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Why Central????
I think it all started a couple of years ago. After being married for only a short time I found out that Lorie has always wanted to live an off-grid more self reliant lifestyle... ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!
That has always been a part of my life as well. Patsy and I was going to get the bus done and hit the road off-grid I had already studied a bit about solar and battery for the bus and we were getting ready when she left this world.
I think moving to Alaska was a start to living that way but we still weren't able to at this place. So we started looking. Central Alaska came into play.
We wanted a place where we could really ;live off grid and in the event that something were to happen that we would have a place of refuge for ourselves and our family or friends.
A place that has trees but a building site that is open to allow plenty of sun for solar. An area that has wind to power a wind generator. A place that has available water source. A spot that we would be able to put up a dish and get tv and internet to be able to communicate with the out side world.
We got really lucky
In the picture you can see that we have about an acre of the property that has no growth except for yarrow plant which we are so excited about. The locals call this site a layer of schist. we are so lucky because most of Alaska is known more for the tundra and the rest of the property is like that.
This pic shows the rest of the property with the tundra and the moss.
So a great site to build on but we will have to do grow boxes for the gardening which we planned on doing anyway. we will haul some soil and compost. The next thing we were very happy about is that power was on the property and ran to the box in the house. Also, a phone line to the house. Every call out of central is long distance but at least we can call the locals.
Enough from me for a bit, here comes Lorie!!!!!!
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