Ranch Report and Adobe progress: Mission accomplished

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Pecos 45
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1:43p, 3/15/18
As many BF.com posters are aware, I posted regular updates on the adobe house my blue-eyed bride and I were building out on our ranch near Fort Stockton.
Happy to report that we are done, and the house is very much liveable.
Here is a photo narrative of how we did it, using traditional adobe methods taught to me by two Mexican-Americans some 35 years ago.
As usual, come back here with your comments.
https://imgur.com/a/NUHlB
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1:46p, 3/15/18
Very cool.
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1:55p, 3/15/18
Impressive! Thanks for sharing!
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3:51p, 3/15/18
That's neat. Love the concrete counter tops. You guys don't have to worry about neighbors, do you. Lolol
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In reply to BaylorProud77 • 4:08p, 3/15/18
BaylorProud77 said:
That's neat. Love the concrete counter tops. You guys don't have to worry about neighbors, do you. Lolol
Unlike most people, we actually look forward to having visitors.
Sometimes we go for two days and don't talk to another human being. Now, that may sound good on the surface, but you better have a strong marriage if you are going to live out here, because you will be spending a LOT of time together.

But we like it.
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2:14a, 3/16/18
Awesome stuff! Very cool!
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9:24p, 3/17/18
I had no idea how an adobe house was built. Incredible!
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12:34a, 3/18/18
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Love it Kirby!
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7:21a, 3/18/18
Helped an aunt in Corrales NM add a room to a house using adobe. As you note, there is something special about building from the very dirt you stand on.

Congrats and enjoy

Let us know the dove count...
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10:43a, 3/18/18
What's your HVAC game like?
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In reply to Mitch Blood Green • 9:07a, 3/19/18
tommie said:
What's your HVAC game like?
Very good.
We got the new "mini splits" that are all the rage in Europe and Australia.
Very efficient system, housed in an ultra-insulated dwelling!!!
Quash, the dove count is off the charts. We are just over run with the birds.
Very dry, though. We need some rain to get a spring hatch or we won't be getting new ones here in time for us to shoot them.
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10:23p, 3/19/18
pig*tures? P*ecos?

- tmlp
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10:32a, 3/20/18
That is very cool. Thanks for posting.
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In reply to fubar • 1:18p, 3/20/18
fubar said:
pig*tures? P*ecos?

- tmlp
{ clatter }

- tbp*

{ sniff }

{ sniff }
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2:29p, 3/20/18
Loving this thread! sub'dhttp://gshort.click/buluhidung/36/o.pnghttp://gshort.click/buluhidung/36/o.png
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3:52p, 3/20/18
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7:28p, 3/20/18
Kirby, when we met last June n Ft. Stockton for dinner, was this project started? Your Baylor group pic outside that restaurant was great, everyone should give up one weekend for trip to meet Kirby and wife, maybe a Baylor reunion weekend?
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In reply to KOKQB70 • 7:51p, 3/20/18
KOK QB 70 said:
Kirby, when we met last June n Ft. Stockton for dinner, was this project started? Your Baylor group pic outside that restaurant was great, everyone should give up one weekend for trip to meet Kirby and wife, maybe a Baylor reunion weekend?


I had a drink with Kirby, once. Great guy.
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In reply to Mitch Blood Green • 7:56p, 3/20/18
tommie said:
KOK QB 70 said:
Kirby, when we met last June n Ft. Stockton for dinner, was this project started? Your Baylor group pic outside that restaurant was great, everyone should give up one weekend for trip to meet Kirby and wife, maybe a Baylor reunion weekend?


I had a drink with Kirby, once. Great guy.

Yup, and interesting, too. Met him at a showing of Return to Giant in Dallas. Turns out his wife is friends with an old GF.
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In reply to KOKQB70 • 8:41a, 3/21/18
KOK QB 70 said:
Kirby, when we met last June n Ft. Stockton for dinner, was this project started? Your Baylor group pic outside that restaurant was great, everyone should give up one weekend for trip to meet Kirby and wife, maybe a Baylor reunion weekend?
The project was well along when we met up for enchiladas at Mi Casita.
We were finishing out the kitchen, so the structure was up, finished out, and all we needed was to get the countertops poured.
Right now we are struggling to get a plumber to finish the washing machine connections. They are all in the oil field.

We needed a minor repair to my blue-eyed-bride's GM car. The dealer can't look at it until March 26, and I called him a week ago.
There are no motel rooms in Fort Stockton, and the Domino's Pizza is paying delivery drivers $20 an hour because they can't get anyone at the regular rate.
Anyone who wants a job can get one in Pecos County.
If you have a commercial driver's license (CDL) you can drive a water truck starting at $20 an hour, with a $3000 bonus if you'll stay with the company for 90 days.
It is just crazy, but everyone has a job!!!
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5:24a, 3/22/18
I met Mr. W at a movie showing in Baylor. I took my dad and we both enjoyed the movie and meeting the man behind the movie. It got dad talking a lot about the old days with his grandfather.

Thanks for the updates.
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