We were up last weekend and had a couple tasks that we wanted to work on. They were simple things that we wanted to do, but ended up doing more and more. ha. We wanted to work on our firepit, I have this idea of shallowing it out and securing the rock walls with cement. …
Insulation and Driveway (6/11/2016)
We headed up Friday after work, arriving roughly around 8pm. Just enough time to unpack and start a nice fire for the evening. Friday night was crazy, weather wise. When we sat by the fire, there was some massive lighting East near Flagstaff. Well, that crazy lightening/thunderstorm finally made it our way during the night. …
Two Weeks Of Updates (6/3/2016)
It has been a little while since I have updated. Basically two week(ends) of trips to account for. Last weekend was Memorial Day weekend, a nice 3 day weekend. We had a great visitor for the weekend, my daughter Katherine came up from Phoenix to hang at Rebel Ranch and check out all the things…
Back On Track (or Rails) (5/13/2016)
After a three week absence, mainly due to weather in Arizona and Mother’s Day, we finally made it back to the ranch. Last we were on the property, the annual road maintenance had just begun, how exciting. Well, not sure how far that went. With two weeks of good rain, the roads are back to…
Bathroom Work Ahead (4/20/2016)
I went up on Wednesday this past week to get a little extra time working on some projects we are trying to wrap up. Low and behold, my week ended up with talking to company HR departments and some interviews over the phone. So, all in all, very productive end to the week. The project…
Compost Material Shed & More (4/15/2016)
Hello All. Checking in after a productive weekend on the property. Now, it took us two weeks to make it up as the SouthWest had plenty of rain over the past weekend. Tried to make it up the previous Friday, but no joy on that one. Here are some pictures from the drive. Yup, that…
April Fools Day was here (4/1/2016)
Made to the ranch Friday, late afternoon, with some guests in tow. Projects for the weekend were to pull the electrical out of the loft, wire in the bathroom, and build our new bed headboard/bookshelf. We also had some company with us Sheralee’s daughter and her friend joined us for the weekend. We really enjoyed…
New Compost Toilet & Bathroom (3/24/2016)
Since one of us is on a sabbatical, and the markets were closed on Friday, we headed up to the property Thursday afternoon. We had a couple things to accomplish this weekend, the main ones being building our new indoor composting toilet, removing the stairs to the loft, and removing the old front door and…
Closets & Doors (3/18/2016)
We headed up again this past weekend to do a couple major tasks. 1. Build out the closets, with shelving and coverings 2. Move the bed downstairs from the loft 3. Rebuild the bed frame downstairs, without the rails we had previously. 4. Finish cutting the door connecting our two containers. Upon arrival Friday afternoon,…
Grinding, grinding, and more grinding (3/11/2016)
I thought I had better post before heading back up to the ranch tomorrow (now today as I finish this) for the weekend. I went up last Friday with the intention of working through the weekend, along with Monday and Tuesday. I pretty much did, with some job ‘related’ getting in my way on Tuesday,…