If you’re anything like us, you like oddities, strange, unusual, unknown, dark, demented. You will enjoy the video.
For my and Anne birthdays, Brent surprised us and took us to see the Paranormal Cirque II in Albuquerque. We had seen the show during their last visit to Albuquerque and loved it. We had been watching to see when they be back. But it had looked like they weren’t going to be in the area or so Anne and I thought.
But yesterday on my birthday they were in Albuquerque. I don’t know how long ago Brent had purchased the tickets, but he kept it from us, until we pulled into the Cottonwood Mall and we seen the Paranormal cirque tents and liked up sign.
Not only did we get to go, but he got us 2 row (Isle) center stage seats!
I give it my 2nd best birthday gifts! I would had been best, but hard to beat, him giving me my furry kid Dreugan!
I would love to see Paranormal Cirque tents sitting out here at Ka-Hoon Plateau Hame De Colquhoun ! It’d be awesome to see those tents in the desert, with mountain views behind them. Sorry light side tracked. Anyways enjoy the video!!
While I lay here in bed listening and feeling the winds hit the Rv. I think back to when we first arrived here to the land.
We have achieved, learned more than I’ve ever thought we would.
Living offgrid out in the middle of the desert may be beautiful, can be peaceful. But mother nature reminds you why no one has lived out here before. It can be very hard, we have seen, tried to help many that have came out and failed.
We spent hours researching, asking few locals questions, trying to get as much info we could to prepare ourselves. But we found very little information about the part of the mesa we are at.
We were lucky, we both had experiences of living offgrid, in what could be harsh (but different) places. We knew winds were going to be bad, we tried to prepare, protect as much as possible.
Sure if we had enough money to build a structure the way we want, buy solar have it installed professionally we wouldn’t realize how harsh it can be. But we don’t have that type of money. But I also wouldn’t had learn or experience the true part of living out here.
Once in awhile we get campers that love their experience out here, but then drop our ratings due to the roads, and complain about them, acting as we didn’t let them know.
I don’t understand why they act surprise? We have in bright letters on the website, different platforms what the road is like. We have videos on Facebook, imInstragram, and even a few on Tikto oh and the one on the direction page (That we give to everyone that comes out)
The thing is there are plenty of places to stay right off major roads. Many are beautiful..
But if you want tranquility, breath taking views of mountains, skies, areas to hike, bring your ATV, horses, rock pick, let you dogs run a little. Or just sit in your RV, tent and watch the sunset/rise over the mountains, then you usually need to take some out of the way roads.
Weekend has gone by.. Like so many others the weekend doesn’t mean much to us. We have been fairly busy with campers this last week. Yesterday we celebrated both Anne and my birthdays, with a few of the neighbors.
Advocatus Diaboli and the Grim Leafer Band had asked me to make them a few more stuffed items for their merch table. Each piece has Advocatus Diaboli initials on their butt. It felt good they had asked me to do it. I really wasn’t sure I could as I had never made anything like what he had asked. But so far they are turning out good. Once finished, I think we will be adding them and selling for Advocatus Diaboli on our Tiktok store (once I finish setting it up).
HAPPY 20th Birthday Anne Calhoun , though you are now old and past your teenage years..You will always (Unless we adopt, or get another furry kid) be Brent Colquhoun and my little girl..
Bring your arts and crafts to the NM 2024 Nomad Gathering in the Desert on weekend of May 10th!
We have a fun packed weekend planned with Live Music by Advocatus Diaboli and the Grim Leafer Band , Potluck, Talent show, Tarot reader, Silent Auction and an Art & Craft show. Come showcase, sell your art and crafts! Even teach a craft class?
For more information, register for the Nomad Gathering visit our website, Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok pages!
The last couple days have been windy out here on the mesa. We did have a couple campers come in during it all, very nice people and we enjoyed visiting and helping them to do few small repairs.
Last Saturday was the April Fool’s Open Mic, that morning Brent and I went out to put up signs, to help direct people out. Just about a mile from our place we found a tent set up on land owned by a neighbor we’ve become friends with, that lives in another state for now, but does come visit his land regularly.
Many people think the land up here is BLM land (This is what this person stated he thought it was). It’s not, it’s all privately owned. If you are looking for places to camp for a bit, come talk to us, we may figure something out. If you do plan to squat do some research first. Some land owners are very (rightfully) protective of their land. We did not run this tenter off, we just highly recommended that he move off that land, which he did.
Many towns people come up here to watch the sunset, see stars, catch the views or travel all the dirt roads. This is fine to do, but we have issues with a few 4wheeler operators going down private roads, cutting through private and marked property, dumping trash or household garbage and tossing beer bottles on the roads. This land isn’t a landfill, pack out your trash! Take your junk to be recycled or to a designated landfill! Come enjoy the views, drive your 4wheelers, picnic, but do it with respect. We don’t go riding through your yard and dumping our trash, or chase after your dogs (that’s rightfully on your property).
Well that’s my rant.. We might be a little quieter this week than normal. We are trying to take a few days off from projects, and events. We plan to enjoy Easter here and hang out with some friends and try not to think about events and projects. Next week we’ll be right back to getting ready for the Nomad Gathering in the Desert !
Until then make sure to visit our website, we still will be available to answer questions. We still have some availability for vendors..
We do have a slight schedule change/inclusion. Saturday May 20th, we may have BINGO. We are thinking of doing it at 1:30pm. Buy in per card is yet to be determined. Prizes to be determined by cards sold.
Let us know what you think a good cost per card is.
Also Saturday night the 20th will be live music by Jer Killinger Singer/Songwriter and J5th & the 77 Riders .
Now that the April Fool’s Open Mic is over we are sitting here out of the wind and relaxing a bit.
We thank everyone that came out, we had a wonderful time and enjoyed visiting, listening to music by JAFO Productions , Little Jasmine, Sam and Jannel, poetry, eating some good food thank you to Westland Meadows for cooking, we are happy that we were able to host an engagement party during the open mic, oh and seeing the calves, goats and Amigo getting loved up and playing with the children!!
We look forward to seeing everyone at the Nomad Gathering in the Desert in May!
Until then, enjoy the video of the April Fool’s Open Mic!!
Ka-Hoon Campground and Event Center 