Tag Archive: snowmobiles

Winter Time Warp and A Second Chance

Winter in the mountains can always throw surprises your way.  This last weekend we watched time and the season itself warp from winter to spring.  This created some good opportunities and some unpleasant reminders.  But first, what exactly happened? Nice normal winter Last ...

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Early winter lifting and beauty

Wow, its hard to believe how fast things happen once the first snows happen.  All those 'round tuits' get buried and the important projects happen out of necessity.  Fortunately the important items like firewood and fuel are taken care of. Snowmobiles On the snowmobile ...

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5 Tips Before You Buy Remote Property

Hindsight is always 20/20 vision.  When you're evaluating a property for your remote off grid home, foresight is the best. Don't make that big commitment by signing on the dotted line before you consider this short list.  Eyes wide open is the best way to ...

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Backup systems in real life

Being self sufficient in your lifestyle is very helpful  when you live off grid in a remote area,  When I speak of self sufficiency, I refer to physical needs and not emotional, since we all need to be part of a community of others (peers, family ...

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Pigs ears and the hobo Dogs [2]

In the second final part of the series, Jackie shares more about our relationship with our pet/working dogs.  They are invaluable for remote off the grid living when there’s livestock involved..   Also see Part 1 of Pigs ...

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a surefire way to create delays

Don't you just hate it when you loose something of value?  Especially when that loss means a lot more work and a greater delay getting home?  Last night we had one ...

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