Make an adventure living.

It has been a dream in the making.

At the end of December 2017, R and I (together since 2004, married in 2007) purchased 22.5 acres of raw land in Piscataquis County, Maine. It's about 300 miles from our current home; the total trip length usually amounts to about 6 hours. R and I had talked and dreamed for years about buying some land somewhere relatively remote to build an off-grid cabin, with the purpose of eventually moving there in a few years after my stepdaughter, N, graduates college. We binged watched wilderness shows and kept the dream alive with a small garden and a couple of chickens in our back yard until all the right pieces to the puzzle fell into place. Now, the adventure begins!

Our trusty sidekicks, Tyson the rottweiler and Willow the Grey Ninja *ahem* #adventurecat, are right by our side the whole way having adventures of their own. Our two other cats, Zoey and Sonny, are more homebodies but are nonetheless vital parts of our family in their own ways, and will let Willow take the lead in securing the new land until it is finally The Time for us all go start anew.

The First Official Visit

Saturday, January 13, 2018

It's been a couple of weeks since purchase, and this is the first time we've access the land in the snow.  We rented the same motel as we did the time before because we weren't sure what we were walking in to.  The camper is a Sunline Satellite.  It's in acceptable condition.  We found a few rodent nests, but the inside of the camper did not smell offensive.  


We did some cleaning and disinfecting (as much as we could do with frozen cleaning products because it was so cold) and took stock of what we needed to do to prepare for our next stay when we plan on Winter Camping instead of renting the motel room again.

The camper has hook-ups for a generator and propane, a small fridge that can be hooked up to electricity or propane, a kitchen sink, a small stove and oven, a bathroom with a toilet, sink, and shower.  Once the snow thaws, we'll figure out how to utilize all of these options.

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