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Day Five of Life Off-Grid
Setting up a place to live in the woods of Upper Michigan
Dear City Dwellers, friends, family, loved ones:
I am now on Day Five of living off the grid in the wildness of the woods of Upper Michigan, USA. Out here, I have one bar via AT&T. There is no elecrity. No running water that I’ve gone to yet. My eight-year-old Great Pyrenees and I slept the first four nights in a pup tent. We’ve cooked two meals in the campfire.
And despite inquiries about “shouldn’t we give this up,” I have no intention of doing so any time soon. There is tons I’m learning about life and what it takes to get self sufficient. Things you might want to explore a little yourself given what’s going on in the world.
So what have I learned?
- Food
- Water
- Shelter
- Air
- Expenses
- How much we rely on plastic
Food in the woods — dangerous to keep considering Yogi is around
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says there likely are bears in the area around my sylvan hideaway. Maybe coyotes, foxes, and wolves, too.
