Understanding the reasons behind a Helgeson can sometimes include stories with a flare for the dramatic. Andrew Tibert would call the Helgeson, "full of pathos." This, my friends, is a friendly blog post so you the reader can catch up to what the fuck has happened to the Helge in the past 19 or so years pathos and all: We, the Helgeson's plural, now we live on 2 acres smack dab in the middle of blood red Arizona Americana. Yeah like why the fuck would anyone go that? Why would two liberal progressives move to rural MAGA country in Arizona? Well we helped turn the state blue, so there's that. But let me take you back a few years to provide some additional context. Now that I reflect on it I suppose there are some general clues in the following collection of observed Helgeson behaviors: Following my original Spokane homestead way back in 2001, known as "The Ranch", I moved to Sandpoint, Idaho for a year. I played as a ski instructor, part time demolitio