What happens when you follow your dream and live your passion?

Spending even five minutes reading world “news” these days can be soul-crushing and make you feel like goodness in the world is gone. But then you meet people that move through the world in a way that gives you hope. One of the best parts of traveling is chance encounters with people you’d never have met if you stayed in your own city, country, and comfort zone.

While living near Lake Chapala in Mexico, we fell in love with the most delicious chipotle goat cheese we have ever tasted! The flavor is undeniably impeccable; so much so that when I ran out of crackers I had to find something else to put it on. I tried it on tortilla chips. Amazing! When I ran out of them, I licked the delicious cheese off the knife. Each week, I looked forward to going to the market and renewing our supply.

As I relayed my love of their product to the vendor, she mentioned that they gave tours of their farm. I needed to go. I have always adored goats. Back in my punk rock, volunteering on reservation days, I even had a goat named Darby Crash! When we adopted Darby, we brought him home in the backseat of my roommates old Buick. I’ll never forget the looks we got while driving down the highway.