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Heart Rock at the TT Ranch

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Took this photo north of the 160 acres of Deeded land that the TT Ranch owns. That is Table Mesa or Table Mountain as some call it. I lived on the ranch for the most part of three years until 2016. I started collecting heart rocks after seeing that some of my friends had been doing it. I put my heart and soul into buying the TT Ranch from my father Bill Bonnstetter who bought it in 2007. The goal was to create an amazing educational showcase on how we can live more sustainably and grow great food. Have lots of amazing stories while living on the Ranch and spent a lot of time hiking, taking photos and videos and doing lots of 4 by 4 driving as well as quad driving. Did lots of cleanups around the ranch and the Interstate 17 off and on-ramps. Sadly my father allowed a communications tower to be installed which really ruined my goal of buying the ranch as I desired that people enjoy hiking up there without the tower being there. It is a very special property, surrounded by State Land trust. There are over 4 million people who live within an hour or so away and lots of Interstate traffic passes by daily which is why I loved the location so much. Still haven't given up on buying the ranch someday, yet would want to see if we could move the tower across the Interstate where there were already lots of towers. Lots of natives lived in the area and I have seen lots of proof they were there with some of them being rock art by the New River. I lived through a 1,000-year flood while living there and was trapped for 3 days due to the roads being washed out. One main goal was to help the New River run year-round again and regenerate the land as much as we could. The ranch had a 50,000 cattle lease from State and BLM land and everyone I told parts of the vision to loved what they heard.

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