Come July of this year I will be living out of a tent until October. I've thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain to roughly the New Hampshire/Maine border plus numerous other backpacking trips so living out of a tent is nothing new to me but this time it is a little different.
The lease on my current apartment expires in July and I’m going to be getting married in October. Since it’s only roughly one hundred days between my lease expiring and my getting married I’ve decided it’s not worth it to sublet an apartment in town. My fiance is currently renting a house from her parents that we will both be living in together after we are married but because of our religious beliefs we will not be living together before we are married.
I’m going to be camping out on her parents’ property so I will have access to electricity and water plus shower and bathroom facilities during the day if I need. Essentially I am going to be using this as practice for an extended SHTF situation. When the weather starts to warm up there is a large unused garden plot on the property that I have permission to cultivate so I’ll be planting a garden there. I also have access from the property to Stephens Creek and from there I am able to paddle my kayak all the way down to Lake Monroe if I wanted to so I’ll have ample fishing opportunities.
My plan is to attempt to use the grid utilities as little as possible and see how self-sufficient I can be off of the property. I am pretty much looking for any suggestions, ideas, or thoughts people have. I also plan on documenting my experience as I go along. So what think you?
The lease on my current apartment expires in July and I’m going to be getting married in October. Since it’s only roughly one hundred days between my lease expiring and my getting married I’ve decided it’s not worth it to sublet an apartment in town. My fiance is currently renting a house from her parents that we will both be living in together after we are married but because of our religious beliefs we will not be living together before we are married.
I’m going to be camping out on her parents’ property so I will have access to electricity and water plus shower and bathroom facilities during the day if I need. Essentially I am going to be using this as practice for an extended SHTF situation. When the weather starts to warm up there is a large unused garden plot on the property that I have permission to cultivate so I’ll be planting a garden there. I also have access from the property to Stephens Creek and from there I am able to paddle my kayak all the way down to Lake Monroe if I wanted to so I’ll have ample fishing opportunities.
My plan is to attempt to use the grid utilities as little as possible and see how self-sufficient I can be off of the property. I am pretty much looking for any suggestions, ideas, or thoughts people have. I also plan on documenting my experience as I go along. So what think you?