If you’ve been reading the blog, or following along on other social media, you know our property can only be accessed by beach in the summer. What you may not know is that, just like the road, the beach has a set of rules for driving. I like to call this beach etiquette. Because the beach is such an interesting “driveway” I thought I’d explain its rules a little. Now some of these rules are unspoken things that we’ve just picked up as a courtesy, and some were explicitly explained to us. Although I’ve geared this specifically towards driving our beach, many of these rules apply to any off-road travel. I hope you enjoy this list! Continue reading “Beach Etiquette:
7 Rules For Safely Driving On The Beach”
Category: Off Grid And Off Road
Beach Etiquette:
Living Off Grid During A Global Pandemic
I really tried to avoid writing this post. I feel a little annoyed at jumping on the ‘pandemic wagon, ” as it seems everyone is trying to cash in on our crazy new reality. But I have been asked so many times lately about how this has affected our lives. I thought I’d lay out all the changes here: Continue reading “Living Off Grid During A Global Pandemic”
Where The Wild Things Grow
I know I’ve been slacking on the blog lately, but there have been some wild things going on around here. Firstly…
Kyle and I are in The New Pioneer Magazine talking about our tiny house!
Look at that handsome guy with a chick on his shoulder! If you want to read the whole article or pick yourself up a print copy (I know I will!) you can order it online here.
And… I’ve also been writing, illustrating, and self-publishing my first print book!
I’m really excited to put this book out into the world. Writing a book is something I’ve been pondering doing for quite a while and Where The Wild Things Grow is the perfect way to dip my toe into the water of self-publishing. I wrote this book with real experiences I’ve had with my girls off grid and off-road, right down to Bellamy’s friend “Sluggy”.
I hope this tale encourages growth in all the other wild things out there.
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There are a few other books I’m working on as well. Several still in the editing phase, and a few have moved on to illustrations even. Keep an eye on our Books page for more of my work!
Order your copy of Where The Wild Things Grow here, and thanks for all your support!
Winter Traveling:
What We Do Before We Leave
I’ve got a lot of requests for blog posts about our day to day lives out here. I’d love to do these, but right now things are pretty boring. Because we spent 2018 in the lower 48 we don’t have animals, or a green house going like we’d hoped to this year. And since we returned home in winter, we have to wait until things thaw out to start any big projects.
What we’ve been doing with ourselves while we wait for spring has mostly been a lot of little projects, and a bunch of planning.
We’ve been discussing green houses, high tunnels, the new cabin, animals, and expanding our income streams. The direction we want to take the blog in has been a big topic as well. We’ve also been spending time visiting with friends we missed last year, and taking our daughter on play dates and to the community center. Throw in a bunch of doctor appointments for me, and maybe we’ve been busier than I thought! Most of it just hasn’t been specifically homestead/off grid related. That doesn’t leave much to write about, and I don’t want to clog up things with little anecdotes and snippets of our lives that aren’t relevant to the blog. After all, that’s what Facebook is for 😉
One thing I realized I had to blog about is winter traveling for our trips to town.
Continue reading “Winter Traveling:
What We Do Before We Leave”
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