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.

Trail Camera Highlights

“Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.” 

Zig Zigler


I hope the summer has treated everyone well so far, and that you've had lot of adventures yourselves.  *pause*  Come to think of it, it's not even officially summer yet.  The summer solstice is on Friday, June 21.  After that, the daylight hours will continuously get a little shorter, minute by minute, each day.  Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!  But lets remember, we'll still have plenty more beautiful days to come, well into the fall.  Fall is my favorite time of year.

This post includes below two videos I put together of highlights from our trail cameras on which we seem to have a decent amount of activity.  Well...at least one of the handful of cameras we have placed around camp.  The camera at the intersection of our driveway and the trail is the most active.  I sometimes wonder how long I should leave a trail camera in a location that doesn't provide me with any images over the course of two weeks.  Usually I'll set it in one spot for a month, and move it if it doesn't produce anything in that time.

I hope you are able to view these.  I've posted them from YouTube, so if you can't see them here, please visit my YouTube Channel.

This first video is of the trail camera highlights from 2018.  It's almost hard to believe we've already owned the land for over a year.



This video is the best of 2019 so far; as of June 2, 2019.


It's always exciting to arrive at camp and scoop up all the SIM cards from the trail cameras for viewing.  I'm excited to share them with you all, and I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!