We are headed for Swansea Mine.  Eleven quads and RZRs took the trip.  It was not windy enough when we started.  Lots of dust. We are 6&7 from the front. 

 It gets cold here too..........but no snow!!!!

 Taking a break on the Swansea Mine ride.  This is Janis, great lady!!

This is our fearless leader Curtis.

This is a river we went through on the ride.  There are times when the water level is above the seat of a quad and unaccessible.

 Another pic of Curtis.  He is the 'gold' expert I confer with.  He is 75ish and runs with us kids.

 A bird of prey seen while Terry and I were taking a ride the other day.

 We met a couple Canadians on the trail and they took us to this cabin.  The land has been given to the Colorado River Indians so we were on the 'reservation'.  We kept looking for the Indians to be watching us from the hilltop, but none there. I watched too much Lone Ranger as a kid.  A lady lived in this cabin for years.  What a view.  The pic does not capture the view that our eyes saw.

Everyone from Salome came to Quartzsite and we took them on a ride.  Eight quads, 4 RZRs, about 20 people. A 65 mile trip.  Great time, great people.

We had requests for new pics of the house.  Here we go.  This is looking at the front on the right and the basement. The break in the railing on the deck is for the sky walk which will go around to the front door.

 The basement patio uses some of the bricks from the old Goodyear store in Bloomington.  Some of these brocks and bricks have been moved and handled numerous times, I lost track.

 A view of the front minus the front porch, decking and driveway.

 A view of the back from the basement level.  The triple window and 2 single windows are in the master bedroom.

 The convicts from Yuma Prison were chained to these granite rocks to live and work for weeks at a time.

 These massive granite rocks were  broken down into cubes and used in the construction of the Yuma Courthouse.

                  Hills and hills of raw granite.

                    A cube, rough cut by man power.

                     Lots and lots of granite.

                         The guard quarters.

 What is this Explorer doing on our trail???  Getting majorly stuck.  The passenger side was on top of that row of rocks.  "Oop mom, I don't know what happened to your car on a ride after school today".

 The 100 year floods in 2009 caused these huge washes.  Every thing in sight was uprooted. 

                  A view from the Three Ladders Mine.

           Our riding buddies breaking for lunch on top of a hill along the trail.

 Can you believe this "Fan Cactus"?  Only 5 in the whole state.  It was really a fantastic find.

We are so short

compared to these huge specimans.  And I don't think anyone said Terry was short.

 A phenom.......

These Barrel Cactus usually

only grow about knee height.  Only a hundred feet away from the Fan Cactus.  Wonder what is in the water there?  hehe

Around the hill

was the other fan.  Similar, but different.

A closer view

of the different fingers.  Look, the thumb is smoking.

 Such odd multi finger cactus out here.  I could only include a few.

This guy lost a finger then another grew out of the edge of the broken part, three times.

 So odd..........

 Only saw 2 like this, a perfect split.

 They grow tall here too.  They begin to die at the base while new fingers grow at the top.

An Eagle found the perfect perch.

Roof trusses and some sheeting.

                First truss that goes thru to the deck

                    Trusses almost complete

                    Last truss going on!!!

                      Done for the day.

       A view of the loft bathroom and stairs. Not all interior walls up yet.

     This is the second truss going up.  Sure is out of order.  A view from the loft.

 Looking through the garage roof.

              This is home for the next 30+ years.  It will probably take that long to finish it.

                    Future kitchen from the loft.

                     Love it!!!

 Well, this is home!  We need some topsoil to plant some grass between the patio and edge of campground.  We love it.

 Our refrig in the RV was out for 3 weeks.  This is T's 'garage' refrig.  We are true Kentuckians now, we fit right in.  Pretty ingenious really.

 And the man has a brand spanking new tractor.  Doesn't he look sharp.  He tells me he is going to work when he gets on the thing.  I think the 4 letter word should be play.  It has proven to be invaluable though. No, I can't drive it!!

      A little out of order.  The zip board on the basement wall.

                 Steel set, one wall up, many to go.

 Standing up the main floor wall over the bsmt wall in the 1st pic.  Terry helped!!

       I have stairs now.  The 2 staircases stack.  Pretty cool.

      This is the floor to the loft in the garage.                    Backfilling by Terry.

This is the only group of walls on the main floor.  Far left:closet, next incomplete hall to vanity, shower, toilet; right is opening to laundry room.  To the far right is stairs up.