How are you training for your off grid move?  Something that can be too easy to overlook in the busyness of doing your research and purchasing the ‘stuff’ needed for the move is exercise and physical conditioning.  In our case this year, there has been no shortage of opportunities and situations that demand some level of good physical conditioning.  I must confess that It would have been nice to be in better shape when these situations showed up.

Many folks use a recreational vehicle or camper trailer to facilitate their initial off grid move.  Usually this is a temporary move while better living arrangements are constructed.  This is the situation where a genverter can provide full time power without full time  noise or gas requirements.  In our case the property came with a small 12×16 foot cabin that we could “camp in” while I worked on the bigger house plans.

We had major erosion on our dirt road driveway this summer.  A very slow moving thunderstorm came through and

Sept and driveway stuck!

dropped 5 or 6 inches of rain in 30 minutes!  This left the road in terrible shape, and a long time neighbor said the road looked like it aged about 8 years with the ruts and rocks exposed.

Why concerned?

A few weeks ago we purchased a couple cords of wood from a friend who has delivered it in past years.  He dropped on one cord, and called the next day.  He won’t deliver any more because the road is too rough