Upgrade to the ol' homestead

[AJBert]

Went out to Missouri to help my son move out in our area and I'm very glad I did. I made this sign to hang over the gate coming in to the house last fall. Had to wait until June for the weather to warm up enough to paint it as the wife wouldn't let me paint in the house. I already had the stars and stripes flying where the Navy flag now is, which was a present from the wife. So I finally had someone to help me get the sign up plus the two flags. The height of the gate crossbar is around 18 feet-ish and my 16 foot ladder wasn't tall enough. Backed the truck up to the gate, put the ladder in and strapped the ladder to the crossbar. Took a while to figure out how to get the sign up in a way in order to attach it to the crossbar. I think the fourth attempt was successful. I'm just glad it is finally up there. The odd thing is very few people will ever see it. The road we live on dead ends about a 1/2 mile past the house with only 5-6 other houses above us, and only 3 of them with folks that live up here fulltime. The wife loves it and that is all that really matters.

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[Bawanna]

Extremely well done buddy. It looks great. I been pondering a flag pole with a nice concrete pad around it. Not sure I'll get it done but sure would like to. Figured I'd get a Mississippi state flag and fly below old glory. Not from Mississippi but nobody knows that. And of course my Texas come and take it flag will hang there as well.

[getsome]

Looks real nice AJ, great job!....My neighbor across the street put up a 40 foot flag pole with lights to honor a son he lost in Afghanistan and he flys Old Glory 24x7 and sometimes at night when it's windy I can hear it flapping and it makes me feel good and sleep better.....

[dao]

That does look good. Thinking at all about a third flag on the other side to balance things out? I know, it's the OCD in me. But there are so many possibilities that would work perfectly, and look great.

[AJBert]

That does look good. Thinking at all about a third flag on the other side to balance things out? I know, it's the OCD in me. But there are so many possibilities that would work perfectly, and look great.

My wife is English and has said she would like to have the English flag on the left side. I'm thinking more of putting the Gadsden flag up. Discussion is still ongoing. Now I need to find some led solar lights so I can keep the US flag lit up at night. Long way from the nearest outlet to the gate.

[68Firebird]

Now I need to find some led solar lights so I can keep the US flag lit up at night. Long way from the nearest outlet to the gate.

Finding proper LED lights to light your flag may be harder than you think. I recently put together a setup that works very well although my flag isn't as high as yours (no pot reference intended! ) You'll want a 15 degree angle spot. I found a solar panel with a battery manager online and a good 12v battery at Batteries Plus. I put the battery in a plastic ammo box I found at Harbor Freight. If you're interested I'll PM the details to you.

[AJBert]

I was thinking Confederate flag but you can't even get one now days. Ok, Ok, I'm a pot stirrer..............

I told my wife that if we put up an English flag the folks around here would probably think it is a Confederate flag.

I’d like to live in a place like that. Guess I need to buy a lottery ticket or three.

You'd be surprised how not so expensive it is to buy up here. The problem most people have is living up here year round due to the long winter and the fact that the snow that falls in Nov. doesn't melt until May. It is expensive to live up here through the winter if your only heat source is the house furnace. First thing I did when we moved in was to put a wood stove in the living room. I have been cutting down dead trees for our firewood but I'm about out of them. Time to cut a few live ones in the name of fire mitigation and firewood for next year.

As far as solar lights, I haven't even started looking. I will need the solar panel connected to the battery/light by 10-20 feet of wire as the entrance faces to the north. Every thing will have to be on the frames somehow, probably on the backside of the cross beam to keep things hidden, except the two lights.

And thanks all for the compliments!

[yqtszhj]

You'd be surprised how not so expensive it is to buy up here. The problem most people have is living up here year round due to the long winter and the fact that the snow that falls in Nov. doesn't melt until May. It is expensive to live up here through the winter if your only heat source is the house furnace. First thing I did when we moved in was to put a wood stove in the living room. I have been cutting down dead trees for our firewood but I'm about out of them. Time to cut a few live ones in the name of fire mitigation and firewood for next year.

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What general area of CO do you live in? Over 2 trips I’ve spent about a month all over southern Colorado west of I-25. I crossed the mountains on 160 going into Pagosa Springs on July 2 a few years ago through snow flurry’s.

[dao]

I was thinking Badsen too, but you know the saying, "happy wife, happy life"! Solars are a great idea

[Bawanna]

I was thinking Confederate flag but you can't even get one now days. Ok, Ok, I'm a pot stirrer..............