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I went up to the Ranch on Dec 9th – 11th to work the ARRL 10-meter ham radio contest.  I was surprised to see that after several days of near 50 degree highs, there was still a considerable amount on snow on the ground.  The trip in was uneventful until the last mile before our place, then it got real messy with slippery mud (from Bullit Road North and East).  Anyway, I made it in and had a great weekend with highs near 50 again each day.

Here are some pictures…

Wash behind the cabin

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We went up in mid-October to put a roof over the Littlehouse porch.

Littlehouse Porch Roof in progress

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On all of our trips to the Ranch, we pass by a turnoff that says, “Perkinsville – XX Miles” (I don’t remember how many miles, maybe 17 or so…)

So on this trip, on the way back, we came up on that sign again, and I thought, “Maybe this is a shortcut to I-17… Seems like about the right distance.”

So As I was making the turn to Perkinsville, I asked John, “Are you up for a little adventure?”.  Turns out, it was a little more than I expected.  The road started out as a nice paved two-lane road going to the Drake Cement Plant.  Within just a couple of miles, we got the dreaded sign that says something like… “Travel at your own risk, unmaintained road”.  But the road was still in pretty good shape, so we decided to continue on.  Here is the path we ended up taking.  Starting at Drake, and ending up in Jerome, AZ.

Drake-Perkinsville-Jerome Road

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John came down to help with the porch construction a little bit during September.  We started out by cutting a notch in the vertical trim pieces for the roof ledger board to fit into.  I used my “poor-man’s sawzall”.

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Our main purpose of this trip was to repair the plumbing on the shed (I know… Again!).  It had a bad solder joint for one of the hose spigots, and a burst pipe on a plug we had used on one of the lines for a future sink inside.

Both of those tasks were accomplished, but I forgot to take pictures.  But we did get some nice scenery shots.  This one is looking down from the telephone booth toward the shed.

August 2011 from North Mountain toward shed

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