We are looking to do a fall Music Festival in the desert..
If you’d like to check us out, come hang out at the Talent No Talent Open Mic. On May 7th.. Let us know if you’re coming and would like to camp so we can reserve a campsite for you for free.
Additionally to future events, you may also have access to the Greenroom which includes a fridge, Tv, internet access, and couch. A place to relax and get out of the sun….etc
If you can’t make it on May 7th contact us to make arrangements to visit or contact us for booking of future events.
Let us know if you’re interested in being part of a music festival and what may be needed to assist your show with us!
This is our second community open mic event. The first event was more successful than we could have ever imagined. So much so many asked us to do another one.
So we had a meeting of neighbors who all graciously come together to make this happens.
We all love where we live, find it peaceful, we’re not just neighbors, we are a family. As a family, we have opened our doors so other people can enjoy the unique atmosphere we have up here in the middle of the desert on top of a mesa.
Come up enjoy the day and come meet our family. Campsites are available check our website for more info on reserving your spot.
Bands bring tent, RV you get the night free to camp. You must contact us to reserve your spot a head of time.
Our Audio Engineer and MC is Brent he is the owner of Plateau Hame De Colquhoun . Brent has been audio engineer, vocalist for over 30 years. He had toured with a group called Jester, he has produced, co-produced, and written, done vocals for himself and with others. He has been part of audio engineering for bands like Tautha Dea, Zwaremachine, Wendy Rule, SJ Tucker, and more…
We are little less then 2 weeks away from the Talent No Talent Open Mic. We had hopes of having shower and second compost completed by then. But weather has slowed us down (actually set us backwards a little). We are also trying to find plastic pallets (not the ones with the big holes) to use as a portable stage. If you know of any please let us know.
Just a few more weeks until Talent No Talent Open Mic!!
We are working with a couple of bands that may make an appearance. We won’t mention names until we know for sure. But one is out of California and will be passing through the area. Another one is from New Jersey.
Once we know for sure one or both can make it we’ll let everyone know!
We are still looking for vendors, please contact us if you are interested.
Living in the desert is quiet, peaceful with beautiful views of mountains, fresh air, and the most awestruck views of the night sky.
But like with every pro there is a con. The big con for us is deliveries and services, we are not able to get US Postal Service , UPS , or FedEx to come out. Yesterday was yet another disappointing service failure #trashpickup. All our neighbors agreed to want some type of trash pickup service, as like us, they hate having to haul it off ourselves, for an often wasted two hour trip because the landfill seems only to be open as they choose to.
Yet again we got nothing but disappointment, not because the trash company won’t come, but the cost of them coming.. Not only would there be a monthly trash bill, but also a mileage and hourly bill for their driver, as they say it’s to far out (remind you we are only 14 miles from town). But this company Valley Sanitation, LLC. . has the only contract with the county of Socorro and in order for them to get here they have to drive out of their way to Belen which is in a different county.
There is a south access up here that would save about 50 miles, but the county is unwilling to maintain it, so right now it is not passable for a vehicles of any type. If this access was available we would have just normal costs for service as well as other availabilities. It’s really a waste for us that we live in a county when we can’t even access the county or the services our taxes are providing for. Maybe, #MichelleLujanGrisham our Governor here in New Mexico will have a different perspective.
Easter Sunday we decided to go for a ride. We’ve lived out here 2 years and haven’t seen what the back side of Ladrone (2rd picture) peak looked like. So we headed out on this day to see it. The drive was very pretty and hard to imagine that what took us 3 hours to drive is an area we can still see from our place. We went down through the city of #socorro, and headed west towards #Magdalena on hwy 60, we then headed down hwy 169 towards #alamo. Very scenic drive, though the pavement surprise ended and we ended up driving about 20 miles of rough dirt road (in the video). It was well worth the drive.
Since the wind picked up I went out to see if the pipes we put in did whistle. I’m happy to say they did, though in the video it’s hard to hear them due to the winds..
The first day of low winds in a while means getting a few maintenance projects done. Weeding, much needed cleaning up the hut (which will last until the next wind, sand storm).
We came up with the idea of putting a few pipes around the fire-pit ring, each pipe has holes drilled into them. The hope is that when it gets windy the pipes will make some whistling sounds. (It’s an honor thing to the winds…😉 )
Surprisingly we have a few campers booked this weekend. We figured with it being Easter weekend we wouldn’t have any bookings. But so far it’s been one of our busiest weekends.
Wind, wind, and more wind. We have a few nice days then get winds. Enough that we are not able to work on the new shower. The wooden box in the first photo will become the new shower.
The wooden box in the second photo is where the second compost toilet will be. The shower will be attached to this.
What we do next move the shower box over the tank we buried, level it and attach it to the other box. We will be taking a step into the shower from another box.
Shower water will drain into the tank, which we’ll use later to water plants. The metal shed “hut” is the first compost toilet.
As you can see we still have always to go. But we need nice non-windy days to accomplish the tasks.
We are still in need of linoleum, lumber, plastic, and or wood pallets if you have any of the items listed you don’t need at a reasonable price, please feel free to contact us!
Life in the desert in New Mexico can be peaceful, beautiful, yet full of adventure, stress, and sometimes sleepless nights.
Clear nights with more stars than you could ever imagine, sunsets behind Ladrone Peak, a bonfire to share with neighbors.
Dealing with winds, and figuring out water supply issues remain, yet the most pressing issue that causes sleepless nights is people that think they can come out and steal everything you have while you’re away. Yet what they don’t know is, they have caused us neighbors to become a family. To watch out for each other, knowing that we all will come when needed.
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