Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Our Visit to The Field Lab

I talked to J.W. @ The Field Lab this morning to catch up with him , as it's been awhile since I had seen him.

Then remembered the photos my wife shot while we took the "tour" as his guests in July.

Although I follow his blog it's not the same as going there and walking around his place.

Here are a few I though he would not mind me showing on my site .

Thanks for today's material John .



I stand in the middle of highway 118 about 35 miles south of Alpine , just because I could !




We arrive a little early , but J.W. showed soon after . Of course we meet at Betty's "Grub Shack"and had a quick lunch ,




As John has stated many times the food is great ! The idea of not stopping here , was not an option ! If invited to the Field Lab this is a good place to start.



I really got my self involved in all of Johns clever ideas and taking mental notes at the same time. The sand and gravel catch dam was well constructed , doing it's job very well.


There are many interesting transitions on JW's property . This is below the sand dam and leads to a ravine , then to a large natural dry river bed that drains his area during the rainy season .




Any one who has visited "The Field Lab" blog site knows this V.I.P critter as "Benita"



I lived in this same desert for 5 years . In July the temperature's get into the 120's . As the afternoon worn on we just sat in the shade and had a few refrigerant's , as John calls um .



Now ain't that a site .




This was one of the thing's that I really wanted to see , The Solar Oven



And dinner is served !



Our daughter standing on the bank of the ravine . The natural limestone on JW's property is beautiful.


This shot is just about 50 feet up from the last picture . Except we are in the ravine itself .



Another look from the top looking down into the ravine, John has a picture on his site with this thing filled with water to the edge ot the banks.



J.W. solar hot water supply and shower .



This was one of the last critters we saw at Johns before we left a beautiful
Mexican General Cricket




The day at J.W.'s was well worth the trip down from Ft Davis as his humor and wit kept us laughing most of the time. The link below is to "The Field Lab" the day we visited.
The Field Lab guy likes to drink "gift beer" so please think about that if ya decide your tough enough to handle a visit to the lab.
don't forget your hat .

and that's the way it is !

cheers jw !
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8 comments:

  1. Real nice pictures of your visit to the Field Lab. Hope to someday be able to pay him a visit but he seems like an awfully busy guy...

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  2. If you have any more photos of the solar oven would appreciate seeing them.

    John gave me a web site to go to but photos of his would be even better. Don't know when I will get out there to visit and by that time you will already be living out there.

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  3. Yea MsBelinda,

    he is, but will take the time.

    TexasMan,

    yes i have a few more contact me @

    denziel_56@yahoo.com

    and i will foward to you

    .bb

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  4. I did not realize that was Ryan until I saw Diego, lol!!!

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  5. I never heard of chicken foot before.

    I'm gonna see his version of solar oven when I get there. I have seen a few smaller versions I prefer them to the bigger ones.

    It was good talkin to you on the phone yesturday. see ya round.

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  6. MsBelinda

    i never knew that was the dog's name !!!

    later

    .bb

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  7. Hey OffGrid

    Can't belive ya never played chicken foot before !

    I'll get ya up and running on it quick , how about "Mexican Train"?

    Like wise .

    looking foward to November , take care my friend ,

    cheers

    .bb

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  8. nope maybe those games are just different names for the ones I know.

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