Midian Ranch Blog

This is the web log for Midian Ranch, an isolated homestead in rural Nevada. It is owned by Jason and Tina Walters, whom are also its regular posters. This blog is exclusively for the enlightenment and edification of our friends, family, and colleagues.

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Location: Gerlach, Nevada, United States

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Last Month of 2007

First of all, let me apologize to all of you for not updating the Midian Ranch Blog sooner. It’s been a very busy time for Tina and myself, and it doesn’t seem like I’ve had a spare moment in weeks. I’ve been rushing to complete a book for Hero Games, paint the house in Richmond, and bring the ranch up to code. So far I’ve achieved…. well, none of them! Ok, the book is very close to done and the ranch could possibly pass code as is, but I can’t in all honesty claim that either of them is done, exactly.

I sear, as soon as we get moved and get the house sold, I’m only going to do one thing at a time. No more “Man of La Mancha” stuff for me. One-Thing-At-A-Time. Sweartagod!

Anyhow, It’s a good time of the year for 60 to 100 mph windstorms out here in the Black Rock Desert. The last one pounded the heck out of the ranch, totally destroying the Downtown’s generator shed, bending our flagpole (at the base!), and knocking over Tina’s 10-foot tall cast iron incinerator. The one we’re having right now is supposed to be worse. The office is shaking like a leaf in a hurricane…. or maybe more like a singlewide in a desert snowstorm. I guess the later would be more accurate. Its kind of spooking me a little bit, but Snap is really freaked-out. Last night I woke up to find he had gotten into bed and was clinging to me. No joke.

Anyhow, keep us in your prayers (not over the wind – that’s normal out here): we’re going to call for the first inspection tomorrow. We’re not totally done, but we figure we will be by the time the State gets out here.