Those of you that follow us on TRF already know that we are spending the summer in Northern New Mexico in a little town called Red River.
We try to attend some of the launches nearby, like NSL in Alamosa, Co., NCR up in the Pawnee National grasslands and Tripoli Colorado near Hartsell, Co.
We managed to get two out of three this year, with NCR cancelling due to rain.
After attending the other two launches, we took the toyhauler trailer up to some property we own near Trinidad, Co., we call it Weathertop. It's a short drive (2 hours) from Red River, and we have been making improvements for the last two years, in the hope that we can establish a residence there in the future.
Last year we had a road put in from the county road at the bottom of the hill. The road is about a half mile long and goes up to the top of our property. Around Christmas time we added a pad to build what might be called a "Barndominium". There is a pole with a 100 amp service that we can hook our Toyhauler up to there:
This trip was to pull all the rockets out that we had been flying at the previous lauches and determine what we could fly at Airfest in Kansas next month. So we laid them all out on a rug in front of us and checked them out:
While I was playing with rockets, Sharon set up her office to do some work. We have the new Starlink mobile that allows us to work ANYWHERE, and wanted to see how the download speeds would be on top of a mountain in Southern Colorado. Starlink works great, and here is Sharon working away with her favorite snack:
Meanwhile, I'm prepping my Avalanche. With a view:
Some of the rockets were already prepped for the NCR launch, which was supposed to be a Tripoli research launch, so they already have research loads in them. Perfect for the Kloudbusters launch at the Rocket Pasture in Argonia, Kansas next month. I ohmed out a bunch of ematches for the rockets that I needed to prepare for that launch. We have quite a few dual deploy rockets, but only six of them need to be prepared for that launch:
After some prep work, I repacked all of these beauties back in the bunkbeds accessed up the ramp in the picture above, one of the great benefits of a toyhauler.
If you look back at the picture of Sharon in her office, you will see a portion of the pad that we plan to build on, and the road that continues up to the top of our property. We had a loop put up there so we could drive to the top and circle around. When we are staying for a while, we park the toyhauler at the top. The view up there is spectacular, with a 260 degee view from Fisher peak, across the Sandre de Christo mountains to the Spanish peaks to the west. Here is part of that view at the top of the cliff:
After a hard day at work, we cooked up a couple of steaks, some potatoes and mushrooms on an open fire nearby. Just reward for my hard working wife:
Whenever we grill steaks, Ula, the Great Pyrenees that is our next door neighbor always shows up:
With a beautiful sunset to finish up our day:
We try to attend some of the launches nearby, like NSL in Alamosa, Co., NCR up in the Pawnee National grasslands and Tripoli Colorado near Hartsell, Co.
We managed to get two out of three this year, with NCR cancelling due to rain.
After attending the other two launches, we took the toyhauler trailer up to some property we own near Trinidad, Co., we call it Weathertop. It's a short drive (2 hours) from Red River, and we have been making improvements for the last two years, in the hope that we can establish a residence there in the future.
Last year we had a road put in from the county road at the bottom of the hill. The road is about a half mile long and goes up to the top of our property. Around Christmas time we added a pad to build what might be called a "Barndominium". There is a pole with a 100 amp service that we can hook our Toyhauler up to there:
This trip was to pull all the rockets out that we had been flying at the previous lauches and determine what we could fly at Airfest in Kansas next month. So we laid them all out on a rug in front of us and checked them out:
While I was playing with rockets, Sharon set up her office to do some work. We have the new Starlink mobile that allows us to work ANYWHERE, and wanted to see how the download speeds would be on top of a mountain in Southern Colorado. Starlink works great, and here is Sharon working away with her favorite snack:
Meanwhile, I'm prepping my Avalanche. With a view:
Some of the rockets were already prepped for the NCR launch, which was supposed to be a Tripoli research launch, so they already have research loads in them. Perfect for the Kloudbusters launch at the Rocket Pasture in Argonia, Kansas next month. I ohmed out a bunch of ematches for the rockets that I needed to prepare for that launch. We have quite a few dual deploy rockets, but only six of them need to be prepared for that launch:
After some prep work, I repacked all of these beauties back in the bunkbeds accessed up the ramp in the picture above, one of the great benefits of a toyhauler.
If you look back at the picture of Sharon in her office, you will see a portion of the pad that we plan to build on, and the road that continues up to the top of our property. We had a loop put up there so we could drive to the top and circle around. When we are staying for a while, we park the toyhauler at the top. The view up there is spectacular, with a 260 degee view from Fisher peak, across the Sandre de Christo mountains to the Spanish peaks to the west. Here is part of that view at the top of the cliff:
After a hard day at work, we cooked up a couple of steaks, some potatoes and mushrooms on an open fire nearby. Just reward for my hard working wife:
Whenever we grill steaks, Ula, the Great Pyrenees that is our next door neighbor always shows up:
With a beautiful sunset to finish up our day:
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