a scoby, you ask?

She showed me how to make a new batch of Kombucha and sent me home with my own scoby so I can start making Kombucha myself!

Scoby's look like a flat pancake and feel like a raw piece of chicken. They are really weird, but Kombucha is supposed to be really good for gut health, so I'm going to learn how to make it for LaVerl. I even took one to give to Tami. She was our next stop on our trip!