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Been looking at their site the last few hours, interesting story

PRACTICAL IDEAS AND APPLICATIONS FOR WILDERNESS LIVING

(C)92 R. SHANNON;

If you have 50 grand and 20 acres, you can clear cut the tamarac,

gravel your drive, buy 8 panels with passive tracker and have

professionals set it all up including your satellite TV dish...

....On the other hand....living in the true wilderness and using

creative and intuitive resources can be very enlightening.

Our family moved onto 20 acres in Washington State in 1988.

We have survived 4 harsh winters and many other glorious, colorful

seasons. Quaking Aspen are bare in the deepest of winter, yet are the

barometer of spring and the color of fall. They also point clearly

to where underground water reaches near the surface. A grove of

aspen with serviceberry bushes and moss is a sure place to dig 20

feet and find potable water.

When we first came to this mountain retreat, we lit with

kerosene and 12 volt car lights hooked to old car batteries. Our

initial cabin was 300 square feet for 2 adults and 5 kids. Now that

may sound like a small place but when you consider the thousands of

acres of living room and den, you start following the kids down

those long trails into who knows where. The results are more of a

trip inside your own spirit. You can lay aside your Castenada book

for a piece of personal reality.

Where places like Albion Ridge, Wheeler Ranch, Hog Farm, Arroyo

Hondo and the like have metamorphosed and disappeared with the 60's

back to landers, their northern counterparts continued on....

although dwindling in numbers over the 2 decades, a few dozen

survivors have made the turn and are now ready to show the

alternatives to industrial America for the next millennium.

There are still quite a number of folks, perhaps yourselves, who

have never given in and tried their dream ideas. And yet still others

who gave up and want to try again now that the technology is a wee

bit cheaper... a wee bit only.

Continue reading here

they have a ton of videos as well

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