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Mysteries of the West Mesa

“The Empty Chair”

Here on the Mesa, there is a  story about a man from 1800s who used to hunt the mesa and was killed during one of his hunts.

It is said that if you leave an empty chair while sitting around the fire. That this man would first appear as an animal, then turn back into a man, and come sit with you around the fire.

One dark night, while sitting around the fire with neighbors, we had left one chair empty. 

When suddenly a white cat ran between us, under the empty chair, before disappearing into the darkness of night.

At the time, we had no cats.

Was the cat the ghost of the man, stray cat? Or something else?

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West Mesa Haunted Hay Ride

” Plateau Hame De Colquhoun is located on the southern point of the West Mesa by Bosque, New Mexico off I25 just 41 miles south of Albuquerque. A place for fun and relaxation, star gazing all year long. Visit our website for more information.

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Only 2 more weeks until September Camping and Movie Night ! Movie playing will be “Gretal and Hanzel” the movie is free. Camping is available. Visit the website to book a campsite.

We’ll be hosting 2 Camping and Movie Night in September. September 23rd we’ll be playing “It”.

Camping and Movie Nights are all
BYOB and 420 Friendly
All ages are welcome

Don’t forget to register for the West Mesa Haunted Hay Ride ! 2 nights of music, bonfires, dancing and terror! Advocatus Diaboli will be playing the Saturday night After Party!!

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” Plateau Hame De Colquhoun is located on the southern point of the West Mesa by Bosque, New Mexico off I25 just 41 miles south of Albuquerque. A place for fun and relaxation, star gazing all year long. Visit our website for more information.

#plateauhamedecolquhoun #artoftinyliving #movienight #desert #musicinthedesert #desertlife #desertlifestyle #offgridliving #offgridhomestead #homestead #modernpioneerism #musician #jafoproductions #westmeshauntedhayride #nomads #nomadgathering #dustynail #soundengineer #livemusic #nomadgatheringinthedesert #alien #movie #camping #generalstore #venue #unm #universityofnewmexico #ziametweatherstationprogram #hauntedplaces #hauntedhayride

Today we received a package from Advocatus Diaboli for the West Mesa Haunted Hay Ride after show. We opened it to find Advocatus Diaboli’s merchandise for his show! We are very excited to have Advocatus Diaboli here for the Saturday night Haunted Hayride After show!

We had seen Advocatus Diaboli and the Grim Leafer Band in show, we very proud they agreed to come and do a show here, it’s a must see show!

Make sure to get your tickets for one or both nights! Camping packages are available.

Visit our website for more information!

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” Plateau Hame De Colquhoun is located on the southern point of the West Mesa by Bosque, New Mexico off I25 just 41 miles south of Albuquerque. A place for fun and relaxation, star gazing all year long. Visit our website for more information.

#plateauhamedecolquhoun #artoftinyliving #movienight #desert #musicinthedesert #desertlife #desertlifestyle #offgridliving #offgridhomestead #homestead #modernpioneerism #musician #jafoproductions #westmeshauntedhayride #nomads #nomadgathering #dustynail #soundengineer #livemusic #nomadgatheringinthedesert #alien #movie #camping #generalstore #venue #unm #universityofnewmexico #ziametweatherstationprogram #hauntedplaces #hauntedhayride

Dealing with rainy days as a child living on a dairy farm in rural Minnesota meant muddy cattle, little extra work cleaning the barn, flooded/washed out roads. But it also meant watching movies, sometimes playing a board game,

Raining days while Living off-grid in the desert in New Mexico isn’t a whole lot difference than my experiences while in Minnesota. (Though we don’t have cattle). We have flooded/washed out roads, play board/cards games. But no movies.

The difference is overcast days don’t charge the batteries for the solar much if at all. We can usually handle one over cast day fine, but not 2 or 3 days.

To preserve electric (in case its longer than a day) all non essentials get turned off. Fans, tvs, charging of cell phones are limited. Which means no movies.

We can start up generators, but why waste the gas? So rainy days usually means doing things that doesn’t require electric. Reading, writing, drawing, playing board or card games. Going into town in the truck due to the roads.