We made it to the RV Park Enchanted Trails RV Park & Trading Post to get some much needed repairs done on the RV. We are grateful the RV park is allowing the mobile Rv repairs to be done at their park!
It’s different being in an RV park with full hookups and a pool. We’ll get a couple days of being spoiled before going back to Plateau Hame De Colquhoun
While here we still have a view of home. #ladronepeak…and appreciate those who help keep an eye on things, you know who you are.
I don’t know about everyone else, but after being stationary for months the RV gets disorganized. When it comes time to move it becomes a task trying to find homes for everything.
Tomorrow we’ll be taking the RV on a weeks trip. Which means I have to organize and find homes for the new and old items. Since February we’ve taken the RV once in May for an overnight trip to get it looked at. Finally got an appointment to get the repairs done next week.
Since @JAFO Productions is doing the sound at @B Town Bike Rally Belen New Mexico on Saturday we are taking the RV and staying in town, than onto a RV park in Albuquerque where the repairs will be done.
The next couple weeks will be a bit busy Right now we are taking a short 2 day break and in Phoenix for a concert, we’ll be seeing Anthrax Black Label Society
Brent JAFO Productions will be running sound for the B Town Bike Rally Belen New Mexico this Saturday July 30th. After the bike rally we will be taking the RV for a much needed repair.
Enjoy some of our photos on our trip here to Phoenix.
Not a lot to report.. We have been working planning the Haunted Hay Ride a community event that is being held up here on the mesa in October 21st. We also have a private event in November, and are working on doing another concert of some type here in the near future.
@JAFO Productions which is the music production, sound engineer part of the Plateau Hame De Colquhoun LLC, will be running lights and sound at an upcoming @B Town Bike Rally Belen New Mexico where I’ll also be running a booth for @plateauhamedecolquhoun .
Other Projects: The famous shower, we’ve been working on for awhile, has experienced some issues that have put the project on a temporary hold. We are hoping soon to start building another 5k solar system, The issue with this project is the cost of lumber. Which is causing us to find alternative low cost frames for the panels. We’ve been trying to find bigger pallets that the panels will fit on.
We also like to build a deck over the blue moon which includes a roof over the stage, again cost of lumber and lack of finding good shape, low cost recycled lumber, tin..
Modern Pioneerism is using recycled or inexpensive items that help us survive living off grid on harsh land that no one has lived on before.
Another warm day has come and gone.. Not much to report other than working on staying cool. We’ve had a few comments stating the heat isn’t healthy for us or the dogs, and that we should start the generator to run the AC.
I don’t believe the heat is causing us health issues, as long as you stay hydrated, in the shade and keep your body as cool as possible. We do all this, we and the dogs stay hydrated, out of the sun as much as possible.. We pretty much hibernate during the day. Once the sun starts going down and starts cooling off we go out, dogs go out and play.
Issues this last week the nights haven’t been cooling off as much. Which makes it harder to sleep, and in turn makes the heat of the day harder to handle.
Sure AC would be nice, but we also don’t want to be dependent on it. There are times we have to work during the heat of the day. My experience is when I have AC I tend to get sick when trying to work in the heat. And for those that can’t find a rationale for living the way people did before AC…..you know nothing of the pioneering strength that builds character. Not once were we complaining of agonizing “the struggle”….it was conversation that everyone is mostly experiencing around the globe…IDK, maybe to many people have just gotten to soft for hard work and harder living.
Since we don’t have AC, during the really hot days we stay quiet, lay in front of the fans, or run errands. But this last week we haven’t been handling the heat so well.. It’s not cooling down as much at night, which doesn’t give us a chance to cool off. But it’s not just us it’s affecting, it’s affecting the solar.
When it’s hot (Yesterday it was 124° feel like 118 and over night in the 90s) the fans on the controller and inverter run, which is okay during the day, when there’s enough light to charge. But at night those fans draw a lot of power from the batteries. If we leave the big fridge on overnight the batteries will be dead by morning. Luckily the fridge is gas or electric.
We have few options to resolve this issue, and have everything to do it. We need to get cooler days to build and work outside. Until then we are busy trying to stay cool.
Living off-grid on top of a mesa in the middle of the desert.. Sounds easy right? Umm no! We love it here, but there are times we wanted to leave and never look back. We understand why nobody had ever lived here. It’s hard, the weather is unpredictable.. A nice calm day suddenly turns into 40 to 50 or even more mph gusts that disappear as fast as they appear.
Everything gets full of sand, your hair, eyes, mouth. Even with windows closed sand still gets into your house, and vehicles. There is no way to get away from it.
But the sunrises, sunsets, mountains, stars, wonderful neighbors, campers, and events like Mariah Dawn Shepherd & the Covert Dragon that’ll be here next Saturday all make it worth it.
The last few days been interesting, it’s been windy and hot. We’ve been on 3 rescue missions and had the Talent no Talent show. Winds are messing with us. We have many projects we want to do, the shower being one. To achieve the build we need at least 2 days of no winds.
Since we can’t really do much outside I’ll post more on the May 28th Concert with Music In The Desert Presents Mariah Dawn Shepherd and the Covert Dragon!
Doors open at 4:00 Pm, bonfire with drumming following the concert.
We have a limited amount of tickets, camping sites. Make sure to get yours!!
What to Bring
Yourself! *Chair *BYOB *Drums *S’morse or Hotdogs *Sunscreen and shade
Only 6 more days until the Talent No Talent Open Mic!!
This is a FREE community event. Free to attend, Free to perform, and Free to vend!
We have 3 campsites left that are available for a night. Bands can reserve a site for free.
Contact us for more information!
We are proud to announce the new stage is almost finished as you can see in the video!
We are excited to get a chance to meet with all of you! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, by email or through, Facebook, instagram, and on our website!
You can view directions on our YouTube channel (In the video you can see a billboard that Billboard is no longer there)
From I25 take exit 191 Belen Camino Del Llano, go west onto Camino Del Llano. (Opposite direction from Loves Truck stop, last available gas station) Continue all the way up the hill. Cattle crossing -first left on Harrison 6/10 mile Right on Marble quarry Rd 7/10 mile Left on Claudine Rd (at stop sign) 4/10 mile turns to dirt stay on dirt. 2 miles Stay to the left (straight at the curve) 5.5 miles Turn Right There is a sign with an arrow pointing to right. (First road to right after Lulu Lane) 3/10 miles Take left end of the road (Twinnings Rd) Arrow pointing Left 2.6 take left (Colquhoun Way) . 2/10 miles you have arrived. (There’s a Blue Moon Shipping container, Colquhoun sign)
Ka-Hoon Campground and Event Center 