On the Move!

            Well, it is finally a fact, we are moving once again! A transfer to Pendleton means we are headed to our home area of NE Oregon. We have just under 30 days to have our stuff out of here and moved into storage there. It would be nice if we could move it from one house to another but we want to buy and know that it is going to take some time.

            Home for a few weeks will be our 5^th wheel trailer and I’m taking over my Brother-in-laws shop until we find our perfect shop and living space.

            If any of you have a desire to help, just let me know and we will let you know when we will be where and how you can help!

            The Llama Hardware business will be the last thing packed and the first thing unpacked so I will not lose more than a few days of production during the move. Don’t let the move deter you from making an order I will continue to make all the items as long as I can before we move.

            Once we have a new address I’ll make updates to the web pages and let everyone know via all the different ways we can now with social media. All the phone numbers and email will work for now and any of the addresses that end in @rockrabbitenterprises.com or @llamahardware.com will work no matter where we move, those will not change. 

What does “home” mean to you?

We went back to NE Oregon for a couple days on personal business and slipped in a little real business at the same time. While we were there, visiting with some family and wishing we could visit with all our family and friends I got to thinking about what made NE Oregon “home” to us.

Is it the fact that most of our family lives there? Well, maybe, but it’s not just that. Is it because we grew up in the area and, like a salmon going back to its home waters, we are drawn to the area by some unseen and unknown element? Again, I don’t think that’s it either. Perhaps a combination of those things?

It might be one of the things we will never explain. Still, there is something about our moods, our sense of well being, our overall feeling when we are in that part of Oregon.(examples below)

West Eagle Meadows

Main Eagle Creek

The Elkhorn Mountains

The Eagle Cap Wilderness

The Grande Round Valley

I know that where we are living is beautiful, there are mountain all around us, lots of lakes, rivers, and other things that have, and continue to capture our attention, but it just does not feel like home in the same way that NE Oregon does.

Perhaps one of these days we will find a way to get back there, only time will tell, and then we will once again be “home.”

What does “home” mean to you? Is it a location, the place where you live, or is it where your family and friends are located? How would you express what “home” is to you?