12/12 - Joe and Sean finish bifold door siding!!!
October - N775KS flying over runway at Stead airport by Reno
10/11 - bifold door insulated on inside
10/11 - we got the bifold siding about 78% done!
10/10 -we got this much bifold siding on today -mostly in a snowstorm!
10/10 - beautiful hills in the east across Long Valley from KSR
10/10 - break time - Sean, Ali, Ken and Joe warming up!
10/10 - a little snow got inside
10/10 - Diana and Ali ‘inside’ building with wood stove - Yay!
10/10 7AM - Ken: ‘It’s early & cold! Where’s the coffee?”
10/10 - 19 degrees when we wake up!
2 1/2 weeks later! 10/10/08
9/22 - roof view of solar panels
9/22 - solar panels done!!!
(except wiring to inverter, etc!)
9/21 - starting upper row of solar panels
9/21 - bottom row done!
9/21 - Sean attaching more panels
9/21 - Sean attaching solar panels roofing
9/21 - Sean & Joe putting up 1st row of solar panels
9/21 - bending metal roofing (with Uni-Solar panels attached)
9/19 - Hwy 34 - trucking the uni-solar panels on the standing seam roofing
September - by Winnemuca Lake
Can you find Snoopy?
9/5 - Sean & Joe working on east wall
9/5 - west side of building with bifold door frame in
9/5 - Sean & Joe working on upper west wall & windows
9/4 - Diana looking out of bifold door frame - actually hung!
9/4 - bifold being carried into place with tractor
9/4 - Sean’s view of the approaching bifold
9/4 - Sean preparing for placement of
42’ bifold -”front”- door
9/4 - south side roof almost done!
9/1 - NE back door done!
9/1 - Joe cutting out a back door
8/30 - Burning Man - the other side of BlackRock City - Have some dust!
8/30 - Burning Man - one side of BlackRock City
8/23 - end of LONG day! All siding on north roof!
8/23 - tarpaper on north roof!
8/23 - Joe & Sean starting tarpaper on north roof
August - fir & pine logs from our Truckee property (need logs?)
8/9 - Sienna in orange!
8/9 - Adrienne, Sienna,
Ed and Wendi Lutz
8/9 - Sean & Jim
8/9 - Tierra fixing potatoes to grill
8/9 - Josh Meford & Sean
8/9 - 1st KSR party!
Diana and Karin Hodge
8/9 - Sean & Joe putting up 1st piece of metal siding!
8/9 - Sean & Joe working on north wall
8/9 - Joe & Sean pulling up metal roofing
August - Cedarville Farmers Market
in front of Surprise! Cafe
August - Hicks Bros. cows at our watering hole
August - Hicks Bros / Stevenson
cows arrive at KSR
August thunderstorm - east view
August thunderstorm -south view
July - roof over half covered. Yeah for more shade! (only 95º this week!)
July - neat beetle with “antlers”.
About 1-1/2 - 2 inches long
July - magenta seems to be a desert favorite
July - one of our neighbors -
Mr. Cascabeles
July - desert greenery
July - spring plants
July - ‘Cool” desert sky
July - wild onion ready for wind to blow its seeds around
July - a pretty flower
July - Sean and Joe hanging over W fascia - straightening and screwing down
July - Sean and Joe continuing roof work
July - Now we have some shade inside the building!
July - Great Basin Rye in our fenced field
July - Diana in gear to cut 1-1/2” rings out of plastic pipe
July - real close up of neat plant!
July - closer of neat plant
July - neat plant in field
July - Luke, Mark and Joe
Lifting OSB to cover rings & foil
July - Luke and Mark
Finished placing pipe rings spacer on foil
July - Joe, Luke and Mark
Rolling out reflective foil on roof
June - Jessica and Dan ready to leave for Salt Lake City & Alaska
Lunchtime! - Dan, Jessica, Diana, Sean, Luke, Ben on scaffolding, Mark’s legs
May - Jake, Sean and Joe attaching northeast fascia board
May - Jake & Sean lifting up northeast fascia board
May - scaffolding for Sean, Jake and sometimes Joe
May - Sean & Jake installingroof deck furring 2x4’s and 2x6’s
May - All purlins now up!
May - Jake & Sean putting blocks in the purlins
May - Rained all week, but Sean kept us going anyway (guys on roof)
April - our SW corner - overlooking building and Long Valley
April - spring has sprung
April - a little more progress has been made!
4/26 - Mark, Sean and Luke
northern eave boards
4/26 - Mark and Sean
southern eave boards
4/26 - putting up southern eave boards
4/26 - Sean and Luke
SE eave board raised
4/26 - Sean and Luke
SE eave board - almost there
4/26 - Sean and Luke
SE eave board going up
3/22 - Garrett and Joe preparing to roll off 5K gal water tank
2/24 - Diana
2/24 - Joe ‘inside’ building
2/24 - a little snow this year - 1’-2’ outside, 4’ inside SE corner!
2/24 - all locks frozen shut on RV!
Pretty snowy mesa
