How does one actually make the move to the wilderness?
I currently live in Colorado and love it here, but frankly I'm growing tired of living among my fellow humans, and I long for the peace and solitude that would come with living in the mountains. My wife is on-board but I have two teenagers who will be heading to college within the next three years so I can't make it permanent until then, but in the meantime I'm looking for advice on how to facilitate this transition.
My choices are either the Rockies here in Colorado or southwest Montana, but I really have no idea how it works with acquiring land in the mountains (I recognize that all land is owned by someone or some entity), the permissability of hunting, trapping and fishing for food year round if that's going to be your primary food source, etc.
My intention is not to live like the Una-Bomber, but to get a piece of land, build a good-sized cabin, sink a well, buy a couple of generators for electricity when we need it, bring in an outdoor wood-burning heater, and essentially have a pretty nice set-up to start off with that I will then maintain for years to come. We'll also plant a garden and do some canning so we have veggies year round.
I'm in my late forties, a former twelve year Marine and I hunt elk and whitetail alone every year, so I'm not a novice when it comes roughing it, but I certainly don't have the experience I'll need to essentially secede from society to some extent, so I'm soliciting any and all advice, book/web site recommendations, etc.
Thanks in advance...
