Saturday, December 26, 2009 - Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM
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A Ghost Ranch Christmas, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM, December 25, 2009
Ten below zero is cold for this old rig. When I opened the door and took a reading with my infrared thermometer this morning here at Ghost Ranch, that's what it read. My 3,000 watts of electric heat is barely adequate and would only hold the rig to about 60 degrees inside. That translates to a drafty 45 degrees down at floor level. Brrrrr...
Enjoy yesterday's picture - I skipped my pre-sunrise photo walk this morning.
[later] Interesting. By 10:30 or so the bright sunshine warmed the rig to the point I had to turn the electric heaters off. Around noon, thinking surely it was warm enough to go off for a hike, I took a temp reading outside the door. Amazingly, it was still only 10 degrees. Isn't solar insolation a wonderful thing?
Night camp
Ghost Ranch Campground, Abiquiu NM
- This is a basic, small campground with full hookups.
- Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are not available here.
- Locate Ghost Ranch on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Roses
Out by the road on the far side of the house is a wild rose bush. It's mostly thorns. We never water it or cut it back. It just lives on its own. It makes tiny yellow roses that never relax. I think the buds know that opening up is the beginning of the end.
The Box Children, Sharon Wyse