WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

We got the driveway graveled last November after an experience of slip-sliding around on the mud in the back meadow. So with the graveled drive we thought our worries were over.

The ground had become so saturated with all the rain that had been falling on the Santa Rita over the past week, if not longer, that there was water standing all over the road. The flow of the water had washed a lot of the gravel away in areas...and when we hit a patch of mud, the truck fish-tailed and we headed for the side of the driveway...and once off the gravel, we were rim deep in mud! Some six hours of work later the truck was finally free of being bogged down in the mud!

Fortunately, as an artist I don't mind getting dirty and I love playing in mud and clay!

Quick Trip

Just packed up the truck to head to the ranch. Got a late start, but it doesn't really matter, in 5 hours we'll be at the ranch and unpacking the truck. Enjoying the scenery, and possible thunderstorm off in the distance.

And then before we know it, less than 24 hours later we'll be packing up the truck for the 5 hour ride home. 5 hours doesn't seem quite as long as it used to. But the time up there, less than 24 hours, seems to go by in a heartbeat.

It will be nice when we finally move to ALBQ, or possibly even Silver City, that will put us at least in the right state, and much closer to the ranch.

Pictures will be coming shortly from my hike up top of the ravine, to the base of the mountain. Unless of course it's raining, which it's supposed to be...all afternoon. Hopefully the clouds will scatter later in the evening so we can do some star gazing through our telescope!