Amigo 8 weeks old and Amigo 15 weeks old.. Think he’s grown?
Amigo the puppy of Plateau Hame De Colquhoun Life in the Desert
Tag: off grid
Plateau Hame De Colquhoun views and open mic music in the Desert
Beautiful views of Ladrones Peak here at Plateau Hame De Colquhoun !
September 17th will be the first Haunted Hay (Hell) Ride volunteer meeting followed by a night of Open Mic 🎤 Karaoke. BYOB 420 friendly
Please contact us to volunteer for the Haunted hay ride. Meeting starts at 5pm, music at 6.
If you’d like to vend contact us for details.
Music in the Desert Open Mic
Camping is available $10.00 up to 10 people per site. RV and tents of all sizes are welcome . Contact us to reserve your spot.
For more information
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What living off-grid in the desert at Plateau Hame De Colquhoun means.
What does living in the middle of the desert off grid mean? It means dealing with the weather, heat, wild life, lack of running water. It means camping 24/7. Problem I have now if I want to vacation I don’t enjoy going camping like I used to. Vacation to me is a running water, flush toilet oh and shower all under the same roof.
But the question is do I miss it? It’s good for a vacation but most of the time I don’t mind using it. I don’t mind going out and using the “hut” as we call it( a compost toilet in a small tin building). We have running water (5 gallon water jugs with a hand pump) showers are located at planet fitness,
I used to be able to tell you what was on TV on any given night, now I rarely watch TV. We tend to spend evenings sitting outside, our TV is the sunset. We spend more time with other people, then we did when we lived in town. In town we didn’t know our neighbors. Here we hang out, help, check in on all our neighbors, we are a family.
Living out here is hard, it will test you, it’s not for the faint of heart. There’s been times we’ve thought about quitting, but in the end we love it.
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Plateau Hame De Colquhoun Projects and Report upcoming events
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.
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Busy busy busy
Sorry we haven’t posted much on what we’ve been up to. We’ve been so busy trying to get everything ready for Ladrones Quest also working on a fun event for Halloween, you’ll have to check back for more info.
Last year we took the summer months off and went on a trip, where we did workshops at different festivals. This year we had debated on closing down for a couple of months (we didn’t think we’d get much for campers due to the heat) and taking a trip. But with gas prices, we decided to stay open. To our surprise, we have been getting bookings. So far everyone has enjoyed their stay. We did have one camper who lost a tent to the winds.
We can’t forget to do our reminder for the upcoming event, Ladrones Quest..
Hurry get your early bird tickets and campsite for Ladrones Quest !
At Plateau Hame De Colquhoun
Saturday July 16th, gates open 6:00 pm, Campers check in 9am.
Group tent sites available! $10.00 per group site $10.00 up to 3 tents per site (tickets to the event is not included in price).
Tent and Rv sites are location/access based to first come first choice
Come to the desert, camp, relax and listen to
MIW!
https://m.facebook.com/100063754382445
Ana M !
https://m.facebook.com/507912346059358/
PosiTrax !
Buddhafunk!
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Shower Project
Tomorrow (weather permitting, strong winds are predicted) we will be starting the shower build. We are starting with having a big hole dug that we’ll put in a big holding tank. Once this is completed, we move the building, over the tank. We haven’t started construction on the inside yet. We are looking for smaller pieces of linoleum to put on the walls and floor.
Once completed we will have a shower for ourselves and campers to use. We are working on how to charge for the shower as water is important out here and we have to have it hauled in. Stay tuned for updates!
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Weather impacts on off-grid living
From windy 80-degree day to snowing 34-degree day. Living off-grid depending on solar for electricity isn’t always easy. We are on day 3 of not much sun, which means we aren’t able to run many electrical items.
The 8k solar is set up so that we can hook a generator up to it, it’ll automatically start the generator if not getting enough sun to charge the batteries, and batteries get to a certain % of drainage, thus shutting the generator down once the batteries are charged. Whereas plugging straight into a generator, that generator has to stay running.
The issue is we do not have a generator that is capable of being hooked up to the solar (Capable one is on our wish list). So until then on cloudy days we start eliminating electric usage.
Not running lights, no tv, unplug any unnecessary items.
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Busy weekend of events
This weekend has been busy out here at Plateau Hame De Colquhoun . We had a small private music gathering. We have some bookings this week. Nice to be back and start having people coming out.
We now offer you another way to book a site.
You can also book through Airbnb, Hipcamp and by contacting us directly.
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Solar 8k Video Premier
Come join us tonight 8pm EST 6pm MST for Premier of our new #YouTube video!
Tiny Living DIY Building Off Grid 8k Solar System
finally through the extensive hemorrhoid of getting the 8k system running…and we thought we had made preparation ‘eh.🤔
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Sitting outside
Sitting outside relaxing and taking in the clean crisp night air. Parts for solar supposed to be in tomorrow.. We are hoping to have the solar hooked up and going by end of this weekend (weather permitting).
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Ka-Hoon Campground and Event Center 