Sabbatical Ranch wouldn’t be the same without a woman’s touch. My wife and youngest daughter are an enormous blessing! They love staying busy and help in various ways with all the projects I report on, plus they work on their own projects. They enjoyed a much-deserved, special, fun day this week. The only project I …
Do you ever wonder how pioneers 100 years and more ago survived? Talk about some rugged souls! As we experienced some of the extremes over the last week I thought about this. And then I walked by a photography studio yesterday and took a picture of the display (photo above) because I thought it quite …
We’re discovering more and more desperate desert critters that want to eat our stuff. And there’s no shortage of critters who want a chicken dinner. We had to chase off another attacker – twice in a row! More on all that below. Terror of the Neighborhood: Javelina I recently reported that a BIG cat and …
Have you ever played a game where you have to figure out what something is based on a tiny part of a photo? I enjoy those. A surprising photo I recently captured makes for a good guessing game. I progressively zoom out in each picture below to keep you guessing as you read this post. How soon can you figure it out?
Also in this post:
– Cat Attack! Mexican Jaguar?
– Updates on Previous Projects
Rats and mice! These rodents are legion on the desert. I am mostly a live-and-let-live kind of guy – except when it comes to rats and mice. So I declared preemptive war on them. This is a war story. Who will win? Read to the end to see how we turned a problem into multiple …
The unofficial motto of Sabbatical Ranch is, “It’s about the journey.” It helps keep things in perspective when things take longer than you’d like, when the work seems harder than you’d like, and when things don’t work out the way you’d like. It seems like every project we start is always more complicated than it …
Sabbatical Ranch is located in the beautiful San Pedro River Valley near the headwaters of the river. Surrounded by five mountain ranges, known locally as “sky islands” because of their unique climates, flora, and fauna compared to the deserts around them, the valley is a high desert. Sabbatical Ranch sits about 4300 feet above sea …
My girls have an amazing pioneer spirit! The ranch property came with a well-share agreement (common in Arizona). Four properties share one well that is located two properties away from the ranch. The girls wanted to haul all our water from the well on foot, which they did for the first few months! Once we …
