Jim and I met in college and, as most people do when they’re dating, started to share with each other our visions of our individual goals and futures.  One of the common ideas we each had was owning rural property.  Although I think that we both had pretty unrealistic and romanticized ideas of what this meant at the time, it was a dream that we shared.  We have pursued it, achieved it and worked to improve upon it for over 45 years!