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New Member Introduction
Hello everyone,
I just found this site recently and enjoyed the variety of threads and decided to sign up and participate.
A little background info on me:
I grew up in north Georgia with 2 working farms in the family. We basically provided everything for ourselves. For us, meat came from the cow (or whatever) not the grocery store. Needless to say, I grew up hunting, fishing, foraging, butchering, canning, roaming the woods and doing what was necessary to provide for ourselves. All the while, with my grandfather teaching me about basic survival.
To this day, I still do all of these things. But, I took it one step further. I now reside in Colorado, bought some acreage 20 years ago and have mostly lived off the grid since that time. My first cabin I built the old fashioned way: harvested the timber from the land, hand peeled the logs, etc. A true log cabin.
I am an avid DIY'er and strive to be as self sufficient as possible all while living off the grid. I have had grand successes and miserable failures. But, I often wonder what other people are up to. Thus, the reason for joining this site.
With 20 years experience at living off the grid, I have learned a few things that I think I can share. However, I realize I will never know it all and there are 10 different ways to accomplish the same thing correctly. I hope to not only share my experiences and knowledge but also learn from the experiences of other members.
I look forward to some good discussions.
Cheers,
Offgridliving
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Colorado? Where are you now?
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Welcome home. I'll bet filling those air tanks off grid is a chore. A fellah would need a powerful set of lungs for that. :blink:
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Welcome to the forum . Sounds like we went off grid about the same time . 1995 here.
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Hello and welcome from Virginia.
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Thank you for your replies and questions.
Where am I now? Saint Kitts, working for a university.
My back ground education is in veterinary medicine. I am at the point in my career where I can work part-time and travel a kit. Consequently, I occasionally come across some interesting job assignments, albeit temporary.
I bought my place in Colorado in 1996. It was raw land with NO access to utilities. Everything has been built by hand and sometimes it feels as it the work will never end. The homestead is also at 10,000 feet elevation and winters can be long and hard. I have found that leaving for periods of time to do completely unrelated things helps me to avoid burnout. I then return with a fresh mind and willingness to work hard.
My temporary contact is up in 3 weeks and I return home. YES!!!! First summer project is to completely rebuild my solar electric system.
Cheers,
Offgridliving
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Hunter63 saying Hey and Welcome.
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Welcome from Alaska. I spent 6 years in Colorado.
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