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PRACTICAL IDEAS AND APPLICATIONS FOR WILDERNESS LIVING (C)92 R. SHANNON; Please click Here to see our small donate Ad! ...We are retired on a low fixed income and any help would be appreciated
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. Next Page |
ALL NEW Full Length from Vimeo Mountain Wind Family Analogue full Version 27:34 Winter 1988
Family
of 8, living in the wilderness. Cuts from original Movie "Joe Bob;
Mountain Wind Family" by Bob Shannon with analog gear using solar
power. This is a TEST! We are working on new uploads soon.
Bob Shannon
Mountain Wind Family Min/Sec
1:43
Mountain
Wind Family Chapter 1A
family of 9 living in the wilderness from 1988-1993. No power. No
running water. No TV or phone. Old camcorder analog gear running off
solar. A partial clip of one scene. 3500 feet in mountains of remote
Washington State. Min/Sec 6:47
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