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Hard Transitions
Well, we've decided to stay for a while. We've moved into an apartment provided for us by our local family at no cost. It feels weird... Everything in our super efficient apartment seems so damn wasteful coming from such a small and efficient space that ran mostly off of solar power. The panels will sit atop the trailer all winter long doing nothing but keeping the batteries at their absolute maximum capacity for power.
That being said, the girls all love the conveniences. We have a washer, drier, dishwasher, garbage disposal, air conditioning, dehumidifier/heat exchanger, ice maker, huge fridge, hot water at any moment, 1,500 Watt microwave, etc... I can't help but feel like a bit of a pig living like this. I have to remind myself that it's only through the winter and then we'll be back to being totally independent and living simply again.
That being said, the girls all love the conveniences. We have a washer, drier, dishwasher, garbage disposal, air conditioning, dehumidifier/heat exchanger, ice maker, huge fridge, hot water at any moment, 1,500 Watt microwave, etc... I can't help but feel like a bit of a pig living like this. I have to remind myself that it's only through the winter and then we'll be back to being totally independent and living simply again.
posted by VirP at
2:41 PM
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It doesn't really matter where we work through this transition. The important thing is to keep contact among all of us who are awake so that we can respond as a group to changes.
Still, I hate being cold after growing up with the New England winters.
You could always carve a bunch of animals, load them in the trailer and come down to Q to sell them during the January show. mcnalan
I wish it were that simple. Come winter moving the trailer will become a dangerous proposition with icy roads and winter storms. The other issue is that it costs us about $1,500 in travel expenses to get from here to Arizona and I'd have to haul quite a bit of weight in carvings to make up for the expense.
For the winter we're staying put and building up savings as best we can. My gut says that we have at least a few (maybe 3-5 more years) before it becomes cost prohibitive to have a gas powered truck and trailer setup anymore. Between now and then our goal is to build up real world assets so that we can weather whatever comes along. It looks like there's quite a stormy future in the long term...
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