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CabinFever · M
I built an off grid cabin in the mountains a few years ago. For the most part, its done, but I'm continuously working to make it better. I have it wired for 12 volt DC using 3 solar collectors, a wood stove, and I get my water (gravity fed down the mountain thru a pipe) from a spring. There are deer, turkey, bobcats and bears on the property. It about 2 miles from the nearest paved road. Sometimes I feel like I should've been born 100 years sooner than I was. Most of my free time is spent working there, unless I'm hunting or fishing. Its all very rewarding to me. I feel as if that is how people were intended to live...living, not just "existing" and working just to pay the bills. Feel free to picture yourself walking thru the forest, exploring like I do.. Oh, I found a fossilized scallop shell in a granite boulder not far from the cabin last weekend. It sits about 2,800 feet above sea level, so its been a while since the ocean was there. There is all kinds of cool stuff like that...Hope that helps?

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@CabinFever You've no idea how much it helps! Loved this.