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Pine Mountain

Hello again from Pine Mountain. Glad you could join us. It is the middle of October already. The days are still warm but the nights are getting colder.

This week I cleaned up my old 1982 John Deere snowmobile. It is called a Liquifire and has a 436 cc engine. It is one of the last snowmobiles that John Deere made. Parts are hard to come by since the last one was produced 25 years ago. Somehow I have managed to keep it running all these years. My sister and brother in law use it in the winter time when they go cross country skiing. I have collectors come by every once in a while because it is getting to be a classic. It is worth almost 3 times what I originally paid for it at last estimate.

Well before I bore everyone with ranch life, this week we have expanded several of our sections and added a few new sponsors. We have a new survey this week so let us know what you would like to see in this newsletter.

If you are new to this site, here is how things are arranged. First we have this section where we tell you about things on the ranch and the surrounding area. Next we have sections on Alternative energy, Easy cash, Nutrition and Health, Travel for less, and Adventure and Treasure hunting. Then we have a weekly travel adventure with pictures from somewhere in the world. Each one of the sections has links to websites and products. 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

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They have thousands of useful products at reasonable prices. They have solar panels, wind turbines, water turbines, and all the control circuits that are needed to hook everything up. Not sure what you need or how to hook it up? They have books and video courses that take you through everything in easy to understand steps.

Wind and Water turbine companies
First for those of you that have just joined us, here at the ranch, power is supplied by 2 wind turbines and a 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 www.bergey.com. Our vertical turbine we purchased from


http://www.pacwind.net/, it spins away on a 30 foot or 10 meter pole out by the barn. Our water turbine in the dam of our pond came from an Alaskan alternative energy company http://www.absak.com/. The wind has been normal for this time of year. Every day there is an almost constant 7 or 8 mph wind. In the late afternoon and early evening the wind picks up to about 10 to 15 mph.

Alternative Energy Handbook

Is your electric bill going through the roof? Are you paying $200 or even more per month for electricity? Do you want to cut costs or even learn how you can sell electricity back to the power company so they pay you instead of you paying them? Learn how you can supplement you electricity and reduce your electric bill for only a small investment of less than $200 in alternative energy. Go to Alternative energy and learn easy ways you can cut your electric bill.

Hydrogen Fuel

The price of fuel keeps going up in price. Gasoline is now over $3.75 a gallon. Everyone is looking for anything that will increase fuel economy even a little. Most Alternative energy fuels are still years away but 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.

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 http://www.thegassecret.net/ and learn more about this alternative energy supplement.


Easy Cash

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 http://deserthab.sixfigprog.hop.clickbank.net/ 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 http://www.freedom.ws/ , put in the access code mountain1, watch a free short movie and start making the money that you have dreamed about.

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

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 tohttp://deserthab.airtravel.hop.clickbank.net/ and find out now while supplies last.

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

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 http://deserthab.wp3033773.hop.clickbank.net/ 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 http://deserthab.infoshare2.hop.clickbank.net/ And check out his course “Creating Wealth Through Adventure”


And now our feature story.

Adventure on the Big Island of Hawaii

Last year some friends went on vacation to the big Island of Hawaii. This is their story.
We always wanted to go to Hawaii. While all the Hawaiian islands each have their own personality we chose the big island because it is the largest, the newest and has less tourists than the other islands. It also has an active volcano.

We landed at the airport in Hilo. We collected our luggage and then were driven to our hotel room. We checked in and rearranged our luggage then our Hawaiian adventure really began.

History

The Big island was the home of King Kamehameha. He was the first Hawaian king to unite the islands in 1795. The big island is 93 miles wide and is home to the Parker ranch. At 175,000 acres, it is one of the largest cattle ranches in the United States. The island was formed by 5 large volcanoes. 3 are dormant and 2 are active. The 2 active ones are Mauna Loa and Kilauea. They are part of the Volcanoes National Park. Since these volcanoes are still active, the big island is still growing. Around 150,000 people live on the big island. Kona Coffee, Macadamia nuts, Papaya, and orchids are some of the main crops. There is a large astronomy site on Mauna Kea.

Our Travels

We stayed on the Big Island for a week. We visited Akaka falls which is the second largest falls in the world.





From there we went to Volcanoes national park and watched Kilauea make a lava flow.



I went to the train museum at Laupahoehoe.

We rented bicycles and visited several black sand beaches along highway 19.

We visited the observatory on Mauna Kea, The visitor center was at 9200 feet and the observatory was at 9300 feet (2835 meters) There are 12 telescopes on the mountain. Only 3 are owned and operated by Hawaii. The rest are owned by various nations around the world.



We stayed for a week on the big island but we could have stayed a month and not seen everything. Before we knew it our time was up and we were flying home.


Pine Mountain Evening


It is evening and I am relaxing in my easy chair in front of the fireplace. A cheery gas fire 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 Caribbean Hazlenut. This coffee has a distinct taste of Hazlenuts. All I can say is that it has a unique taste of hazlenuts and goes well with pie or cookies. Squeekers and I have been watching the latest episode of the Sci fi series Stargate Atlantis. 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.

Black Sea Vacation

Pine Mountain

Hello again from Pine Mountain. It has been a warm week here on the mountain. The flowers and the trees are putting on their spring outfits making the whole area look good. Our wind turbines continue to whir away making more power than we need and selling the excess to the grid. Our Horizontal is from
http://www.bergey.com/ and our vertical is from
http://www.pacwind.net/.net/ . Our water turbine is from http:// http://www.absak.com/.

This week our old John Deere tractor decided to quit on us so we are rebuilding it. It should run for another 20 years when we finish.

This week our globetrotting adventurer Roxana has a story about her summer vacation on the Black Sea. We also have our normal sections on Supplemental energy, Health and wellness, Niche Marketing, Traveling for Less, and Adventure and Treasure Hunting.

Renewable Energy

Would you like to become energy self sufficient? A good place to start is with a book known as the alternative energy bible. It will teach you easy and inexpensive ways to start producing your own electric power. Go to

http://deserthab.offgrid07.hop.clickbank.net/ to get your copy.

The cost of gasoline is approaching $4.00 a gallon. How would you like to increase the miles per gallon of your vehicle? You can also gain more horsepower and reduce your emissions at the same time. Go to http://deserthab.water4gas.hop.clickbank.net and learn simple inexpensive ways to accomplish this procedure.

Health and Wellness

Life is difficult and stressful these days. Our food when we have it is colorful to look at but has very little nutritional value because of refining and processing. We need to add supplements to our diet to survive and not burn out too soon. We all need more energy and better short term and long term memory in our multitasking lives. A good place to start is Acaiplus, White Lightning, and Feed My brain. Go to

http://www.acaiplus.com/desertstarproducts to learn more.

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

Black Sea Vacation

In the summer of the year 2007 I went on vacation to visit my mother on the coast of the Black Sea. My mother lives in Maikop, the capital of the republic of Adygeya. Maikop is a city of 155,000 people 400 km inland on the northeast shore of the Black Sea and the climate is temperate continental. That means – 5 C in the winter and 30 to 35 C in the summer. It is well watered with 85 rivers and streams and an average rainfall of 80 mm a month. The republic of Adygeya is the fifth territory of Russia and is located on the picturesque northern slopes of the Caucasian ridge of mountains. The foothills of Caucasus are magnificent and the plateau Lagonaki at the 2000 meter height ( 6000 feet) is a splendid natural site. There are karstic caves, snowcapped mountains, alpine meadows, wide steppes, pine forests that are centuries old, and racing snowmelt waterfalls. There are hot mineral springs and exotic flora and fauna.

There are Sauna camping experiences. Piles of rocks are heated then a large metal framed tent is placed over the rocks. Pairs of bathers go into the tent with bathing brooms. The brooms are immersed in water then shaken on the hot stones forming steam. The pairs of bathers then brush each other down with the wet broom. When the tent becomes to hot everyone rushes outside and jumps in the cold snowmelt white river.

Adygea has more than 130 karstic caves and here is where Speleotourism or touring and camping in caves began. In the surrounding countryside there the falls of Ryfabgo, big Aszishskaya cave, Fisht-oshtenovskiy hills, and big Thach national park.

Maikop is located on a large inflow of the Kuban river. Maikop means valley of wild apple trees. The cool snow melt waters of the White River revive the apple orchards during the long hot summers.

There are over 70 archeological sites around Maikop that show what life was like in previous centuries.

About 76 km southeast of Maikop is the town of Guzeripl. It is here that international rafting competitions take place.

Traveling to the coast we come to the resort town of Sochi. This town is the Russian Riviera. It has sandy beaches and mountain skiing in the winter. My mother and I rented a room in a big house 100 meters from the sea.

In June there are few people on the beach so my mother and I enjoyed the almost deserted beaches. I tried parasailing. I enjoyed it very much. I could see the Black Sea on my right and the city of Sochi on my left.

The next day we had a storm. The storm stirred up the waves so when the storm stopped I went for a swim to feel the power of the waves. The swim was super. Mother sat on the beach under an umbrella sipping the house wine.

Next we went south to the town of Adler and visited one of Stalin’s old summer residences. The huge house sat on a hill and was of Sovietsky design. After Adler we went to the town of Pitcunda. It was a really hot day and everyone went to the beach to go swimming.

dolphin was swimming nearby and came over to greet everyone. The dolphin was very friendly and someone even tried to feed him a banana. Everyone took pictures. Too soon we had to leave.

Our next stop was Lake Ritsa. Here we took a catamaran to New Athos. Here we went to the famous underground caves. A narrow gauge railroad and a three car train took us through the rooms. Next we went to the top of a mountain to visit Iversk’s chapel and the remain of the fortress that surrounded it. This was the last stop on the tour. Everyone on the bus was singing on the way back.

Next we rented a room at Aqualoo. Aqualoo was a big waterpark and we had fun riding the waterslides, tanning in the sun, and getting a massage.

In the evening we returned to our cozy room and drank a bottle of champagne. Too soon our summer vacation ended and I gave mother a hug as I boarded my plane to return home.

Pine Mountain Evening

Well another day is over. I have the old John Deere tractor almost torn down. I will order parts next week. The tractor has been needing an overhaul for a while now. I am relaxing by the fire in my gas fireplace. Squeekers my African grey parrot is munching his favorite snack peanuts sitting on his perch by the fire. He is talking to himself and anyone that will listen. I am enjoying another coffee drink from http://www.coffeefool.com/. Tonight I am having Irish Cream. This coffee is just right for relaxing by the fire. It makes me think of my ancestors and their journey from Ireland.

Well I am tired and it is time to call it a day. I put Squeekers in his cage, turn off the fireplace, and head off to bed. See you all next week. Goodnight.

Puerto Vallarta

Pine Mountain

Hello again from Pine Mountain. It has been a nice week. The sun has been out every day and the days are getting longer once again. I have been busy making more bookshelves and tables for the furniture store. It is nice to have free power. Our 2 wind turbines and our water turbine produce electricity around the clock. Most of the time they produce more than we need and we watch our electric meter sell the excess power back to the grid. Our first turbine from http://www.bergey.com/ is mounted on an 80 foot tower. It is a horizontal one and looks like a small airplane without the wings. Our second turbine from http://www.pacwind.net/ sits on a 30 foot tower and is a vertical model. Our water turbine is in the dam of our pond. It is from http://www.absak.com/.
This week we have a story about a trip to Puerto Vallarta.

Renewable Energy


The cost of everything especially energy is going up. Learn simple easy ways to produce your own power so that you can supplement or replace power from the grid. An easy to read book has been written. It is known as the alternative energy bible. Go to http://deserthab.offgrid07.hop.clickbank.net/ to get your copy.

The cost of gasoline is going up and up. How would you like to increase your car’s miles per gallon increase your car’s horsepower and have cleaner emissions all at the same time? A couple of easy to read books have been written that show you step by step how to use simple items from the local hardware store to accomplish this task. Go to http://deserthab.water4gas.hop.clickbank.net/

Health and Wellness


Modern life takes its toll on all of us. Our food has been processed and refined so much that it is just hollow calories. Our food looks good but there is very little nutritional value. These days to stay healthy you have to add supplements and vitamins. Do you need more energy just to make it through the day? How would you like to improve your short and long term memory? How would you like to have energy that stays with you for hours? Go to http://www.acaiplus.com/desertstarproducts and try Acaiplus, White Lightning, and Feed My Brain.


Travel for Less

Have you ever wanted to travel the world but the high cost of travel has made you stay home? Learn how to travel for less. Go to http://deserthab.airtravel.hop.clickbank.net/ Learn how to save enough money on airfare so you can take that once in a lifetime vacation.

How would you like to travel for free? Learn the ins and outs of the air travel industry and you will learn ways to travel for free. Go to http://deserthab.fly4free.hop.clickbank.net/ You will be glad you did.

Have you ever traveled and wished you could travel more. Do you write letters to relatives and friends telling them about places that you have been and things that you have seen? You have what it takes to become a travel writer and get paid to travel. Go to http://deserthab.wp3033773.hop.clickbank.net/ and learn how to become a travel writer.

and now our feature story

Puerto Vallarta

Once in a while we take a vacation. Our trip to Puerto Vallarta was one of those vacations. There were four of us. My friend, his girlfriend, his girlfriend’s mother, and myself. We flew from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta. When we arrived we rented a small car then headed to the nearest store for supplies. We loaded up on canned food and fresh produce, as well as beer, wine and hard liquor.
We drove north from Puerto Vallarta about 20 kilometers to a nice 3 bedroom house on a golf course. The road was not well marked so we drove down this narrow paved road that we thought was the entrance to the house. It turned out we were on one of the paved paths for the golf carts. We saw the house but could not get to it. We finally asked directions from one of the workers. He told us that we had to turn around and follow the path back to the main road. We then had to take the dirt road for about 2 kilometers to get to the house. We finally arrived at the house and unpacked our things. There was a nice swimming pool out back so we all went for a swim.
It was getting dark but my friends wanted to go into town to check out the nightlife. We changed clothes and headed for town. We drove to the outskirts of town and parked the car. There were people everywhere. There were musicians playing every half block and the clubs had there own bands. My companions were all good dancers. I was not much of a dancer so I just took pictures instead. We partied until 2 AM then took a taxi back to our car. We drove to the house and finally went to sleep about 3 AM.
The next morning we had rolls, fruit, juice and coffee for breakfast and met our neighbors out by the pool. We went for a swim then went back to town to see some friends from Los Angeles that we had been surprised to see the night before. They were staying at a big new hotel on the beach that had just opened. The hotel was having a big barbecue out by the pool that night so we were invited to stay. We had a big steak dinner then all the contests started. They had a big pole sticking out into the pool with a bucket and a tequila bottle in it. If you could walk out to the end of the pole pick up the bottle and walk back without falling in you got to keep the bottle. After that everyone formed a train and danced all the way around the pool and then back to their seat. Some Indians did some fire dances then we had a fireworks show. By that time most people had plenty to drink and they were falling or being pushed into the pool. We finally made it home about 5 AM.
The next day we rented a boat and went snorkeling out by some islands and saw lots of colorful tropical fish. We came back and went shopping in all the little shops in town. That evening we went on a pirate cruise. As we were boarding the pirate ship several locals were holding this big python. They were scaring the women as they boarded. My friends girlfriend was not scared . She let them drape the snake around her shoulders. She only weighed about a hundred pounds and I think the snake weighed more.
The pirate ship went out in the harbor and then we had firewalkers again and then we had dinner then everyone danced on deck while fireworks went off overhead. We went back to the house and packed up so we could leave in the morning.






The next morning we drove back to town did some last minute souvenir shopping and then turned in the rental car and flew home to Los Angeles. That was our Puerto Vallarta vacation.



Adventure and Treasure Hunting

Do you enjoy a good mystery? Are you an armchair Indiana Jones? How would you like to enjoy the real thing either part time or full time? How would you like to use modern methods to find treasure and solve ancient mysteries?
All these things are possible if you learn from the best. Renown world adventurer Stan Grist has put together an informative and easy to learn system called “Creating Wealth Through Adventure”. The course is packed with tricks of the trade and shortcuts that Stan has learned over the years. Maybe you can be the next person to find a lost gold mine. The course is an adventure in itself. To check out Stan Grist and his adventures and incredible course go to http://deserthab.infoshare2.hop.clickbank.net/

Pine Mountain Evening

Well it is another evening here on Pine Mountain. I am sitting in my easy chair by the fireplace. Squeekers my African grey parrot is sitting on his perch munching peanuts. I am trying another coffee from http://www.coffeefool.com/ Tonight I am trying Highlander Grog. This hearty blend of coffee, butterscotch, and hazelnut is a treat all in itself. It makes you think you were in Scotland waiting for the bagpipes to start singing.
I have finished my coffee and finished reading my magazine. I am tired so I put Squeekers in his cage, shut off the fireplace, and head off to bed. Goodnight all see you next week.