Sup y'all, just checking in. Shit's still buzzing along, my boy Ian (Desert Punk) and his girl Kitty are staying here and taking care of mad business with us, basically taking the place from a squat to an actual civilized household.
It's been a week and a half since we rode UP back from Denver and we've got a working toilet, ran a gas line to a stove we dumpstered, ended a mouse infestation, rigged up a butterfly valve to make both a shower and bath faucet, dumpstered a boat, and began sanding the hundreds of feet of reclaimed fence posts I grabbed to build a giant fence around the place so no one can see the insane tiny houses we're going to build on stilts around the yard. We also got a fridge and washing machine and kicked multiple substance habits. Not bad for 10 days in the drunkest, laziest city in America!
The chickens went to camp at my buddy Matt's farm and caught a disease there, so they are out of the picture. We did plant some oleanders, root beer plant, aloe vera, giant bird of paradise, and a lemon tree, though, and some of the banana trees actually started fruiting. So the plan to turn this into an extremely cheap hostel that feels like an Amazonian rainforest is chugging along.
We're working on the fence and on getting a back entrance opened up, as well as locks for the inside doors so we can have more people inside without worrying about getting all our shit stolen. I'm picking up some bunk beds tomorrow, so long story short we're trying to get it cool for people to roll through as soon as possible. There are some who we've been talking to for a minute and feel cool about, but in general I think in the next month or two it'll be more fluid and cool to come out and stay for a week or something if anyone wants to drop by. If anyone's in town and wants to chill, hit us up, but we should be opening it up to stay short or long term progressively as time goes on.
Anyway, I'll post some pics tomorrow if anyone is still interested in this project.
