Views from the Operator's Seat

[deserteagle71]

That痴 some expensive firewood!! Hope you can get all you need in one trip!

I like seeing wide open spaces but that would take some getting used too!

Does it green up there during spring/summer?

The firewood is about $160 a cord but the price of diesel adds to that. I haul in about 5 cords a trip which lasts me a couple years.

Down in the valleys our green time is March through about the middle of May. Then the green turns red as can be seen in this picture and needs to be mowed because very quickly it will turn tan and then be extremely flammable. This picture was taken on the 29th of May which is about the last time it rains around here until the fall. We had our first significant precipitation last Thursday.

The mountains (which around here run 9,000 to just over 13,000 feet in elevation) pretty much stay green (except for the winter months) due to melting snow. Most people never see this side of Nevada...taken on the 28th of June last year.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Pretty good jag of wood you are hauling. Makes it worth the trip. You live in a beautiful place and it is interesting to here about how your seasons and environment go. Way different than back here. This country has a lot of diversified beauty. It is nice to get a chance to see some of it.

gg

 

[SplitHoof]

Well said Gordon!

 

[strantor]

Spraying for mosquitoes with my homebrew pressure washer rig.

 

[TheFarmerInAdell]

Spraying for mosquitoes with my homebrew pressure washer rig.

I like that playground set in the background.

 

[strantor]

I like that playground set in the background.

Thanks. Previous owner built it. A lot of planning, effort, and attention to detail is evident in it. He did an amazing job and used all the highest quality materials. Which is confusing because of the level of halfassery evident in the DIY repairs inside the house. Like 5 layers of wallpaper over textured drywall, with layer #3 being "textured-look" wallpaper and layer #4 being 3M contact paper for lining drawer bottoms. And all that covering un-repaired fist-sized punch holes in the drywall. And kitchen cabinets assembled by a toddler with Tourette's. My first year here was spent fixing things like that. It's a good thing the playground didn't require any electrical power. Look what he did inside the breaker panel. All those taps coming off the entry side of the main breaker... I have unfused conductors running through my attic. I hope no rats chew through them before I can get it fixed.

 

[TheFarmerInAdell]

Thanks. Previous owner built it. A lot of planning, effort, and attention to detail is evident in it. He did an amazing job and used all the highest quality materials. Which is confusing because of the level of halfassery evident in the DIY repairs inside the house. Like 5 layers of wallpaper over textured drywall, with layer #3 being "textured-look" wallpaper and layer #4 being 3M contact paper for lining drawer bottoms. And all that covering un-repaired fist-sized punch holes in the drywall. And kitchen cabinets assembled by a toddler with Tourette's. My first year here was spent fixing things like that. It's a good thing the playground didn't require any electrical power. Look what he did inside the breaker panel. All those taps coming off the entry side of the main breaker... I have unfused conductors running through my attic. I hope no rats chew through them before I can get it fixed.

:shocked:

 

[SplitHoof]

Lol, oh my......

 

[FatTire]

Frost every morning now, so it was time to mow the place one last time. Otherwise after a few windstorms all these weeds would be blown up against my fences.
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Now that Colorado is getting pretty crowded, and the canyon country of Utah is over-run, we sometimes visit Nevada in the spring. Pick any mountain range. Love it.

 

[kf4uda]

Thanks. Previous owner built it. A lot of planning, effort, and attention to detail is evident in it. He did an amazing job and used all the highest quality materials. Which is confusing because of the level of halfassery evident in the DIY repairs inside the house. Like 5 layers of wallpaper over textured drywall, with layer #3 being "textured-look" wallpaper and layer #4 being 3M contact paper for lining drawer bottoms. And all that covering un-repaired fist-sized punch holes in the drywall. And kitchen cabinets assembled by a toddler with Tourette's. My first year here was spent fixing things like that. It's a good thing the playground didn't require any electrical power. Look what he did inside the breaker panel. All those taps coming off the entry side of the main breaker... I have unfused conductors running through my attic. I hope no rats chew through them before I can get it fixed.

strantor, I strongly suggest that you make fixing your electrical problem priority #1. Somebody should be be beat with a stick for doing that. Electricity requires respect, especially when its under the same roof that you and your family sleep under.