Some R&R, ranch style...

It rained all night and day, but once it cleared up I jumped on the quad and headed out, saw some nice country...

All in all a great ride, until I tried to take a short cut running ahead of another storm cloud and pushed to make it back to the ranch before dark... Needless to say that shortcut didn't work out, as a matter of fact I ended up going the wrong way, once I decided to back track it was already getting dark, running all out I didn't see the acacia limb, and took one across the face! Damn thorns cought me just under the right eye.... Oh well it was fun!

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Some much needed R&R

its always fun to be able to wheel and never leave home...

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Rule number one...

Never put your hand were you haven't looked first! Little S.O.B almost had me...

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Construction continues on the saloon, along with a few more projects. Life out here in the sticks is anything but leisure!

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Just a quick update...

While we have been working a bit around here, the weather has been so nice we had to jump on the quads and explore!

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Late winter update

Well we are quickly approaching the one year mark in our off grid adventure. After eight months we have delt with the hottest days of Aug and Sept. And are now past the coldest days of Dec and Jan. So far we have only had minor problems and upsets.
Although construction of a more comfortable living area has been slow, our optimisim is at an all time high. Taking what we have learned from our small solar system, we are about to put in one that will be large enough to keep us more in touch with the rest of the world... Yep we are DVR bound!
So excited!
We have also come a long way with landscaping. We have moved most of the clutter away from the buildings, and planted several trees, building planters around them to keep them from being someones dinner. Next on the list will be adding two water catchment systems before the next monsoon season.
Not to shappy for working full time, and home schooling!

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Rain rain and more rain....

We got a bit more rain over the weekend, and more today. Also had some fog come through Sunday morning that really reminded me of SoCal. Nothing like the smell of the desert after a good rain...
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