Thứ Tư, 24 tháng 7, 2013

Driveway's in!


Finally after 10 weeks of waiting, the Apache county court system has finally cleared the title on the land, so as of last Tuesday I am officially a landowner once again. Yep that mean gotta pay property taxes again, but $60 a year shouldn't put too much of a damper on things. However the purchase price of the land, and cost of the driveway will definitely cut into my gas travels for a bit.

The day after signing the papers I had the driveway delivered. Pic above is the Turtle's new perch. Located behind some 12 ft junipers about 160 ft back on the property. Will post more pics later. There is still alot of work to do. Had 25 yards delivered, and the driveway only took about 10, so I will be spreading it to create a large parking area, walkways, and a campfire area.

To bad all that work will be postponed until mid August, after 5 days. Candy once again decided the upper 80's were to hot, so we headed back up to 9500' for a few weeks. Although the land averages temps in the upper 40's at the coolest months, and upper 80's on the warmest months. Ill be frequenting it the most during the spring, and fall. Take Care, and Good Day!


Chủ Nhật, 7 tháng 7, 2013

Turkeys


Still enjoying the good life up at 9500ft. Daily highs have been a breezy 75 degrees. Moved on from my old locale, and into someplace a little bit more incognito. Would love to share, but cant be given away all my good spots ;). If you really must know feel free to shot me an email, and plan on bringing gifts. 

 Heres a few more pics......





 Turkeys in action
 Turtles new home
 Remains of the wallow fire that burned over 538000 acres. Biggest recorded fire in Arizona's history. Smoke reached Albuquerque NM over 200 miles away. 

Web pic of sunset and smoke in Albuquerque.

 Mouse in the house. Caught with a MiceCube mousetrap. First mouse in over 3 years.
 The good life. Sitting in the forest. Playing PS2. Drinking a cold one. All powered by the Sun!
Finally a good rain, and hail storm. Still not as much as we need, but its a start. Roads stay in pretty good shape up at these elevations , and you have lawns instead of mud pits.
Scene from Candy, and I morning hike. Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!