Just another update...again for those interested.
It's been 7 months to the day since I set foot in the new home. Quite literally it feels like 7 days.
Still, 100000% no regrets. The more people we meet, the more we love it. We found a place that sells beef by % of cow, we picked up 1/4 cow for around $700. We spent almost that much on taking the family to a steak house back in London. We use the Traeger almost daily, makes meat taste SO good.
So winter was rough, but awesome. There's still snow on the mountains about 100 feet above us, on the leeward side of the peaks. The ski resort up the road still looks like mid winter. It's been a really late spring.
Bears have started popping up. A mama and her cubs ransacked our compost last night, so no more compost for us.
I am just getting delivered a house generator, the thought being that "just maybe" I could have a freezer and a salt tank, but the reality is the salt tank is a HUGE time sink. You all know what I mean, and free time simply isn't something I have any of. I'm still harvesting wood and running the outdoor boiler, as we get down to -1 some nights still. I had a guy cut about a mile of "road" into the mountain, after a couple of legitimately near misses in the kubota sidekick. This video may give a quick idea of where I'm currently working to clear trees that burned in the last fire that came up to the house (8 years ago).
(nothing really interesting there...again, just no time to make interesting content yet...working on it).
We had to turn in the wife's car because it simply can't make it up the driveway. You MUST have 4L or forget it, so her car sat under a pile of snow, and she drove my truck, which simply isn't acceptable (she's messy). So we're picking up a Bronco "sasquatch" truck for her. Should be able to make it up that silly ole driveway.
Added to the minions by picking up a new puppy... a shepherd husky rottweiler mix. I needed something with a bit more attitude than the 2 GSDs I have, since I trained them for city living. The new pup is a real handful. Too much husky in there. Very defiant, but smart as a whip. I think he'll work out perfectly. At the moment the big concern is eagles...they scoop up small goats and chickens from the neighbour, and the dog is smaller than his goats. We get some DAMN big eagles here. I wasn't even really aware of it until a grouse ran into the garage with me. Then I heard the eagle screech and swoop by the house. Holy hancock is that quite the sound to experience. Grouse hung out with me for the rest of the day. I tell you, it's just a whole different world out here.
Going to attach some pics. The buggy is wired for lights and sound, I run the perimeter at night to scare off bobcats and bears. Crazy whips light up the whole top of the mountain, probably seen from space on a dark night.
The funny thing about it has been the change in mentality. Things that seemed like life changing problems back home are just nonexistent. I know some of the people on the forum live in rural areas, so they know probably what I mean, but I NEVER should have lived in a city. I was miserable and had no idea. I fired off about 700 rounds of various ammo the other day, and the neighbour didn't even mention it when we chatted the day after. My wife's father is literally landing right now, he's leaving london and moving out here too, there's nobody left for him back home, and there's a town nearby that's a retirement/golf haven, perfect for him. Not TOO close, as he and I have very different political opinions, and he's one of those guys that likes to repeat whatever he heard on cnn last night...and I could care LESS what is happening in the johnny depp trial lol.
Oh, and EVERYONE here is high. I don't think it's even illegal here to puff and drive, they have advertisements where they strongly suggest that you don't do it, but nobody ever gets charged. They are hard on the drinking and driving, but weed.... Even the guys that come out here to train for iron man marathons are all at the 'smoke' shop for snacks and edibles. I asked some of them, and they said it makes 10 hour bike runs more enjoyable lolol. Again, just another world out here. I don't even recall the last time I saw a cop. They're here, but since I live on the far side of a big reservation, and the road to my place is private, they simply don't come out here.
That's about it. Unfortunately no pics of sweet sps. Just droning drivel from an ex irritable old fart
