Capt Quirk
Senior Member
It is hard to just jump right in and thrive. We went from a nice big house to living in the woods in tents almost overnight. There was a lot that we read and researched over a year in advance though, and I'm no stranger to roughing it. I will tell you, when you live in tents during the rainy season, the last roll of toilet paper getting soaked is a comical disaster. I wish I still had the pic of that roll, on a stick over the fire, like a giant marshmallow
After the first year, we had a small log cabin built, and the start of a garden. We were still filling water jugs, and living off those.
Second year, we were on generator, had a small solar set up, and I think that is when we had the well put in too. We also had chickens. We also found there was something out in the woods that liked chicken more than us. I ended up being the butcher, cleaning and skinning critters, packaging it for dinner.
I remember cleaning one Rooster. Head was off, and I would reach in the back to scoop out the internals... and the thing would go *squaaaaaaawk*. Startled me the first time, had all of us rolling after that!
It goes in cycles though. Generators die, and we go short stretches with no power. Nothing new to us anymore. The well got struck by lightning during a freak storm, and it died. Nobody will even look at it, but will gladly drill a new one for $6k. So, we are back to filling jugs.
But our toilet paper is safe and dry
After the first year, we had a small log cabin built, and the start of a garden. We were still filling water jugs, and living off those.
Second year, we were on generator, had a small solar set up, and I think that is when we had the well put in too. We also had chickens. We also found there was something out in the woods that liked chicken more than us. I ended up being the butcher, cleaning and skinning critters, packaging it for dinner.
I remember cleaning one Rooster. Head was off, and I would reach in the back to scoop out the internals... and the thing would go *squaaaaaaawk*. Startled me the first time, had all of us rolling after that!
It goes in cycles though. Generators die, and we go short stretches with no power. Nothing new to us anymore. The well got struck by lightning during a freak storm, and it died. Nobody will even look at it, but will gladly drill a new one for $6k. So, we are back to filling jugs.
But our toilet paper is safe and dry