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Originally Posted by JamesKB2
Gus, that's one great site and project.
I'm too old now, but as a younger man, that was EXACTLY my dream. A far away cabin style in a stand of pines on the mountain.
So glad to see somebody lived it for a time  .
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I do feel fortunate that I was able to live that life. It was great in many ways.
But there is a flip side to every coin and this was no different. Life is hard on a mountain top. Don't kid yourself into thinking it is a simple way of life.
The money you send off to the power company every month is a bargain. Tending to and paying for a solar array, generator and battery bank is complicated and expensive. When your power goes out, you are the power company so figure it out and get to work.
I had the privilege of digging the worlds deepest post hole in search of water. 320' we hit a "damp spot". 1 gallon an HOUR. I had to haul water from town 300 gallons at a time and dump it in an underground cistern. Needed a minimum of 600 gals a week for 5 of us including laundry. That is water conservation gentlemen.
And god bless my wife for all the effort into making this work. She literally went from shopping at Macys and Nordstrom to K-Mart as that was the only dept store in Durango at the time and that was a solid 45 min drive from the hill. There is something to be said for living in an abundant area where there is everything you may want or need within a short drive.
She missed the diversity that the SF bay area has to offer. Not to mention a life long list of friends and family. The lack of variety in people and culture was one of many things we didn't realize we value until it was gone.
And in my case it really went south when the ex wife moved in down the hill and was hell bent on making my life a living hell. The perverbial straw.
I just felt I should come clean with the a little piece of the big picture.
But I would still be there if I was willing too be single.
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