Category: Mesa Alta Base Camp Blog Posts

With winter rolling in, we gathered up our cold weather gear and to–do list, hoping to cross a few more tasks off before snow takes hold. At the top of the list was looping our architect friend Chris into the conversation regarding the potential for building on the property. Friday night he and Stefani came […]

Barbed wire and muddy boots – we always welcome rain, even as it washes away some of our intentions…. Last weekend Kevin and I corralled Jacob, Shawn and Kali for a work/ chow/ biking adventure. We drove to up Mesa Alta Base Camp Saturday, in fine Northern New Mexico autumn weather.  We got right to […]

We took advantage of the long holiday weekend to make some progress on vehicular access to the property. Strands of barbed wire littered the primitive road near the stretch gate, so we moved that all back toward the “boot heel” of the property to be used later, rather than have it puncture our tires. Our […]

This weekend Kevin and I spent a sunny Saturday afternoon resetting posts and restringing barbed wire. There is so much downed barbed wire that rather than risk punctured tires, we once again camped just to the north, in the National Forest.  The top priority for the immediate future is to keep cows out in order […]

This weekend we celebrated our first excursion as co-owners of 12 completely undeveloped, gorgeous acres in Northern New Mexico!  The property is in Northern New Mexico on Highway 96 with Abiquiu to the east and Cuba to the west, between Coyote and Gallina. It sits right along the Continental Divide Trail and the Old Spanish […]