Welcome to KI7XH.com!
(Updated Sunday, April 29, 2007 )
Click to see WHAT'S NEW since the last update...
(click the picture above for a larger close-up of the house and shop)
Welcome to our Website! The view above is from the 6,300' (~1920m) Sheep Mountain behind our house in eastern Wyoming. If you look between the rocks in the center, you can see the alternative energy house on the right and the workshop on the left. You can't see any other houses out there because there aren't any! We built these structures over the course of about five years. Lotsa blood, sweat, and tears during that time! The buildings are located at about 5500' above sea level. The mountain range on the horizon is the Laramie Range, with peaks above 8,500'.
About Us - A few photos, and a little bit of info on the folks behind the website.
Alternative Energy House - I'm very proud of my home. I designed it myself and with my ex-wife built 95% of it too. It's earth-bermed and both passive and active solar. It's built with many local materials, makes a low impact on the breathtaking scenery, and is ultra-efficient.
Amateur Radio - I'm way too busy to be very active any more. My callsign is KI7XH (just like the website...) You can see and read about my station on this page.
Charlis' Page - Yes, the dog has his own web page. Many dogs do, so there. He really works on it himself! Really. Well, maybe not, but he CAN dry his own feet and you see a movie of it there.
Darrin's Misc. Stuff - Darrin likes all things mechanical. Cars, bikes, Unimogs and trucks, tractors, etc... He's not happy unless he's creating something. On Darrin's pages, you can learn about some of the things he's built or building.
Hydroponic Greenhouse - An earth-bermed attached (via tunnel) greenhouse. See the construction of the "pit" greenhouse here. You can also follow the progress of different home-brewed hydroponic systems.
Motorcycle Trips - I really enjoy motorcycling in Wyoming. I'm not a cruiser or street bike guy. I love wide-open dirt and gravel road touring on dual-sport bikes. Here you'll find a few images and a WMV-format movie of biking Wyoming's back roads with my good friend Roger from Germany.
Travel Pages - There's only so much time to see the this astronomical speck of dust we call Planet Earth. I don't get to travel as much as I'd like to, but I'm working on that! When I can get away and get some good photos and stories, I post them here...
Wyoming Scenery, Weather, Ranching, Family, Friends, & Misc. Photos - Here you'll find photographs of local scenery, the ranch, weather, the Northern Lights, and miscellaneous stuff...
Thanks for visiting my spot on the Internet. I hope you find some stuff of use, or at least enjoyable to browse. Take Care!
Contact Info...
To reduce SPAM, my email address does not appear in its correct form on this website. When emailing, you must manually remove the "REMOVETHIS." from my email addresses in the "To:" line from your email. If you don't, it will bounce. Trust me.
Email Darrin - darrin@REMOVETHIS.ki7xh.com