57 more days!!

Every day that passes, I get more excited to finally get to Montello. Waiting for my new friend Mike to go to Montello and do some research for his ranch and hopefully some for mine. Mike will be moving sometime next year. Here is a link to his blog!

Super Flea Market Finds Today!!!

Found a tent I was looking for today. He said its a 3 room tent, 12 by 14 Retails over $150 got it today for $20 at flea market. Going to set it up later today to see if its all there, and to make sure there are no holes. Worse case scenario, it becomes a chicken coop. Best case, its a shelter while I assemble the walmart shed. Also picked up a backup camp stove for $5. Uses the liquid fuel from walmart. I knew if I shopped at flea market, I would be able to find everything needed for this move. I have saved alot of money by shopping used. Most of the items look or are brand new.

Eagle Attack in Wells, NV

Eagle survives crash through truck windshield

AP – This photo released by Jo Dean of the Northeastern Nevada Wildlife Rehabilitation Center shows Pete Bradley, …RENO, Nev. – The eagle has landed — with a thud — after crashing through the windshield of a tractor-trailer on a Nevada highway. State wildlife officials said Wednesday that a 15-pound golden eagle with a 7-foot wing span has a swollen head but otherwise appears unhurt after crashing into a Florida truck driver's big rig on Monday. Matthew Roberto Gonzalez of Opa Locka, Fla., was driving on U.S. Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada near Wells, about 60 miles west of the Utah line, when the eagle came crashing into the cab of his truck."I heard a loud thump like a brick or something coming through the glass," said Daryl Young of Miami, the co-driver who was dozing in the sleeper berth when it happened. "I woke up, and the windshield was all over me. Next thing I know there was a big bird lying on the floor."Joe Doucette, a spokesman for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, said it appears the eagle hit the windshield head first."One side of the head is swollen, but there does not appear to be any permanent damage," he said."The guys in the truck immediately bailed out because it was one ticked off bird. She was pretty feisty," Doucette said. "Even the officer who responded didn't want to go in there so we had one of our wildlife biologists do it."The eagle was recovering at the Northeast Nevada Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Spring Creek, and Doucette said the goal was to release it back into the wild.

Decided on House Plan

We are gonna go with the sams club garden shed. Comes with floor, 4 windows, skylights, and the vent stack there. Looks like an actual home, and is the best value for the space.

Ez up Tent Already owned

Found out the other day, my ez up tent is not in fact 10 x 10, its only 8 by 8. Put a huge dent in my plans to build a shelter. Really wanted 100sq feet, not 64 sq feet. I do have 2 of them, so that would give me 128 sq feet if I combine them, but that would make joining the roofs a bit tricky for me. The extra 28 sq feet would make it bigger to live in. Might make the bathroom inside along with solar shower area as well.

To Tent or to Shed

To get a tent or to get a shed, or to build something very simple from wood, these are the questions that make me sleep less at night. I suppose since I am the only one moving these questions would not worry me as much.

Interesting Ideas

Saw some interesting new material ideas today.
1st up Bubble Wrap and packing peanuts.
2nd up Bales of recycled newspapers or other paper products.