One Week in the Woods, Off-Grid Living

What I have learned about wilderness living in a week.

Donald J Claxton living off-grid on Day Seven!

1. There’s always something BIG to do when camping or living off-grid
2. There is a smart way and an exhausting way to accomplish your tasks in the wilderness
3. Start up costs for needed tools can get expensive, fast
4. The audience for going off-grid is significant — many people are at least curious when considering their daya-to-day lives
5. My 8-yo Great Pyrenees was unsure about this until Day 7; now she feels like she owns the land and what is welcome and what is not
6. A small Iglo cooler is not enough to handle cold water and perishables using bags of ice to keep things cool.
7. With lots of bug spray, a bug suit, and tent netting, you sort of get used to the mosquitos, flies, and ticks.
8. Did I mention ticks? Yeah, bring tweezers.
9. Dry firewood is easy and not to find in the woods.
10. The sounds of nature at night are amazing

There’s always something BIG to do when camping/living off-grid

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