LOCAL CRITTERS

by Mountain GaitwayWildlife

Daily we see these beautiful, vibrant Mountain Bluebirds. It's quite a delight to have them around. This photo is the male, the females are more brownish with just a little blue. We also have many of these Pinyon Jays around. They're larger than the mountain bluebird, and not as vibrant blue. They have quite a loud, distinctive CAW--CAW that we hear over and over. Last, but not the least, we are over-run with these squirrels. They are called Wyoming or Richardson's Ground Squir ...

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

by Mountain Gaitway

We continue to make progress, little by little. The barn is getting closer to completion. The storage/workshop area is mostly done, with its SIPs walls and roof; the doors and window are in and the roof is mostly completed now with metal roofing to match the main barn. The lean-to is well on the way. We had someone come out to do a site inspection of the property in order to do the engineering necessary for our septic system. When the engineering is completed, we can submit that to the county fo ...

MOUNTAIN LIVING, MAY 2015

by Mountain Gaitway

Living in the mountains sure is different from the lowlands! We have been here almost 4 weeks now, and have had quite a taste of our new life here. We’ve had a couple of good-size spring snowstorms, which left roughly 10” of snow each time. Now we're in the middle of the third since we arrived full time. At one point we were without power for about 4 hours, and another time it was out for about 34 hours. Today it was real glitchy, going off and on all morning. The internet has occasionally been ...