Showing posts with label Solitario. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Solitario. Show all posts

Thursday, June 7, 2012

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Wind turbines can provide power overnight, during storms, and on cloudy days -- or when your solar system has a hiccup, like this one did.


We traveled deep into the Solitario section of the Ranch on Monday to answer a solar power trouble call.

After a fuse change, the system seemed to be back to it's normal, robust state.  

It did start to rain as we left, and we were happy to be caught in some surreal weather conditions.  Saw the biggest dustdevil we've ever laid eyes upon, sucking in dust from miles away in big orange clouds.

We ended the workday with 2-4-1 burgers at the Starlight, where we got to watch the storm blow into town -- and catch some happy locals and bewildered turistos in the rain.


Every table is a work of art at the Starlight Theatre.



Gigabyte's Cabin 2.0 under the West Corazon.

A look at the new barn being constructed.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Ferro-concrete wall and Case loader reclamation

Our first real ferro-concrete wall, for the chicken fortress:

Fero concrete wall
Fero concrete wall
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Tim Dean's 1970s era Case loader is a beast of a machine! Supercharger worked amazingly well, but there were no brakes going down Yellow Hill.

Case 850 Loader
Case 850 Loader down the hill