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Lexy Plumm, Guitarist and vocalist, tunes her guitar prior to show at the Crystal Palace in Portland, Oregon.

On the road again, Suki's brother, Roach Mingus and Lexy Plumm sleep between towns. Often the only sleep available is in the van because of the tight touring schedule.

doubling as roadies after playing Bimbos in San Francisco, the band packs the van for the drive to the next gig.

Bassist Suki Von Trapp (left) and guitarist/vocalist Lexy Plumm prepare backstage for their concert at the Crystal Palace in Portland, Oregon.

Katie, Shari, and Lionel visit the subdivision where they had hoped to buy a house until the financing fell through. Now they will have to rent. Shari worries how Lionel, who is now milking cows and a nearby farm, will adapt to working as a hired…

The day after the auction, a dejected Katie plays on a swing set. The family hopes to find a small house in town to she won't have to switch schools. 'I wish we could stay here,' says Katie.

After a long and emotional day at the auction, Lionel and Shari sit at their kitchen table while the proceeds are added up. After all the sales have been tallied, they're still in debt and will be forced to leave the farm. 'I knew after this was…

Katie Bockus 6, doesn't have the heart to go outside to the barn where hundreds picked over her family's belongings. 'Mommy said were not going to sell the kittens or the dog or our coats or clothes,' says Katie.

friends and neighbors gather around Lionel in the tool shed offering advice on how to get one of his tractors working the day of the auction. Much of his machinery was damage due to a series of devastating floods the past several years.

Lionel Bockus' milk cows are paraded one by one in front of potential buyers. Because the auctions started so late, the crowd had dwindled by the time the cows were sold, so it wasn't able to get full value for one of his biggest assets.