One more week until the April Fool’s Open Mic ! We have so much work to get ready for this event. The weather has slowed us down to a crawl on finishing the store.
Make sure to bring your talent next Saturday starting at noon.
The April Fool’s Open mic is open to all, it’s FREE. There will be vendors, food vendors, music, bonfire, camping is available by booking through our website or stop at NEW (hopefully finished) Dusty Nails store to purchase a campsite or buy tickets for the Nomad Gathering in the Desert . Nomad Gathering is $20.00 for the weekend. Kids 10 and under are FREE!!
Directions to Plateau Hame De Colquhoun can be found by following the links below!
Amigo loves his crate even though he doesn’t fit very well anymore. His butt hangs out, but he loves it. We do plan on taking it out and putting something else in its place soon. Before anyone says anything He doesn’t get locked in it.. we did use it when he was young and fit just fine.
Plateau Hame De Colquhoun is a family owned business. On top of a desert mesa overlooking the Rio Grande Valley. Ran totally off-grid using solar and generators to run any sound and lights needed for an event.
Our family had site managed, built other semi off-grid event centers for other businesses for many years. But our dream was to do something similar for ourselves. Our dream became a reality in 2020. We had been asked to come to New Mexico for the winter of 2019-20 and help clear, build an event center. During this time we saved all our money we could with hopes to make a down payment on a vacant piece of land in Minnesota.
But plans changed, we loved the New Mexico winter so much that we started looking for vacant land anywhere in New Mexico. when we came and looked at this piece of land we fell in love right away. The land was secluded, majestic, peaceful, raw, and a perfect place for our dream.. On January 3 2020 our dream started to become a reality. A dream of building a safe space that all are welcome. A place where you can find peace and relaxation (Dependent on mother nature) for a night, week or month, to be able to be yourself without fear of ridicule and judgement.
One of ore requirements when looking at land was that it be secluded, we wanted privacy, no issues with noise. This seclusion became our biggest fear, Will people be willing to travel the 11 miles of washboard dirt roads to be out in the middle of the desert. To test this we decided to try by opening a few sites for campers (at the time the land was untouched, no toilet, really rough road that was hard to get on to get in). To our surprise two days after posting we had a booking, a few days later we had yet another 7 day booking, and they kept coming. So we cleaned, mowed campsites, paths, built easier to travel road, compost toilet, and a communal firepit. This year we are working on finishing the community store front and a shower.
This is our 3rd year of campers. Each year we get more bookings and hope to continue to grow.
Last year we got to the point of opening the land for events. This has been a very scary jump for us. Some of the same questions we asked ourselves about campers. Will people come down these roads for unique event experiences?! The few events we held last year weren’t badly attended, those that did attend seemed to enjoy themselves.
April Fool’s Open Mic will be our first event this year. We have our fingers crossed that attendance will be better than last year.
The Nomad Gathering in the Desert is in May, this will be our first of such an event. The fear and anxiety are high for this one. There are so many questions: Will people show, will they like it, is the cost too high, is it too low, will we be able to cover costs, are we offering enough activities. Many of these are fears all hosts have. But especially for the first event, and at a place that is just starting out. A place many don’t know about, and some have fear that it’s a scam.
We try to ease fears by inviting individuals out, take a tour, talk with us, and hanging out. Come to the April Fool’s Open Mic which is free. We try to be as transparent as we can, it is what it is out here. Roads are passable for any vehicle (if you follow our directions and not GPS). Though the roads are washboards, dips. It’s really not bad for dirt roads, we’ve driven on interstates that are worse (umm I10).
I will cut this here. We wanted to share a little of our story. If you’d like to learn more visit our website, send us a DM, email or comment. We’d be happy to answer any questions you may have.
The April Fool’s Open Mic isn’t too far away! Come enjoy a day of music, poetry, comedy much more, vendors and a bonfire. All are welcome to this free event, bring your instruments, comedy, bands. Karaoke is available or bring your own tracks.
BYOB and 420 friendly..
Tickets for the May Nomad Gathering in the Desert can be purchased during the April Fool’s Open Mic at the Plateau Hame De Colquhoun store.
Nomad Gathering is a 3 day event with live music, outdoor movie, talent show, bonfires, meetings and a silent auction.
You can register online or during the April Fool’s Open Mic. We have room for RV, Schoolies, Vans, cars, trucks, campers, tents of all sizes…
Dreugan asks, “how much longer till the nomads come?” Come on out and play, and enjoy our piece of the land of enchantment. Nomad Gathering in the Desert on May 19-21. A fun packed weekend of Live Music, Vendors, Silent auction, Talent Show, Movie, Bonfire, Food Vendor. Live music by Jer Killinger Singer/Songwriter and J5th & the 77 Riders .
$20.00 for the whole weekend! Ages 10 and under are Free!
Pet Friendly. BYOB and 420 friendly.
You can register on the website or during the April Fool’s Open Mic on April 1. All size RVs, Schoolies, Vans, cars, pickups, tents are welcome!
The tiny store front is almost finished! Just need to get the building in place, and paint it before we can start getting the inside setup!
To stay with our Modern Pioneerism this building was originally a shipping box, that we have fixed up, reinforced it with osb, and redoing a few of the frame pieces.
Now we have to wait out today’s winds before we can do more. Until then it’s laying on the ground to help protect it from the winds until we can move it and get it staked.
I still need a name for this little store front. Post your suggestions in the comments!
Nomad Gathering in the Desert is just around the corner. A fun packed weekend of activities. Silent Auction, Bonfires, Vendors, Stargazing, Talent Show, Movie “Off the Map”, Live Music by Jer Killinger Singer/Songwriter and J5th & the 77 Riders plus more!
Tickets can be purchased through the website by clicking the link below
We are still in need of volunteers and Vendors. It’s Free to Vend, with Registration. Volunteers get free admission for volunteering at least 2 hours.
Tickets can also be purchased during the April Fool’s Open Mic .
We’ve taken today off from the stage build and started on the Plateau Hame De Colquhoun store front. The store front was created from an old shipping box, that we reinforced, and redoing to fit our needs. It’s small but will work for displaying items, and running registration out of. In the first 3 images are of the box is laying on its side, last image is it standing up.. We are hoping to finish the store tomorrow and get it set up and staked down. Then the next step will be painting it and getting the inside finished.
Happy Wednesday! We’ve been busy here at Plateau Hame De Colquhoun getting ready for this year’s events to start. April Fool’s Open Mic will be first of many. April Fool’s open Mic is on Saturday April 1 starts at noon, all are welcome to attend this is BYOB, 420 friendly and FREE. There will be vendors, food, bonfire, camping is available.
We still have a few vendor spots available!
May 19th to 21st is the Nomad Gathering in the Desert a weekend full of activities,food, vendors, bonfires, a movie and music. Jer Killinger Singer/Songwriter and J5th & the 77 Riders will be playing Saturday night!
Vendor space still available
For more information Please contact us and visit our website.
Day 2 of the stage we weren’t able to get as much done as we would have liked. The issue of Modern Pioneerism is that you have to think outside the box. Sometimes your plans and Ideas go as you plan, other times it takes some rethinking, planning and maybe some good neighbors to help. This was the case yesterday. But with the help of friends we are back on track..
The poles are in place, next is leveling (which was the hangup. How do we level the top of the stage? We had considered concrete, building a wood frame, packing with sand, many of these are against the Modern Pioneerism idea which is okay if we need to do it we will and have on other projects. But we think we got it figured out, and it’ll keep everything within our ideas.
Ka-Hoon Campground and Event Center 