Working on the Road: The road to CHV was badly damage and cut through by the rain so I finally borrowed the blade from a neighbor for my tractor and fixed the road. Much better now. Refaire la route: La route à CHV a été terriblement abimée et coupée par de profondes saillies par la […]

Drop everything and go hiking for the day. We went last Thursday to the Onion Saddle for a day hike of 6 miles at about 7,000 feet of elevation. From above all the needy greedy from down there seems irrelevant .0 It was a good day. Quand vous avez trop à faire, que faire? Tout […]

WWOOFers WWOOFing at CHV WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, or Willing Workers on Organic Farms and is a hospitality service operated by a loose network of national organizations that facilitate homestays on organic farms. We got our two wwoofers at the beginning of the month to help us with all our […]

Fire by the Research Center in Portal On a Sunday morning I was called to get on a wildfire in the forest behind the Research Center in the Chiricahuas National Park. Portal Rescue was the first one on site, shortly followed by Douglas fire department, and the Department of Forestry. The fire was quickly controlled, […]

Bottling our big Reds In preparation for the Willcox Wine Festival, we bottled our reds, Grenache and Mourvèdre, the week before. Only 33 cases total, but it took the whole day. Mark, the wine maker, helped as well as another winemaker. Mise en bouteilles de nos gros rouges. En préparation du festival du vin à […]

Willcox Wine Festival We were lucky to be one of the 18 wine maker to be represented at the Willcox Wine festival (out of more than 50 wineries in AZ) last weekend (10/20-10/21). It was a lot of work, but we sold a lot of wine. I lost my voice in the process. Next year, […]

Hiking Thursday This Thursday we went hiking with the hiking group up Rustler Park up to 9,360 feet and for 6 miles. The view from there was nice, and there were flowers everywhere. After the monsoon, everything is growing and blooming. It was a good day. We also crossed 6 border patrols on a trail. […]

Flash Flood What is a Flash flood? It is a sudden, rapid flood, usually of short duration and local impact. Meaning, here, you are driving on the road in the sun just fine. But there's a big black cloud with lightnings in the mountain. It looks like it is going to rain. You come back […]

Robot and CHV Finally Wall-Ye is here. It suffered a bit from the trip to here, but it is now functional. I called it Arthur like in the movie "Passengers" (Jennifer Lawrence & Chris Pratt - 2016), although it doesn't talk much. Not at all as a matter of fact. But it is very useful. […]

Beautiful Sunset on CHV The humidity in the air is intensifying the colors in the sky. Magnifique couché de soleil à CHV L'humidité dans l'air intensifie les couleurs du ciel.