Okay, caught up on posts:

Saturday, May 21, 2016:
I spent the morning cleaning the pellet stove. I should have cleaned it earlier. It was a mess. The combustion chamber had a big block of crud. The stove should operate better and be more efficient.
Today was the first warm day of the year: 72F degrees. A little windy. I went exploring in the afternoon. Downed trees blocking the road prevented me from reaching the top of Broke Off mountain. I also explored to the east in the area where is the northeast corner of the defunct Petaca Land Grant. The land grant was surveyed in 1878 and some day I am going to go looking for the survey markers they made.
On the ridge above the cabin there were a couple elk and at least six turkeys that all ran off when I got close. There was a tree that had fallen in the last week blocking the road. I pulled the tree out with the Jeep Wranger.
I got a couple calls asking to buy my elk tag. I had already agreed to sell it to someone else for $1,700, but one of the callers today offered $2,400.  I hate to break the first deal, but I have not yet received his payment and today's offer is for considerably more.

I took a picture of the cabin early this morning:

I checked out the fence at the south end of the Tio Grande. It looks like there is some work to be done: