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Saturday, December 26, 2009 - Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM

A Ghost Ranch Christmas, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM, December 25, 2009
A Ghost Ranch Christmas, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM, December 25, 2009

Ten below zero is cold for this old rig. When I opened the door and took a reading with my infrared thermometer this morning here at Ghost Ranch, that's what it read. My 3,000 watts of electric heat is barely adequate and would only hold the rig to about 60 degrees inside. That translates to a drafty 45 degrees down at floor level. Brrrrr...

Enjoy yesterday's picture - I skipped my pre-sunrise photo walk this morning.

[later] Interesting. By 10:30 or so the bright sunshine warmed the rig to the point I had to turn the electric heaters off. Around noon, thinking surely it was warm enough to go off for a hike, I took a temp reading outside the door. Amazingly, it was still only 10 degrees. Isn't solar insolation a wonderful thing?

Night camp

Ghost Ranch Campground, Abiquiu NM

A Good Christion Lion

A missionary was walking in Africa when he heard the ominous padding of a lion behind him. "Oh Lord," prayed the missionary, "grant in Thy goodness that the lion walking behind me is a good Christian lion."

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