Ha, one thing to know before you copy her setup, a $30 bin alone won't get you to two bags a week in Tucson. That dry desert heat kills a pile fast, so you have to add water and keep it shaded or nothing breaks down. Start with a cheap bin and a bucket like she did, but plan on watering it, that's the part people skip and then they quit.

How did your wife take it, was she cool about pulling over or giving you the look the whole time? Mine would've been rolling her eyes hard. Anyway man, that's a solid milestone and you earned every mile of it, the creek crossing alone sounds like a story. My old F150 hit 250k before I finally let it go and I still kick myself for not getting a pic of the dash when it turned. Those numbers mean something because you know every scratch and every weird noise behind them, and nobody else gets that unless they've put in the miles themselves.