On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 20:31:46 -0600 Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Craig wrote:
> > That reminds me of an episode that occurred when we were living
> > off-grid south of Calhan, Colorado.
> 
> We lived south of Ellicott, CO at Drennan 1985-1990.  When did you
> live south of Calhan? 

We lived there 1983-1990.


> Calhan had the fairgrounds.

Yup. Shirley won blue ribbons there for her homemade bread.


> We had the absolute best alluvial groundwater in the world - 100 feet
> to the Black Squirrel Basin which purportedly connected to the much
> deeper bedrock Laramie Fox Hills.  Schubert Sod Farm pumped the same
> water out there in the moose pasture east of Ellicott.

We were much higher up than you at just under 7000'. Our well was 523'
deep and put out 10 gallons/minute. I don't recall what acquifer we tapped
into.


Craig

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