Ladron Peak at Sunset: Finding Beauty Beneath the New Mexico Sky
There are sunsets you watch, and there are sunsets you remember. At Ka-Hoon Campground & Event Center in Central New Mexico, Ladron Peak becomes part of the evening landscape as the sun falls behind the desert horizon. This original poem was inspired by that quiet beauty, the New Mexico desert, and the feeling of simply being present beneath an open sky.
About Ladron Peak and the New Mexico Landscape
Ladron Peak stands as a striking landmark in the Central New Mexico landscape. At sunset, the mountain becomes a silhouette against changing colors across the sky, creating a peaceful scene that captures the character of the high desert. It is the kind of view that encourages you to slow down, put down the phone, and simply take in the moment.
Ladron Peak at Sunset — An Original Poem
This original poem was written for a sunset over Ladron Peak, inspired by the landscape surrounding Ka-Hoon Campground & Event Center and the quiet moments that make New Mexico feel unforgettable.
A New Mexico Sunset at Ka-Hoon
Ka-Hoon Campground & Event Center offers a place to step away from the ordinary and experience Central New Mexico at a slower pace. Here, the desert landscape, wide-open sky, sunsets, music, camping, and time spent together become part of the experience. Sometimes the greatest attraction is simply having the time to watch the sun go down.
What Makes a Desert Sunset Special
– Watch the sunset over the New Mexico landscape
– Take in the silhouette of Ladron Peak
– Experience the quiet of the high desert
– Spend an evening beneath an open New Mexico sky
– Enjoy music and gatherings at Ka-Hoon
– Disconnect from the ordinary and make memories
– Experience off-grid camping in Central New Mexico
Music by Brent Calhoun aka Advocatus Diaboli
The music accompanying this Ladron Peak sunset video is by Brent Calhoun, aka Advocatus Diaboli, vocalist, songwriter, and producer of Advocatus Diaboli & The Grim Leafer Band. His music brings another layer to the atmosphere of the New Mexico desert and the stories created here.
Learn more about the music of Brent Calhoun aka Advocatus Diaboli and The Grim Leafer Band:
If the beauty of Central New Mexico calls to you, learn more about Ka-Hoon Campground & Event Center, our camping options, events, music, and the unique experience of spending time beneath the New Mexico sky.
Maybe that’s what makes a sunset over Ladron Peak so special. For a few quiet minutes, everything slows down, the desert glows, and you remember that beauty doesn’t always need to be found. Sometimes, you simply need to stop long enough to see it.
The weirdest thing happened during Music in the Desert last night.
And surprisingly, seeing a coyote—or possibly a lobo—wasn’t actually the weirdest part.
We’re used to wildlife being part of life here in the New Mexico high desert.
What we didn’t expect was to catch this particular visitor on camera while our music show was happening.
🌵 A Coyote Appears on the Road
We had been outside walking around just minutes before we caught him—or her—walking down the road.
Our dogs had been loose shortly before the sighting, which made the timing particularly interesting.
Then, there he was.
A wild canine quietly making his way along the road while Music in the Desert was happening nearby.
We don’t know for certain whether this was a coyote or a lobo, so we’re leaving that identification open.
🎶 Wildlife Meets Live Music
There’s something pretty surreal about living in a place where you can be putting on a live music show one minute and watching wildlife wander through the desert the next.
That’s simply part of life at Plateau Hame de Colquhoun.
We’re surrounded by open high-desert landscape, and wildlife occasionally becomes part of the scenery.
You never quite know what might wander past.
🚫 At Least He Obeyed the Signs!
Here’s the funny part.
Our unexpected visitor stayed on the road.
And, as far as we know, he respected the NO TRESPASSING signs. 😉
We couldn’t help but joke that this particular visitor had better manners than some humans!
Maybe he was just passing through.
Maybe he heard the music.
Maybe he was checking to see what all the noise was about.
We’ll never know.
🐕 The Dogs Had Just Been Outside
The timing was especially interesting because we’d been walking around with the dogs shortly before the camera caught the visitor.
That makes the sighting something we’re definitely going to remember.
Life in the high desert isn’t always predictable, and that’s part of what makes living out here so interesting.
🐺 Coyote or Lobo?
Now comes the question we’re hoping viewers can help us with.
What do you think we caught on camera?
A coyote? A lobo? Something else?
We’re not claiming a definite identification from this footage, so if you know your New Mexico wildlife, tell us what you see.
🎵 Music in the Desert at Plateau Hame de Colquhoun
Music in the Desert is part of the entertainment happening at Plateau Hame de Colquhoun.
It’s live music in a very unusual setting: the wide-open New Mexico high desert.
Sometimes the entertainment is on stage.
Sometimes nature decides to provide its own.
Last night, apparently, we got both.
🌙 Another Night in the New Mexico High Desert
This is one of those moments that probably couldn’t have been planned.
A live music show.
The desert at night.
Dogs recently outside.
And then a wild visitor casually walking down the road.
That’s life at Plateau Hame de Colquhoun.
You just never know who—or what—is going to show up. 🐺🌵
👀 What Do You Think?
Watch the footage and tell us what you think we caught.
Coyote or lobo?
And did our unexpected guest really stop at the road because he respected the NO TRESPASSING signs?
Cully is beginning his adventures here in the New Mexico high desert, and his first stop is the stage during Melodious Karaoke on Wednesday nights.
With our Scottish-inspired connection to the Colquhoun name and our very un-Scottish surroundings in the high desert of New Mexico, Cully fits right in—especially when there’s music involved!
🎤 Cully Takes the Stage at Melodious Karaoke
Cully isn’t content to sit around the campground
. On Wednesday nights, he takes the stage during Melodious Karaoke, joining in on the musical fun.
And yes, you can participate too!
How to Join Melodious Karaoke
🎤 Participate FREE on TikTok
🏕️ Book a campsite and participate in person
🎶 Sing, perform and have some fun
🐉 Keep an eye out for Cully’s next appearance
Whether you’re watching from home or sitting around the campground in person, Cully is just getting started.
🏕️ Cully’s Adventures at Plateau Hame de Colquhoun
Cully isn’t going to be limited to the karaoke stage.
We’re planning to take this little dragon on all kinds of adventures around Plateau Hame de Colquhoun and Ka-Hoon Campground & Event Center.
Future Cully adventures could include:
Camping under the New Mexico stars
Exploring the high desert
Joining Music in the Desert
Meeting campground visitors
Discovering Scottish traditions
Getting into a little dragon-sized mischief
Singing more songs
Exploring the unique world of off-grid life
Basically, we’re not entirely sure what Cully is going to get himself into next. 😂
🏴 Scottish Roots Meet the New Mexico High Desert
The Colquhoun name has Scottish roots, and our property embraces that connection while existing in a very different environment: the wide-open New Mexico high desert.
That’s part of what makes Cully fun.
He’s a little piece of Scottish-inspired fantasy dropped right into our real-world desert life.
A Scottish dragon in New Mexico? Why not? 🐉
🎵 Music: “Feed Us Breath”
Cully’s appearance in this video features:
“Feed Us Breath” by Brent Calhoun, Advocatus Diaboli
Music and entertainment are a big part of what happens at Plateau Hame de Colquhoun, and Cully gives us another way to bring some imagination and fun into the mix.
🐉 What Should Cully Do Next?
This is only the beginning of Cully’s adventures.
So we’re asking you:
What should the Colquhoun Dragon do next?
Should he go camping? Sing another song? Explore the desert? Join the band? Meet a desert cow?
Leave your idea in the comments and help us decide where Cully goes next!
📍 Visit Plateau Hame de Colquhoun
Want to experience the high desert for yourself?
You can learn more about Ka-Hoon Campground & Event Center, camping and upcoming entertainment at Plateau Hame de Colquhoun.
Cully will be waiting. 🐉
Cully the Colquhoun Dragon is just getting started.
🐉 A Dragon Came Out of Our Solar Panels?! AI Fantasy Meets Off-Grid New Mexico
Sometimes life at our off-grid home in Central New Mexico gets a little… mythical. 🌵☀️🐉
We decided to turn our real solar-powered surroundings into something completely unexpected: an AI-generated fantasy video featuring a colorful dragon emerging from our solar panels, surrounded by vibrant imagery and symbols inspired by the ancient cultural landscape of New Mexico.
The result is a wild combination of New Mexico desert scenery, solar power, off-grid living, fantasy art, ancient-inspired symbols and original music.
And while the dragon isn’t real, the place that inspired it absolutely is.
🌵 AI Fantasy Inspired by Real New Mexico
Our home and creative space at Plateau Hame de Colquhoun LLC sits in Central New Mexico, where we live an off-grid lifestyle surrounded by the unique landscape and character of the Southwest.
The video combines:
🐉 AI-generated dragon fantasy
☀️ Real solar-powered off-grid living
🌵 New Mexico-inspired imagery
🔥 Colorful fantasy visuals
🏕️ Off-grid camping
🎸 Original music
🎤 Live entertainment
📺 Livestreaming and creative projects
It’s a little bit of technology, a little bit of imagination, and a whole lot of New Mexico.
⚡ Life Off the Grid
Solar power is a real part of our everyday life.
Instead of simply showing the practical side of solar energy, we decided to let our imagination take over. What if something ancient and mythical could emerge from the very technology that helps power our off-grid life?
That’s where the dragon came from. The colorful AI imagery turns an ordinary piece of our off-grid setup into something magical and unexpected.
🏕️ Ka-Hoon Campground & Event Center
Our property is also home to Ka-Hoon Campground & Event Center, an off-grid camping and event destination in Central New Mexico.
Visitors can experience a different side of New Mexico — one that combines rural surroundings, creativity, music, camping and community.
Whether you’re interested in:
Off-grid camping
New Mexico travel
Events and entertainment
Desert scenery
Music
Creative experiences
Getting away from ordinary campground life
Ka-Hoon is a place built around doing things a little differently.
Colquhoun Entertainment brings together our music, livestreams, creative projects and entertainment.
Our goal is to create an ongoing place where people can discover original music, unusual ideas, New Mexico-inspired creativity and live entertainment.
👹 Advocatus Diaboli & The Grim Leafer Band
The music featured with this video comes from Brent Calhoun — Advocatus Diaboli.
Brent is the vocalist, songwriter and producer behind Advocatus Diaboli and the Grim Leafer Band, creating original music that accompanies many of our creative projects.
Our Morning Mirage livestream brings conversation, music and entertainment directly from our New Mexico location.
Morning Mirage airs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30 AM MT.
It’s part of our continuing effort to connect our off-grid life, music and creative projects with people watching from around the world.
🎶 Music in the Desert
Music in the Desert brings live music and entertainment from our off-grid New Mexico location.
Music in the Desert is scheduled for:
Tuesday nights
Thursday nights
Saturday nights
The livestream is available on TikTok, with in-person opportunities at our campground as well.
🎤 Melodious Karaoke
Every Wednesday night, we also bring you Melodious Karaoke.
Whether you’re camping with us or watching online, karaoke is another way we’re turning our off-grid location into an entertainment destination.
🐉 Is the Dragon Real?
No — the dragon is AI-generated fantasy.
But the solar panels, the off-grid lifestyle, the New Mexico surroundings, the campground, the music and the people behind the project are real.
That’s what makes this kind of video fun. We can take something completely ordinary from our daily life and use technology and imagination to transform it into something people wouldn’t expect to see.
So the next time you look at a solar panel, remember…
You never know what’s hiding inside it. 🐉☀️😂
🌵 Experience Our New Mexico World
From Ka-Hoon Campground & Event Center to Colquhoun Entertainment, Advocatus Diaboli, Morning Mirage, Music in the Desert and Melodious Karaoke, we’re building something that combines camping, music, entertainment, technology and off-grid New Mexico living.
Follow along as we continue creating, performing, camping, livestreaming and occasionally letting a dragon loose around the solar panels.
Plateau Hame de Colquhoun, also known as Colquhoun Entertainment, is home to Ka-Hoon Campground and Event Center, an off-grid destination located deep in the New Mexico desert.
Here, people can camp, relax, be themselves and experience entertainment far away from the ordinary. Colquhoun Entertainment brings together live music, original music, paranormal investigation, conversation, desert life and unique livestream programming.
Life and Entertainment in the New Mexico Desert
Colquhoun Entertainment is built around a simple idea: create a place where people can come together, enjoy music and entertainment, and simply be themselves.
The completely off-grid property includes a music studio and entertainment space, where much of the programming is created and broadcast.
Because the property operates off-grid, show times can sometimes change depending on sunset, weather, available solar power and desert conditions.
Morning Mirage
Morning Mirage is Colquhoun Entertainment’s weekday morning show on TikTok.
Monday through Friday mornings, viewers can come hang out, talk, listen to news and hear music from Brent Calhoun, aka Advocatus Diaboli.
Morning Mirage combines conversation, music, current events and the unpredictable personality of life in the New Mexico desert.
Polyanna Spectral Investigator
What happens when a paranormal investigator does things backwards?
Polyanna Spectral Investigator explores the idea of contacting the living from the afterlife.
This unique paranormal investigation program airs Wednesday nights around sunset Mountain Time.
Rather than following the traditional paranormal-investigator format, Polyanna approaches the subject from a completely different direction.
Music in the Desert
Music in the Desert features Brent Calhoun, aka Advocatus Diaboli, performing music from the New Mexico desert.
Viewers can hear songs Brent has already released as well as original songs and music that many listeners may have never heard before.
Music in the Desert is generally presented Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights, with times varying according to sunset and off-grid conditions.
Ka-Hoon Campground and Event Center
Ka-Hoon Campground and Event Center is part of Plateau Hame de Colquhoun.
It is a place to camp, relax and be yourself in the New Mexico desert.
The property provides a setting for people who want to experience a different kind of camping and entertainment environment away from the traditional campground experience.
Follow Colquhoun Entertainment
Follow Colquhoun Entertainment for:
New Mexico desert life
Off-grid living and entertainment
Morning Mirage
Music in the Desert
Original music
Brent Calhoun performances
Advocatus Diaboli
Grim Leafer Band music
Paranormal investigation
Polyanna Spectral Investigator
Ka-Hoon Campground and Event Center
Plateau Hame de Colquhoun
Live entertainment
Desert camping
Off-grid music
Whether you come for the music, paranormal investigation, conversation, camping or simply the strange beauty of the New Mexico desert, Colquhoun Entertainment is a place to come hang out and be yourself.
The Monsoon Arrives: First Real Rain Hits the New Mexico Desert
After months of extreme heat, dry conditions, and the relentless New Mexico desert sun, the skies have finally opened. The first real rain of the year has arrived at Plateau Hame De Colquhoun, marking the beginning of monsoon season on the mesa.
For those living off-grid, rain is more than just weather—it is a moment of change. The sound of rain hitting the desert, the smell of wet earth, and the transformation of the landscape remind us how powerful and important every storm can be.
This is the beginning of our monsoon journey as we document the storms, the calm between weather systems, and the way the desert comes alive after rainfall.
The First Monsoon Storm of the Year
The first major storm of the season arrived with powerful energy. Dark clouds rolled across the New Mexico desert, winds moved through the mesa, and much-needed rain began falling across the land.
After weeks of intense summer heat, the cooler air and rainfall brought a welcome change. The desert, which can appear quiet and still during dry periods, begins to transform when the monsoon arrives.
During monsoon season, we experience:
Dramatic desert storm clouds
Powerful rain and changing weather patterns
Cooler temperatures after extreme heat
New life returning to the landscape
The challenges and rewards of off-grid living
At Plateau Hame De Colquhoun, every storm becomes part of the story of living with the land.
Watch the First Monsoon Storm
Experience the arrival of the first real rain of the year as the New Mexico monsoon begins.
In this video:
First desert rainfall of the season
Storm clouds moving across the mesa
Off-grid living during extreme weather
The beauty of New Mexico desert storms
A Break Between Storms: The Calm Before the Next Wave
After the first storm moved through, we entered a brief break between storms.
The desert became quiet again, but the skies showed signs that more weather was on the way. These moments between storms are some of the most beautiful parts of desert living—the cooler air, the changing clouds, and the anticipation of the next rainfall.
Monsoon season in New Mexico is unpredictable. One moment the desert can be dry and still, and the next it can be filled with thunder, wind, and rain.
This constant change is what makes desert life so unique.
Watch the Break Between Storms
Join us during a peaceful moment between storms as we watch monsoon season continue across the New Mexico desert.
Living Off-Grid During Monsoon Season
Off-grid living means being connected to the environment around us. Weather affects our daily routines, solar power, outdoor projects, animals, and life on the mesa.
Rain brings challenges, but it also brings appreciation.
Every storm reminds us why we chose this lifestyle:
To experience nature firsthand
To protect and preserve the land
To build a community connected to the desert
To appreciate the simple moments that many people never see
Music in the Desert: Original Music From the Mesa
The soundtrack to this desert journey features original music by:
🎵 Brent Calhoun 🎵 Advocatus Diaboli 🎵 Advocatus Diaboli and the Grim Leafer Band
Through Music in the Desert, we share original songs, independent music, and stories inspired by life experiences, creativity, and the landscape around us.
Follow the Monsoon Journey at Plateau Hame De Colquhoun
Continue following our off-grid desert adventure as we document:
🌵 New Mexico desert living ⛈️ Monsoon season storms 🌧️ Rain in the desert 🏕️ Off-grid campground life 🎶 Original independent music 🔥 Music in the Desert performances
The monsoon has arrived, and this is only the beginning of the desert transformation.
