The Ranch - update

I just got back from Salt Lake City where I attended the National Genealogical Society annual conference. (Watch for an additional post.)

While I was gone, Dan and Kendyl spent time at the ranch working and the sheetrockers were busy working in the house section.

I just wanted to post the latest documented occupant at The Ranch - he lives in the gully. Dan captured this picture yesterday.

April 3rd - Saturday at the Ranch - Happy Birthday Kendyl!

Easter Bunny brought me a new PTO post hole digger. It works great!
Built a new cross fence.


the awesome Fence-Builders.

Kendyl got to do alot of the tractor work since it was her birthday. She is getting really good on the big tractor. She moved alot of dirt for us and drove the T-posts with the bucket. Not to mention using the post hole digger too.

Driveway & Sidewalk

Found out at 10:00a that the concrete was going down at around noon. Flew out the door and drove to the ranch. At 11:30a on 3.31.2010 - it was down and the crew was doing the finishing work.

WOW! It will be good to not have to tromp through knee high mud & mud puddles to get to the door.

We have Bluebonnets, Wildflowers & and a Beaver!

A field of wildflowers. (I guess the cows always ate them before.)

The beaver chewed down our tree near the tank!

Electricity & Sunset

Dan is standing just to the left of the tractor door. You can see the house inside the barn and Big Daddy there too. We had just finished working the the dirt in front of the door. Getting ready to pour the concrete pad.

We have outside lights too.

These were taken looking west from the lower pasture.

Took these pictures on 3.14.2010 at around 7:45p.

ELECTRICITY!

Yesterday, we were hooked up to permanent power at The Ranch. The temporary pole has been disconnected and we are live on the permanent pole.

The electric company got hung up crossing the pasture and we had to get Big Daddy out of the Barn to pull out their truck. So what is new, Sunday night we received over an inch of rain at The Ranch. It never fails - whenever we have contractors scheduled to come in with big trucks - it rains.

We are making good progress, but we are still running about 2 months behind because of all the previous rain this winter.

Dan and I have alot of work to do inside to get ready for the plumbers, but electric is in the shop and the living quarters has electric strung but not hooked up. We will be hanging sheet rock and doing the insulation. I actually like all the manual labor - it is quite refreshing after all those years of sitting behind a computer. Now, I can actually see and enjoy what I have built.

The drive-up concrete pad is scheduled for the end of March depending on the weather - Again...

Trying to get ready for an Easter weekend camp out.

Pictures from Work Day at Ranch

Kendyl took both these pics with her phone.

If you look closely that is Big Daddy and Maverick is tied to the bucket while Dan and Kendyl are working on the fence line. They were working close to the road so they didn't want to take a chance that he would get lost. He loved his day at the ranch.

However, he has been sleeping for the past two days.

The picture below was taken at the very back of our property. Straight back down over the hill near the pond that comes across our property line.

Looks like we have a beaver chewing down our tree.