Taun We gets a new haircut to avoid the burrs this trip.
Genubi and Schamali track mud into the trailer. This visit was during monsoon season, and it rained the first night and most others that we were there. Very pretty, but pretty muddy.
Putting up the netted structure to extend living area.
Dad pounds in stakes.
Genubi and Schamali explore the woods just west of the Tree Gap.
Mom unpacks the trailer's new vacuum cleaner.
The back porch.
Sunday morning Xander and I got up early and went on a hike with the dogs. This is me at the northeast corner of our property.
From there we hiked south, looking for the southeast corner.
Genubi and Schamali scharfel at something near the ridgeline.
Xander, heading south down from the ridgeline.
Instead of finding the southeast corner, though, we instead re-found Alexander Valley. Here's Xander and Genubi in Alexander Valley.
Mom working on a basket.
Preparing for a water run.
Here's the setup at the trailer. Mom's 4WD minivan performed remarkably well.
Nerds on vacation.
Gwen holds the dogs back so that they don't chase us while we drive out.
Our driveway, looking north from the Tree Gap.
The water-filling operation.
We look forward to when the well gets drilled :)
Our driveway from Palomino Road; the Tree Gap is where the driveway disappears on the right.
Finishin' up the water run.
From this you can see why Jason got so sunburned playing stickball. Jason beat Xander 13-8 with a grand slam in the bottom of the 8th.
Wayne and Xander set up a rain-catching operation, saving us a water run the next morning.
Gwen after reading in the chairs that Taun We is walking past.
Wayne and Xander stand at the northwest and northeast corners, respectively, of where the house might go.
The yurt boundaries, staked out. It will be surrounded by trees on about 245 degrees of perimeter.
Gwen and Xander, hiking on another quest to explore the southeast corner of the Ranch.
Wayne Barnes.
Alexander Barnes.
More shots of Xander in Alexander Valley.
View from our southern promontory, looking West. Xander at bottom.
Gwen up on the plateau, as seen from the southeast corner.
Looking north from the southeast corner -- Gwen visible at top if you look very, very closely.
Xander told me he wouldn't take a picture of me marking the southeast edge of our territory like this.
Xander at the southeast corner pole.
Jason brought this hat to the ranch, and Xander stole it to take back to Boston.
Schamali and Wayne near the forest edge in the southeast corner of the Ranch.
Hiking up the eastern boundary of the Ranch, we found this sandstone outcrop. L to R: Taun We, Wayne, Xander.
Gwen and Taun We, on top of a rock.
Closest we came to a group shot, sans Nancy. L to R: Xander, Jason, Gwen, Wayne.
Moon shot.
Wayne, waving from the west promontory above the trailer. Image taken from the other side of The Saddle.
Xander at the west promontory.
Wayne and Xander watch the sunset.
Sunset at the Ranch.
Trailer visible at bottom.
Wayne and Nancy Barnes.
Wayne and Xander at the Albuquerque airport.
Xander all Westernized.
Wayne in front of the trailer, with new DirecWay satellite internet dish.
Genubi, Schamali, Taun We.
