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
Come today music starts at noon to Open Mic “Talent No Talent Show” for Early Bird tickets. Regular ticket sales starts Sunday morning.
DIRECTIONS
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. (This road is the first road in the 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)
Dreugan (Pictured) says that Tomorrow is the Talent No Talent Open Mic!!!!
He says to make sure to Bring your family, pet some goats, sing, dance, tell a story, read of poetry, grill some food, most importantly have some fun!
This is a FREE event.. While you’re here buy an Early Bird ticket for Plateau Hame De Colquhoun Music in the Desert presents Mariah Dawn Shepherd & the Covert Dragon !
Early Bird Ticket $7.00 Non-Refundable
Early Bird RV, Tent Camping $25.00 Includes 2 Concert Ticket and camping pass.
Only Available tomorrow at the Plateau Hame De Colquhoun booth!
Directions 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)
Mariah and Randy, are from Indiana and have toured all over the US and Canada.
Mariah Dawn Shepherd began picking around on the guitar at thirteen. As a young but highly motivated and exceptionally talented musician, she started performing shows and playing venues at age fourteen.
Randy Widick (the Covert Dragon) is an accomplished singer-songwriter. His music has been performed in the UK, Japan, China, Philippines, Canada, and here at home throughout the US.
This is our second community open mic event. The first event was more successful than we could have ever imagined. So much so many asked us to do another one.
So we had a meeting of neighbors who all graciously come together to make this happens.
We all love where we live, find it peaceful, we’re not just neighbors, we are a family. As a family, we have opened our doors so other people can enjoy the unique atmosphere we have up here in the middle of the desert on top of a mesa.
Come up enjoy the day and come meet our family. Campsites are available check our website for more info on reserving your spot.
Bands bring tent, RV you get the night free to camp. You must contact us to reserve your spot a head of time.
Our Audio Engineer and MC is Brent he is the owner of Plateau Hame De Colquhoun . Brent has been audio engineer, vocalist for over 30 years. He had toured with a group called Jester, he has produced, co-produced, and written, done vocals for himself and with others. He has been part of audio engineering for bands like Tautha Dea, Zwaremachine, Wendy Rule, SJ Tucker, and more…
We are little less then 2 weeks away from the Talent No Talent Open Mic. We had hopes of having shower and second compost completed by then. But weather has slowed us down (actually set us backwards a little). We are also trying to find plastic pallets (not the ones with the big holes) to use as a portable stage. If you know of any please let us know.
Living in the desert is quiet, peaceful with beautiful views of mountains, fresh air, and the most awestruck views of the night sky.
But like with every pro there is a con. The big con for us is deliveries and services, we are not able to get US Postal Service , UPS , or FedEx to come out. Yesterday was yet another disappointing service failure #trashpickup. All our neighbors agreed to want some type of trash pickup service, as like us, they hate having to haul it off ourselves, for an often wasted two hour trip because the landfill seems only to be open as they choose to.
Yet again we got nothing but disappointment, not because the trash company won’t come, but the cost of them coming.. Not only would there be a monthly trash bill, but also a mileage and hourly bill for their driver, as they say it’s to far out (remind you we are only 14 miles from town). But this company Valley Sanitation, LLC. . has the only contract with the county of Socorro and in order for them to get here they have to drive out of their way to Belen which is in a different county.
There is a south access up here that would save about 50 miles, but the county is unwilling to maintain it, so right now it is not passable for a vehicles of any type. If this access was available we would have just normal costs for service as well as other availabilities. It’s really a waste for us that we live in a county when we can’t even access the county or the services our taxes are providing for. Maybe, #MichelleLujanGrisham our Governor here in New Mexico will have a different perspective.
Since the wind picked up I went out to see if the pipes we put in did whistle. I’m happy to say they did, though in the video it’s hard to hear them due to the winds..
