Thank you cabin wine drinkers!

We went back to Amarillo for a few days.

While there, Mickey decided to inventory his wine bottles

and clean them.

The total? 160!

Many thanks to all our scrap booking friends

who have contributed empty bottles!

Into the dishwasher for drying.

The specific gravity test said to move forward.

Here, he is removing the gasses.

Oh, uh, from the wine.

At 45 degrees this morning, 

we decided on a nice warm fire

and coffee in the hot tub!

Enough of that relaxing stuff!

Let's get some projects going!

This under the stairs closet is very frustrating.

I've got this!

And another project!

Only to be topped by a snake from my flower garden!

Mickey was digging to improve drainage 

and this is what he found.

Now here is his real project.

I call these killer cross ties 

because I thought that when moving them,

they were going to kill me! 

Pulling them off the trailer with the 4 wheeler!

This is definitely not the way we loaded them.

Looking good!

Tomorrow?

Finishing.

Back again!

When left alone

I tend to shop.

Online.

Amazon and Craigslist are my friends!

What's this?

A new more safe cover for my WII balance board.

A sideboard for the cabin.

Teak wood bench for the cabin.

And then my husband returned.

To take me back to the mountains!

Yippee!

His wine and his wife need some attention.

A cooking fire.

And a warm fire.

And an afternoon together.

And a great meal.

Salmon, asparagus and cucumber salad.

My Favorite Trail!

They rode my favorite trail!
All the trails are pretty,
but this one is majestic!
We always see elk here.

Dry Lake.  :(

But, wait!



Maybe it is full now?



When 4 wheeling,
always be prepared.



Isn't this beautiful?

We interrupt the 4 Wheelers for this very important messge!

Our winner is...

Patty!

Thank you for your comment, Patty!

^
This is Patty!


This is Patty's prize!
^

Forest Fire, Angel Fire, Starting a Fire

At an old forest fire burned area SW of Angel Fire. 

The Angel Fire airport is visible in the valley. 

Steve is pointing a at deer we spooked.

After much practice for starting a fire the old way,

SUCCESS!

Tonight we had both beef ribs and baby back ribs.  
Not a real good photo, 
but the meat had fallen off the bones....no kidding!

Steve took this picture at sunset.
Beautiful!
Thank you!

Look. 

A host gift!
Mickey was so excited!

Ronnie's wife, Janie, made sure we got this.

Love it!

Thank you!

Back in Amarillo...

Taking The High Road...

"I called back to the State Land Office this morning.  The lady I had been getting transferred to yesterday hadn't even been at work then, but she was there today.  She couldn't, however, answer my questions, so she had someone else call me back.  He told me there had been a lot of problems with landowners in the area in question who would try to convince people they owned the State land.  He said he would call the guy and set him straight.
Then he told me ATV's were not allowed there anyway.  After some discussion I told him I would do some research and call him back.  I looked at our contract and permit and it says, plain as day, motor vehicles and any other mechanical devices were limited to established roads on state land.  I tried to call him back but got his voice mail (surprise).  I left a message asking him to please review paragraph 3 and call me back.  He never called.  We'll see."

FR 76 South of Angel Fire

After a little lunch snack.

Lunch was leftover chicken fried steak!

Pondering the view.

Appetizers?
Oh yes, I believe I will, thank you!

mmmm.... nachos!


"Supper was pot roast with potatoes, carrots and gravy.  We didn't plan to have dessert, but Ronnie discovered the nectarines he brought were almost too ripe to eat, so he decided to cook them tonight.
First he cut them in half and removed the pit. Then he added a dab of butter,  spoonful of brown sugar and sprinkled them with cinnamon.  Placing them on a medium hot grill we let the heat until the butter had melted.  Perfect!"

Oh yeah, we added some vanilla ice cream

just to be safe. 

Wine Report:

Cory helped me "rack" (transfer) the wine 
to another container for secondary fermentation.

FOX NEWS REPORT

The return.

Is he hungry?

He's a little skittish.

Leftover Fajita Trail Lunch.

Chicken Fried Steak Night!

What wildlife will this bring?