After walking the neighborhood and speaking with neighbors I returned to our townhouse and told my wife about the tree’s that are blocking the roads. She asked me, “will we be OK”? “Of course we will”.
Although I have pretty much always lived in an urban type of world I always pictured myself homesteading in a small cabin up in the mountains. This has been a dream of mine for a long time but the reality is that I am still chained to the system. And I enjoy the fact that I have neighbors and friends to talk to and share lives with. But I do have a garage and for the last several years I have been preparing just incase something did happen. As I opened the inside door to the garage and looked at all of the shelves filled with supplies I turned to my wife and said, “Yes honey, we are going to be OK”.
I started putting this plan into place based on just a few topics of basic survival.
-Water
-Food
-Energy
-Medical
-Security
-Communications
All of these things I have been building upon in my garage which will soon become our survival cabin.
I’ve always wanted to live this way as well. So cool! Good luck on the transition 🙂
The transition will only be for a 30 day survival period and will take place in my own garage. But someday I would love to have that small cottage in the mountains. 🙂
Well you gotta dip your toes before you take the plunge my friend 😉
LOL. I suppose you are right.
Gotta make do with whatcha got right?!
Yes, I have thought long and hard about this and have drawn the conclusion that there is no place like home. 🙂
This is true, and since we just moved into our new home, this will be my focus for the next few months, helping my husband plan and remodel, get it feeling like home and setting it up to be organized and efficient. Somehow, I have to fit writing and daily life in as well, lol. Maybe when it’s organized, we can start stockpiling for survival as well!
Your husband would love that. LOL. I too have a difficult time finding all of the time I would like to have to write.
This is a really great idea. We are supposed to do this every summer because of hurricanes, and the possibility of going without water and electricity for days or weeks even are definitely a reality.
I truly believe that it is one of our responsibilities to our families. When we are not prepared it could turn into a nightmare. Of course owning a camper certainly helps.
Don’t start felling the trees, my friend! Many of the lime (tilia) trees in our street were blown down in the hurricane that hit us 25 years ago, but neighbours collected to replace them. If you have a disaster those that fall will provide fuel, those that remain will continue their daily task of clearing carbon dioxide and supplying us with oxygen!
Your garage looks like the perfect simplicity life, many people are telling me that they wish they lived in a small cabin, seems to be the mood of these overly industrialized days.
Smaller is definitely better. Just the basics and find joy in life in family, friends and nature rather than a bunch of stuff.
Really great idea! Like it has been said before, you have to start some where, and it sounds like you are already more prepared than most. Great job.