Munich and the Castle Tour

Hello again from Pine Mountain. Our strange winter weather continues. The rain stopped and our daytime temperatures have been in the 60 F ( 4 C ) in the daytime and the 30’s F (- 1 C ) at night. The snow level is up around 7000 feet ( ) It does not look like winter wants to arrive this year. Things are about normal here on the ranch. Early morning chores include milking the cows, collecting eggs from the chickens, and cleaning out horse, donkey and cattle stalls.

Breakfast is around 0700 then Squeekers and I work out in the greenhouse tending plants, fertilizing, watering, etc. Squeekers is my African grey parrot. This year I planted a few peanut plants but had to fence them in because Squeekers is trying to harvest them already. Peanuts are Squeekers favorite food.

Since it has been nice weather this winter, I take a ride on Rocket my horse about once a week. My old John Deere snowmobile sits in the barn ready to go but we have not had any snow yet this winter to bring it out.

Well enough about our boring ranch life. If you are new to our newsletter here is how it is laid out.
Section 1 Ranch News
Section 2 Alternative Energy
Section 3 Health and nutrition
Section 4 Travel for Less
Section 5 Treasure Hunting
Section 6 Munich and the Castle Tour.
Section 7 Pine Mountain Evening


Alternative Energy
Visit the Alternative Energy Store for great prices on solar and wind energy equipment!

Now that the global economy is going into a recession, everyone needs to find ways to conserve and use renewable energy. The Alternative energy store is a place to start. They can help you design a system that will make you energy independent. If you are a person that likes to do things yourself, The Alternative energy store has a library of books and videos to show you how to do things right.

Alternative Energy Handbook

Looking for a way to use alternative energy but you do not want to spend a lot of money. The Alternative Energy Handbook is the answer. There are simple step by step projects complete with illustrations that you can build for pocket change. Go to ==>Alternative energy and learn how you can cut your utility bill.

Hydrogen Fuel

Add an inexpensive hydrogen generator to your vehicle and increase power, reduce emissions, and increase your miles per gallon. Go to ==> Hydrogen Fuel and learn how while supplies last.

Ethos Fuel Additive

How would you like to improve gas mileage, reduce emissions, and have more power all at the same time. Ethos works by reformulating your gasoline so more air mixes with the fuel vapor. This causes your fuel to burn more completely with less emissions. More power is generated by more complete combustion of the fuel. Ethos is environmentally safe and non toxic. Go to ==> Ethos and learn more about this alternative energy supplement.

Nutrition and Health

These days everyone is concerned about nutrition and health. Most of our food is over processed and has very little nutrient value. Our food looks great but not much more. If we want to stay healthy in today’s world we are forced to take supplements. The question is: What supplements will provide what you need for the least amount of time and money? I believe one of the best supplements out there is called acaiplus. It is a blend of vitamins and minerals plus acai to promote health and long life. They also have vitamins to help improve your long term and short term memory. They also have an energy drink that gives you steady long term energy. To learn more about these products go to ==> Acaiplus . Check out Acaiplus, Feed My Brain, and White Lightning. Here on Pine Mountain we drink Acaiplus every day.

Travel for Less
Travel Secrets
Discover how you can fly around the world on a shoestring budget. There are ways to travel for free. These ways are easy to learn if you know the secrets.. Go to ==> Bargain Air Travel to find out. You will be glad you did.

Travel Writing

How would you like to get paid to go on vacation? Travel to all the destinations that you always wanted to travel to and be treated like a VIP. Travel the world on your timetable. If you can write a simple letter about your travels then you have what it takes to be a travel writer. All you need is a little instruction and you will be on your way to a rewarding career. Go to ====> Travel Writing and learn how to be a travel writer

Adventure and Treasure Hunting

Proper Research is the Key

Do you watch movies like Indiana Jones and wish you could do that in real life? Do you like a good mystery and a good adventure? Would you like to use modern methods and tools to find long lost treasure? All this is possible if you learn from the best. Stan Grist, world renown adventurer and treasure hunter has written a course complete with step by step instruction on how to become successful. Go to ==>Treasure Hunting and check out his course “Creating Wealth Through Adventure”

Stan now has a new newsletter that tells about all his latest adventures. You can read it by going to ==> http://www.adventure-trader.com/ It comes complete with videos.

And now our feature story.

Munich and the Castle Tour

We arrived at the airport in Munich Germany. We settled into our hotel and the next morning decided to go on the castle tour. We were at the Karstadt pick up stop at 0800. This stop is across the street from the railroad station.
Our tour bus was very comfortable and our guide gave us a history lesson of the whole area as we drove to our first destination.

Our first stop was Linderhoff castle. It was built in the French Rococo style by King Ludwig II and was used as a hunting lodge. We spent almost 2 hours at this castle then it was back on the bus.
Our next stop was the little town of Oberammergau home of world famous master carvers. It was incredible all the intricate carvings that can be made from wood. Finally we boarded our bus

and headed for our most famous stop, Neuschwanstein Castle.

This castle was built in neo Romanesque style by King Ludwig II and looks like a fairy tale castle. This is the castle that Walt Disney used as his model for the famous Disneyland castle. It was fall when we took the tour and the orange, red, and yellow of the leaves on the trees gave it a fantasy fairy tale look and really made the castle stand out. We spent hours touring this castle.
Finally we boarded our bus for the journey back to our pick up point. We saw many other castles perched on hills overlooking lakes and rivers. Our guide would explain the history of the castles as we drove by. Germany is a land of castles. There seems to be a castle on just about every hill and vantage point in the country. When you combine the fairy tale look of the castles and the fall colors of the trees of all the ancient forests, Germany is truly a land of enchantment.
We enjoyed our tour and finally returned to our hotel at 1700. The next day we did a little sightseeing in Munich then boarded our plane. We looked out the window of the plane as the land of castles was slowly left behind.

Pine Mountain Evening

It is a cool winter night as I sit in my easy chair next to the fireplace. The gas fire provides a warming heat.

Squeekers is on his perch munching peanuts. Tonight I am enjoying Pacific Expresso from http://www.coffeefool.com/. This is a full bodied dark roast Italian style coffee with a smooth and strong after taste. This coffee makes you think that you have gone to Seattle. The coffee goes well with a slice of apple pie.Squeekers and I have been watching and old TV series called Highlander. My coffee and pie are now history and my show is over. It has been a long day. I put Squeekers in his cage and turn off the fireplace. It is time for bed. Good night all have a great week. See you next week.

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The Island of Bermuda

Welcome to Pine Mountain. Thanksgiving is over. Here on the ranch we had ham,smoked prime rib, turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes,corn,bean casserole, stuffing,cranberry salad,celery sticks with dip, apple pie,pumpkin pie, and cookies. We had apple juice, milk and wine to wash it down. My sister, her husband and my niece came over for Thanksgiving. We had our big thanksgiving dinner then my sister Laurel and her daughter Grace went horseback riding.

This week I am almost done putting up the Christmas decorations. We have so many lights and decorations that it takes about 2 weeks to get everything up and working.


This week our feature story is The Island of Bermuda.
If you are new to this site, here is how to navigate our site. Our newsletter is divided into sections.

Section 1 - Ranch News

Section 2 - Alternative energy

Section 3 - Easy Cash

Section 4 - Nutrition and Health

Section 5 - Travel

Section 6 - Treasure Hunting

Section 7 - Our Travel Story

Each one of the sections has links to websites and products. Just click on any of the green colored words and you will go to one of our product websites.

Finally we have coffee by the roaring fire in the fireplace and wish you a good night and a good week ahead. I hope you enjoy our newsletter and return at least once a week for a new adventure and new products and programs to improve your life.

Alternative Energy Store

Visit the Alternative Energy Store for great prices on solar and wind energy equipment!

Alternative energy is the way of the future.The Alternative Energy Store has the latest products at reasonable prices.
Do you want an Alternative energy system but do not know where to start? The folks at the Alternative Energy Store will be happy to help you plan an efficient system. The Alternative Energy Store has many books and videos that lead you step by step to an installed system.


Alternative Energy Handbook

Do you want to cut your electric bill? Are you looking for easy and inexpensive ways to save energy? Click on Alternative energy and learn simple ways you can cut your electric bill.

Hydrogen Fuel

Would you like to increase your gas mileage, reduce emissions, and have more power. An inexpensive hydrogen generator can be added to your present fuel system to save you money.
Go to Hydrogen Fuel to learn more while supplies last.

Ethos Fuel Additive

Do you want to increase your fuel economy and create 30% less pollution? How about increase your gas mileage and increase your power too. An environmentally safe non toxic product called Ethos will do just that.
It improves gas economy by reformulating your gasoline to allow more air to be mixed with the fuel vapor. This causes cleaner combustion and increases power. Your fuel burns more completely and thus produces less emissions. All you have to do is add a couple ounces per tank of gasoline or diesel. Go to Ethos and learn more about this alternative energy supplement.

Easy Cash

Secret Wealth Map

Starting an internet business? Would you like your site to stand out from the crowd? Do you want to make a profit as soon as possible? Learn from the best. Traffic experts Tellman Knudson and Brian Edmondson can show you how in simple step by step videos.

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Easy Program

Are you looking for a way to earn extra money in these hard economic times? Have you tried other programs that are all hype and in the end you are just poorer for the experience? Are you looking for a down to earth way to make money on the internet? I have found a program that will teach you step by step in simple easy to understand videos how you can prosper on the internet. Once you set things up the program runs almost on autopilot. All you do is monitor things answer a few emails from paying customers and collect and cash your checks. You spend less than 2 hours a day working the business. Go to Six Figures to find out more.

Web Domains with Residual Commissions

Is the cost of living getting you down? Do you need to make some quick money to cover expenses? Go to Freedom , put in the access code mountain1, watch a free short movie and start making the money that you have dreamed about.

Internet Survival Videos during these Hard Economic Times

Do you need extra cash during these hard economic times? Are you thinking of trying to start an internet business but do not know where to begin? Are you low on cash and need something that you can start for next to nothing? Do you want something that is easy and has simple to follow step by step video training? A new program called The Money Siphon may be just what you are looking for. Go to Money Siphon to learn more.

Nutrition and Health

These days everyone is concerned about nutrition and health. Most of our food is over processed and has very little nutrient value. Our food looks great but not much more. If we want to stay healthy in today’s world we are forced to take supplements. The question is: What supplements will provide what you need for the least amount of time and money? I believe one of the best supplements out there is called acaiplus. It is a blend of vitamins and minerals plus acai to promote health and long life. They also have vitamins to help improve your long term and short term memory. They also have an energy drink that gives you steady long term energy. To learn more about these products go to Acaiplus . Check out Acaiplus, Feed My Brain, and White Lightning. Here on Pine Mountain we drink Acaiplus every day.

Travel for Less

Discounts, Incentives, Rebates, and Promotions

Are you tired of paying high airfares only to be crammed into a tight seat when you travel? Find out how you can save hundreds of dollars on your next flight. You may even be able to fly first class for the cost of coach if you know the secret. Learn how you can save enough money to take that once in a lifetime vacation. Go to Cheap Travel and find out now while supplies last.



Travel Writing

Have you ever wished that you could travel for a living. Does the call of far off places thrill you? Would you like to travel the world on your own schedule and see the places that you want to see? Would you like to enjoy your vacation and get paid for it too? Long to travel on your own schedule and enjoy your vacation? Would you like to travel for a living and see new and interesting places every day? Would you like to be pampered like a VIP and enjoy life all for just writing about your travel adventures? Do you like to write letters to your relatives telling them about your recent vacation? Then you have what it takes to become a travel writer. All you need is a little instruction and you can have a dream job too. Go to Travel Writing and learn how you to can become a travel writer.

Adventure and Treasure Hunting

Proper Research is the Key


Do you watch movies like Indiana Jones and wish you could do that in real life? Do you like a good mystery and a good adventure? Would you like to use modern methods and tools to find long lost treasure? All this is possible if you learn from the best. Stan Grist, world renown adventurer and treasure hunter has written a course complete with step by step instruction on how to become successful. Go to Treasure Hunting and check out his course “Creating Wealth Through Adventure”

And now our feature story.

The Island of Bermuda

Pink Sand Beaches

Six hundred miles (1070 kilometers) east of North Carolina lies the island of Bermuda. It is a world class banking center and a popular tourist destination. Bermuda is made up of 138 small islands. Bermuda is a popular tourist destination and is known for it’s pink sand beaches.

History

Bermuda was originally discovered in 1503 by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermudez. It became a replenishment point for ships from 1503 until 1609. In 1609, The Venture, the flagship for a flotilla of ships headed for Jamestown was wrecked on the island. The survivors claimed the island for England and it became part of the holdings of the Virginia Company.

During the 17^th century farming was implemented but with limited success. In the 18^th century the islands turned to maritime trades. During the 19^th century it was turned into a British fortress. During the American Civil war, confederate blockade runners used the islands as a base.

During the second world war, Bermuda was the staging point for convoys going to England. The United States leased land and built an airport that was used by British, United States, and Canadian military until it was closed in 1995. A satellite tracking station was built and maintained by the US military.

An International airport was built and tourism and banking became the main industries.

Climate

The island sits in the gulf stream which keeps the island warm. Hurricanes are always tracking around the islands but because of the small size rarely cause too much damage.

Rain is the only source of water so every building is designed to collect water and send it to storage tanks.

Government

The capital is Hamilton and the islands are one of the oldest British territories. Approximately 66,536 people live on the islands. The standard of living is high and the average house is close to a million dollars.

Hamilton

St George lighthouse

Pine Mountain Evening

It is evening once more and I am relaxing here on Pine Mountain in my easy chair in front of the fireplace. The gas fueled fire in the fireplace takes the chill off the mountain evening. Squeekers my African Grey parrot is sitting on his perch munching peanuts. I am relaxing with my coffee from http://www.coffeefool.com/. Tonight I am trying Blueberry cinnamon swirl. This coffee has a distinct taste of blueberries and cinnamon mixed with coffee. It goes well with almost all deserts. It is just the right drink for a cold evening. Squeekers and I have been watching another Sci fi series called Highlander. Both my coffee and my TV show are over now. It has been a long day. I put Squeekers in his cage, turn off the gas fireplace, and head upstairs to bed. Good night all. See you next week.


Resources

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda

Adventure in the Country

Pine Mountain

Hello again from Pine Mountain. It has been a cloudy week on the mountain. The Sun has been hiding with only an hour or two of sun in the late afternoon. Today it is even raining. It is ten degrees colder than normal and it feels like we are going back into winter instead of heading into summer. Here at the ranch we have our own power. It is furnished by our 2 wind turbines and our water turbine. We also have a few solar panels that charge up a battery bank. Our horizontal turbine looks like a small wingless airplane on top of it’s 80 foot tower. We purchased that one from http://www.bergey.com/. Our vertical turbine we purchased from http://www.pacwind.net/, and our water turbine in the dam of our pond came from an Alaskan alternative energy company http://www.absak.com/. There have been calm days and windy days this week. Even on a calm day we have been able to produce more energy with our wind turbines than we use.

I spent the day working in my attached greenhouse. It is nice to have the greenhouse. No matter what the weather is outside it is still nice inside. I have the greenhouse arraigned in stages. Each stage is about a month behind the stage next to it. That way I always have fresh vegetables.

Squeekers my African grey parrot came out to help. He likes to walk up and down the rows looking for worms. Squeekers has a knack for saying the obvious. I had one of the windows opened before it started to rain. When the rain started coming down, Squeekers was eating peanuts from his peanut bin over by the window. The rain started coming in the window and dripping on Squeekers. Squeekers started talking, “ Wet, Wet help me, help me.” I went over and shut the window. I told him he was a silly bird that did not even know how to get out of the rain. Squeekers then marched down the row saying, “ silly bird, silly bird.”

This week we have an adventure in the country. First we have our usual sections, Alternative energy, Nutrition and Health, Traveling for Less, and Adventure and Treasure Hunting.

Alternative Energy

Do you like to tinker in the garage and build useful inventions? Today energy costs are going through the roof. More and more people are looking for ways to spend less on energy and reduce costs. A good place to start is the book called the alternative energy bible. This book shows and tells you how to can produce your own energy in easy inexpensive projects. Go to http://deserthab.offgrid07.hop.clickbank.net/ and get your copy while they are still available.

The price of fuel keeps going up in price. Everyone is looking for anything that will increase fuel economy even a little. There is a way to improve your mileage, increase your horsepower, and reduce your emissions all at the same time. You will be able to turn your vehicle into a fuel efficient one with only a few readily available items from your local hardware. The instructions are easy to follow and there are many diagrams so you can see how to do it too. It does not matter if you have a gasoline or diesel engine vehicle it will work with either one. Go to http://deserthab.water4gas.hop.clickbank.net/ to learn more while supplies last.

Do you want to increase your fuel economy? An environmentally safe non toxic product called Ethos will do just that. It improves gas economy by reformulating your gasoline to allow more air to be mixed with the fuel vapor. This causes cleaner combustion and increases power. Your fuel burns more completely and thus produces less emissions. All you have to do is add a couple ounces per tank of gasoline or diesel fuel. Go to http://www.mygassaver.net/

Nutrition and Health

These days everyone is concerned about nutrition and health. Most of our food is over processed and has very little nutrient value. Our food looks great but not much more. If we want to stay healthy in today’s world we are forced to take supplements. The question is: What supplements will provide what you need for the least amount of time and money? I believe one of the best supplements out there is called acaiplus. It is a blend of vitamins and minerals plus acai to promote health and long life. They also have vitamins to help improve your long term and short term memory. They also have an energy drink that gives you steady long term energy. To learn more about these products go to

http://www.acaiplus.com/desertstarproducts. Check out Acaiplus, Feed My Brain, and White Lightning.

Travel for Less

In these days of rising prices, how would you like to travel and save money to? Learn how you can save enough money to take that once in a lifetime vacation. Go to

http://deserthab.airtravel.hop.clickbank.net/ and find out.

There are ways to travel for free. These ways are easy to learn. Go to

http://deserthab.fly4free.hop.clickbank.net/ to find out. You will be glad you did.

Have you ever longed to travel on your own schedule and enjoy your vacation? Would you like to travel for a living and see new and interesting places every day? Do you like to write letters to your relatives telling them about your recent vacation? You have what it takes to become a travel writer. All you need is a little instruction and you can have a dream job too. Go to http://deserthab.wp3033773.hop.clickbank.net/ and learn how you to can become a travel writer.

Adventure and Treasure Hunting

Do you watch movies like Indiana Jones and wish you could do that in real life? Do you like a good mystery? Would you like to use modern methods and tools to find long lost treasure?

All this is possible if you learn from the best. Stan Grist world renown adventurer and treasure hunter has written a course complete with step by step instruction on how to become successful. Go to http://deserthab.infoshare2.hop.clickbank.net/

And check out his course “Creating Wealth Through Adventure”

And now for our feature story

Adventure in The Country

Sometimes you just need to get away. There is a legend of the old west about an old miner named flapjack Sam. This miner had a hidden gold mine in the hills of southern California. Once a month flapjack Sam would come into town to buy supplies and he would have a bag of gold nuggets with him. Everyone would ask him if they could come and see his gold mine. Sam would laugh and say, “ Only my partner Jake and I will ever find the mine.” People would ask, “ who is Jake?” Flapjack Sam would laugh and say, “ Jake and his kin are my guards.” Flapjack Sam would load up his supplies. He always bought extra flour and took at least a gallon of milk with him. Everyone would kid him about the milk but Flapjack Sam would just laugh and say, “The milk is for Jake he is my pet rattlesnake. He likes his milk in a saucer.” This went on for years. Many people tried to find Flapjack Sam’s mine but nobody ever did. Many tried to follow him but Sam would always lose them in the hills. Finally after more than twenty years, Flapjack Sam did not come into town for his monthly supplies. The towns people searched the hills for him but nothing was ever found. The legend grew over the years and people say when you are out in the hills camping for the night and a cool wind blows, you can hear Flapjack Sam laughing at you on the wind.

I went camping last summer back in the hills. I took Squeekers my African grey parrot with me. I drove my old 4 wheel drive camper and went way out in the back country. I needed my 4 wheel drive just to get through an old rutted trail. Finally I set up camp on top of a hill. Large boulders surrounded me and made a natural wind break. Squeekers and I took a walk. Squeekers rode on my shoulder. We came to a steep hill, I slipped on the loose dirt and fell down the hill. Squeekers flew off my shoulder then walked back over to me to see if I was okay. Squeekers looked at me and then he said, “ Dumb ass.” Then he laughed at me with his parrot laugh. I got up dusted myself off and then put Squeekers back on my shoulder. I was almost back to my camper when I saw the rattlesnake by the side of the trail. Squeekers and I gave the snake a wide berth then I told Squeekers , “that must be Jake.”

That night the wind started to blow as the full moon came out. The coyotes were howling on the hilltops. I thought I could almost hear flapjack Sam laughing at me. We stayed a few more days but I did not find any gold mine.

Pine Mountain

Well it is evening again on the mountain and I am sitting in my easy chair by the fire in my fireplace. Squeekers the parrot is sitting on his perch chomping peanuts. Tonights coffee of choice is African Safari from http://www.coffeefool.com/.
Tanzanian Peaberry, Kenya AA, Ethiopian, and Zambian Terranova come together to create a blend worth getting lost in. I finish my coffee andI put Squeekers in his cage, turn off the fireplace and head off to bed. Good night all see you next week.

Ural Vacation

Pine Mountain

Hello again from Pine Mountain. It has been a hot, sunny week on the mountain. The Sun has been out steady all week causing the temperatures to be 10 to 12 degrees above normal for this time of the year. It feels like mid summer instead of spring. Here at the ranch we have our own power. It is furnished by our 2 wind turbines and our water turbine. We also have a few solar panels that charge up a battery bank. Our horizontal turbine looks like a small wingless airplane on top of it’s 80 foot tower. We purchased that one from http://www.bergey.com/. Our vertical turbine we purchased from http://www.pacwind.net/, and our water turbine in the dam of our pond came from an Alaskan alternative energy company http://www.absak.com/. It has been windy all week too so our energy system has been busy selling excess energy to the grid.

I took a ride on my horse Rocket this Wednesday to check on the cattle and make sure the fences were still in one piece. The spring flowers were blooming and the warm weather made it a relaxing ride. I saw 2 deer in the north pasture and they took off as I approached. The fences were fine and the cattle are grazing on the new spring grasses. I finished my ride and took Rocket back to the barn.

This week Roxana tells the story of her friend Ona and her adventure to the towns and historical places of the Ural mountains. First we have our usual sections, Alternative energy, Health and Wellness, Niche Marketing, Traveling for Less, and Adventure and Treasure Hunting. We also have or news clip so that you can catch up on International news.

Alternative Energy

Do you like to tinker in the garage and build useful inventions? Today energy costs are going through the roof. More and more people are looking for ways to spend less on energy and reduce costs. A good place to start is the book called the alternative energy bible. This book shows and tells you how to can produce your own energy in easy inexpensive projects. Go to http://deserthab.offgrid07.hop.clickbank.net/ and get your copy while they are still available.

The price of fuel keeps going up in price. Everyone is looking for anything that will increase fuel economy even a little. There is a way to improve your mileage, increase your horsepower, and reduce your emissions all at the same time. You will be able to turn your vehicle into a fuel efficient one with only a few readily available items from your local hardware. The instructions are easy to follow and there are many diagrams so you can see how to do it too. It does not matter if you have a gasoline or diesel engine vehicle it will work with either one. Go to http://deserthab.water4gas.hop.clickbank.net/ to learn more while supplies last.

Do you want to increase your fuel economy? An environmentally safe non toxic product called Ethos will do just that. It improves gas economy by reformulating your gasoline to allow more air to be mixed with the fuel vapor. This causes cleaner combustion and increases power. Your fuel burns more completely and thus produces less emissions. All you have to do is add a couple ounces per tank of gasoline or diesel fuel.


Nutrition and Health

These days everyone is concerned about nutrition and health. Most of our food is over processed and has very little nutrient value. Our food looks great but not much more. If we want to stay healthy in today’s world we are forced to take supplements. The question is: What supplements will provide what you need for the least amount of time and money? I believe one of the best supplements out there is called acaiplus. It is a blend of vitamins and minerals plus acai to promote health and long life. They also have vitamins to help improve your long term and short term memory. They also have an energy drink that gives you steady long term energy. To learn more about these products go to
http://www.acaiplus.com/desertstarproducts. Check out Acaiplus, Feed My Brain, and White Lightning.

Travel for Less

In these days of rising prices, how would you like to travel and save money to? Learn how you can save enough money to take that once in a lifetime vacation. Go to
http://deserthab.airtravel.hop.clickbank.net/ and find out.

There are ways to travel for free. These ways are easy to learn. Go to
http://deserthab.fly4free.hop.clickbank.net/ to find out. You will be glad you did.


Have you ever longed to travel on your own schedule and enjoy your vacation? Would you like to travel for a living and see new and interesting places every day? Do you like to write letters to your relatives telling them about your recent vacation? You have what it takes to become a travel writer. All you need is a little instruction and you can have a dream job too. Go to http://deserthab.wp3033773.hop.clickbank.net/ and learn how you to can become a travel writer.


Adventure and Treasure Hunting

Do you watch movies like Indiana Jones and wish you could do that in real life? Do you like a good mystery? Would you like to use modern methods and tools to find long lost treasure?
All this is possible if you learn from the best. Stan Grist world renown adventurer and treasure hunter has written a course complete with step by step instruction on how to become successful. Go to http://deserthab.infoshare2.hop.clickbank.net/
And check out his course “Creating Wealth Through Adventure”


And now for our feature story

Ona and her Ural Mountain Vacation

Roxana has a friend named Ona and during the summer of 2004 Ona went on a vacation to the Ural mountains.

Tamerlan's Tower

The first stop was to Tamerlan’s tower. This stone fortress was built during Cossack days as part of a defense line against wild mongrel invaders. The tower is 3.5 kilometers southeast of the village of Varna.


Cossacks

Many of the small towns in the region were named after European capitals by the Cossacks who traveled to these Capitals on official business in the early 1800’s. In this region you will find Paris, Berlin, Leipzig, Varna, Chesma and Port Arthur.
We traveled on through the town of Paris. This town was definitely not Paris, France. The roads were so bad that the best our 4 wheel drive vehicle could do was 2nd gear in 4 low as we crawled over hummock after hummock. The site marked Eiffel tower was actually a silo for ensilage.

Kesene
The next stop was Kesene’s mausoleum. Kesene was the daughter of Tamerlan. Several legends exist. Kesene ran away with a common soldier and then was either killed by soldiers or was killed by wild tigers. The mausoleum was built to honor her passing.
Recently the site was restored complete with gravel walkways and it looks like it is new.

Demidov's Tower

We traveled on to Nevyanks.This city was founded in the 1700’s by Peter the Great on the banks of the Neiva river. In the center of the city is Demidov’s inclined tower. It was the tallest of all the bell towers in the Ural Mountains at a height of 57.5 meters. The only structure taller was the bell tower of Spaso-preobrazhenskiy cathedral at 68 meters. During Soviet days the tower was taken down and the cathedral turned into a mechanical factory. In 2003 the temple has been restored but not to scale so it looks almost like a toy.


Verhoture


We traveled on to Verhoture. Founded in 1598 this city was called the gate to Siberia. Customs duties were collected from goods passing through this gate. In the late 18 and early 19 century a large religious center was built called the empire of sacred Simeona. Simeon was a nobleman but at 17 he refused his inheritance and left for Siberia taking a vow of poverty. He died from excessive abstention at the age of 35. Fifty years later his remains were dug up and found to be just as they were when he was buried. A spring at the burial site is thought to have curative powers and many people come to be healed of their ailments.

In the last few years there has been a revival of Verhotur including plans to make it the capital of the area. The area is full of fast rivers, dense woods, fine valleys and raised rocks. We stopped for the night at the hotel Sable. The next day we toured Troickiy cathedral, and Pious Nikolaev Monastery. The Hague convention in 1959 included Troickiy Cathedral in the collection of most significant moments of architectural history. The cathedral is especially beautiful in morning sunlight when its numerous domes brightly shine. The cathedral is joined to Verhotur kremlin . The stone kremlin is a unique structure because it is the only Ural kremlin not made of earth and wood. The view from the kremlin is breathtaking. The quiet surface of the river Tura, green strips of coast and numerous trees between small wooden houses and smoke curling lazily from the chimneys provides a calmness to the soul. You pass through the sacred gate at the Pious Nikolaev monastery. Women must wear skirts and head scarfs.


Church


Before you are the white domes and dark blue dome of the Preobrazhenskiy temple. To the right is Nikolay Chudotvortsa’s tiny church and behind it is Krestovozdviszhenskiy cathedral. This cathedral is the third largest in Russia and is able to hold 10,000 believers. During Soviet times the cathedral was turned into a cement warehouse but it is now fully restored to it’s original beauty.

We cross a wooden suspension bridge that shakes under our weight and now we are in Pokrovskiy female monastery built in 1621. next we traveled to the village of Merkushino where Saint Simeon Verhoturskii lived when he was alive.

In the village of Kostylevo there is a temple to Kosma Verkhoturskogo. Around it is constructed the new-Tikhvin femal monastery. It looks like a small Swiss village. A new wooden church is being constructed and there is a landing strip for tourist helicopters. Inside the tiny Simeon church are twisted marble columns, numerous gold icons, and a floor with heating multiple colored marble tile. All these riches are guarded by numerous security guards in black uniforms.

The next morning we went to the small town of Verkhnya Pyshma. Here we visited the church of Presvyatoj the virgin. Next we went to Sysert to see Talc’s stone on a rocky shore of a beautiful lake. It is a very rugged area and you need a jeep to make it through. Finally we returned home having driven 2000 kilometers in three days.


Pine Mountain

Well it is evening again on the mountain and I am sitting in my easy chair by the fire in my fireplace. Squeekers the parrot is sitting on his perch chomping peanuts. Tonights coffee of choice is Mocha Java from http://www.coffeefool.com/. It is a mixture of Ethiopian mocha mixed with java island sweet coffee. I finish my coffee and my magazine article at the same time. I am tired so I put Squeekers in his cage, turn off the fireplace and head off to bed. Good night all see you next week.

Desert Life

Pine Mountain

Hello again from Pine Mountain. It has been a typical May gray week on the mountain. We have hazy sunshine and temperatures in the mid 60’s Fahrenheit which is about 18 C Here at the ranch we have our own power. It is furnished by our 2 wind turbines and our water turbine. We also have a few solar panels that charge up a battery bank. Our horizontal turbine looks like a small wingless airplane on top of it’s 80 foot tower. We purchased that one from http://www.bergey.com/. Our vertical turbine we purchased from http://www.pacwind.net/, and our water turbine in the dam of our pond came from an Alaskan alternative energy company http://www.absak.com/.
This week our adventure is about a trip to the desert to help my cousin do the spring preventative maintenance on his 20 irrigation pumps that are on his desert ranch. Without irrigation nothing but cactus and sagebrush grows on his ranch . First we have our usual sections, Alternative energy, Health and Wellness, Niche Marketing, Traveling for Less, and Adventure and Treasure Hunting. We also have a new section that is a short film clip about recent International news stories.

Alternative Energy

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Fuel costs are going up on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. If you can increase your miles per gallon of your vehicle even a little it helps your fuel budget in a big way. There is a way to improve your mileage, increase your horsepower, and reduce your emissions all at the same time. You will be able to turn your vehicle into a fuel efficient one with only a few readily available items from your local hardware. The instructions are easy to follow and there are many diagrams so you can see how to do it too. It does not matter if you have a gasoline or diesel engine vehicle it will work with either one. Go to http://deserthab.water4gas.hop.clickbank.net to learn more while supplies last.

Do you want to increase your fuel economy? A product called Ethos helps by reformulating your gasoline and spreading out the gas molecules so more air can combine with them for more total combustion. All you have to do is add a couple ounces per tank of gasoline or diesel fuel.


Nutrition and Health

These days everyone is concerned about nutrition and health. Most of our food is over processed and has very little nutrient value. Our food looks great but not much more. If we want to stay healthy in today’s world we are forced to take supplements. The question is: What supplements will provide what you need for the least amount of time and money? I believe one of the best supplements out there is called acaiplus. It is a blend of vitamins and minerals plus acai to promote health and long life. They also have vitamins to help improve your long term and short term memory. They also have an energy drink that gives you steady long term energy. To learn more about these products go to
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Travel for Less

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Adventure and Treasure Hunting

Do you watch movies like Indiana Jones and wish you could do that in real life? Do you like a good mystery? Would you like to use modern methods and tools to find long lost treasure?
All this is possible if you learn from the best. Stan Grist world renown adventurer and treasure hunter has written a course complete with step by step instruction on how to become successful. Go to http://deserthab.infoshare2.hop.clickbank.net
And check out his course “Creating Wealth Through Adventure”



And now for our feature story


Desert Life

This week our adventure is about a trip to my cousin's ranch in the desert to fix and do preventative maintenance on his 20 irrigation pumps.




Every Spring and fall the pumps are inspected and repaired or replaced. The pumps are the only thing that keeps the ranch from returning to cactus and sagebrush.
Some of the pumps are in remote locations and you have to have 4 wheel drive to get to them.




The first thing that goes on a pump is the seals. The pump then starts to leak and does not move the water that it should. These are big pumps from 60 to 120 horsepower. They have vertical motors and need a boom and winch or a tripod and winch to lift the motors so that they can be repaired. Most of the motors are outdoors but a few of them are in pump sheds.





The pumps in the sheds are even harder to work on than the pumps in the open. They also pose the additional danger of rattlesnakes and scorpions that hide in the sheds to escape the desert heat.
The last 4 days in the desert have been anything but nice. The weather has been cold and windy. It is more like March or February weather instead of May weather.
At least with the cold weather we did not see the usual snakes or scorpions. We saw lots of long eared jack rabbits and saw a few mountain lion tracks. We heard the coyotes howling once.Finally the pumps were done and I headed home to Pine Mountain.

Pine Mountain Evening

I returned home from the desert and took a shower. I am now seated in my recliner by the fire and feel warm and clean for the first time in 4 days. Squeekers my African Grey parrot is seated on his perch munching peanuts.I am enjoying my sample coffee from http://www.coffeefool.com/. Tonight I am having fools house American. It is just the right campfire coffee and after the last 4 days it tastes just right. Well it is getting late so I put Squeekers in his cage turned off the fireplace and head for bed. Good night all see you next week.