I have lived so much of my life in small cabins or homes, some of them smaller than apartments. It is a good life if you don't mind a few hardships, winter being one of them. But winter is everywhere. My road is cleared and my neighbour clears my driveway. I have a tractor to do it if he is too busy but haven't had to use it.
I love the life so I don't complain when I run the well dry. Or my power bill is up because of heaters in the green house or the pump from the pond to the sprinklers. These are just part of the life. Everyone here lives with this. They do or they leave. Six days a week people live in work cloths for part of the day but those that go to church dress up on the seventh.
I'm a bush bunny, closest thing to it in the states would be a mountain man and that still wrong. We have internet, we have hospitals and stores But we also have Quiet. Too quiet for some. More people are retiring here for the quiet. I met a new lady who sold a thriving business in the park to move here. Often you see a windy road headed through the trees And a power line going through also. You know someone lives there, you just can't see their buildings. My only neighbour has a three hundred thousand dollar house overlooking the river. A friend of mine has a house so small you have to go outside to change your mind. He has green houses and gardens. It can be done but sometimes the best you can afford is a tailer with a porch on the side for a wood stove. Still, a garden is a garden, no matter what you live in.
My sister in law drives 45 miles to get to work and she is still in the city. Here I drive 15 miles on the highway to the store, post office and gas pump. All one building, and I lack for nothing. But there can be hardships. We just take them in stride and not only do we know our neighbours but we like them and help each other. Sounds nice, well I still recommend a person rent for a year before investing their savings. Living out here is a lot like CBT, if you can't do CBT you will never have the mind set to live in the woods.
Davit
