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Tim
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# Posted: 17 Oct 2011 05:22am
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Quoting: groingo Lessons learned were to keep it simple and rather than try to work around obstacles....remove them by finding the balance of living comfortably and doing without and alway look outside the box and to history, that is where your answers will reside....if you have the courage.
Wow! I couldn't have said it any better myself! Our plan exactly!
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bushbunkie
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# Posted: 9 Nov 2011 08:52pm
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I was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario and I don't remember ever not wanting a cabin, solitude and peace.
My brothers , on the other hand, cannot relate at all...just as I cannot relate to facing two hours of rush hour traffic every night to come home on HWY#401 :)
I got out of Toronto when I was 18 and never looked back...give me a smaller community any day!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 9 Nov 2011 09:26pm
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Yep bushbunkie, I can relate to that.We live in a smaller community too and every time we get to the Twin Cities I cringe at all the traffic and the rush everybody is in to get somewhere. Being in a smaller town has many benefits.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 10 Nov 2011 02:29pm
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I'm in such a quandry. I, too, like living in a small town, but TO is such a cool place to visit. Its one big city where I don't feel intimidated by the city itself or its size.
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Tim
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# Posted: 10 Nov 2011 06:59pm
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Quoting: bushbunkie My brothers , on the other hand, cannot relate at all...just as I cannot relate to facing two hours of rush hour traffic every night to come home on HWY#401
When I was a kid, we came fishing in Ontario every summer. We used to go up 401 on our way to Crow Lake. Once we hit 401 I knew we would be there soon! Back then at least it was called "The Queens Highway". Great memories!
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bushbunkie
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# Posted: 11 Nov 2011 05:39pm
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bobrok,
I agree. Visiting family..popping in and popping out for the weekend has given me a much more positive perspective on the big City....lots of diversity and culture.
Visiting the big city is much nicer then living the traffic grind every day:)
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Swamphunter
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# Posted: 9 Dec 2011 02:06pm
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When my 11 year old boy asked if when I get too old to bring him hunting, can he build a cabin for himself
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Patgreat
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# Posted: 9 Dec 2011 03:01pm
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My grandfather owned my cabin before me. I grew up getting to spend weeks there in the summer and numerous weekend family trips. As he got older he could not keep up with the upkeep and the place began to decline. My unlce is drunk and Right before my grandfather passed away he told that he wanted me to have the cabin not my unlce. My grandmother never brought that up to me, and i would never put her in a position to choose myself over her son. Over the next few years my father(her son-in-law) and myself kept the cabin in decent shape. We were afraid to make any major improvements for fear that if she passed away my uncle would make us sell it and we would have wasted our money.
2008 my grandmother officailly gave me the cabin and i have been working and updating the place ever since. Its been hard work and nothing is cheap but work up there is the most rewarding thing i have done in my life. i had to completly gut the place and get rid of most of the furniture. My grandmother is 92 and i would love to take her up ther I just do not know if she could handle all the changes. they the kept the place the same for over 30 years.
Thats my story and as all of you know there is no better feeling then packing up the truck to head up to the cabin for the weekend.
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tsvoyager
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# Posted: 17 Jul 2012 05:42pm
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I have always loved the outdoors, family camping trips that came far and few between over the years with the folks. Since getting out of the Navy in 1980 I have looked for the "Place". Hunting and fishing trips turned in to scouting for land. In 2003 I found my piece of heaven. Sadly I could only afford it because my folks had passed away. Mom always said I should do something with my money so I bought 10 acres of woods boardered by the county and national forest in northern WI. A beaver dam holding water on the land. Bear and deer sign, many grouse and rabbits, along with the wolves, coyotye's. I'm heading up this next weekend to get one camper moved out so I can start excavating for the foundation of the cabin we hope to start next summer. Passive solar and solar and plenty of wood for a snuggle fire with the wife.
It seems everytime I go up to the land it rains, and the fact I was able to buy it with my inharitance we call it "Rainy Day Acres"
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larry
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# Posted: 17 Jul 2012 06:21pm
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Quoting: trollbridge snowmobiling in the UP of Mich
ive been doing that since 98 and just love it. i only wish i could find more time for it..and pay less for gas, ugh!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:20pm - Edited by: trollbridge
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Quoting: larry i only wish i could find more time for it..and pay less for gas, ugh!
Aint that the truth!!!!! It is certainly beautiful up there and usually not lacking in snow like it can be here in Wisconsin.
Tsvoyaguer...well the longer I read the more I learn about you! You will always cherish your land because of your parents and the lessons they taught you. You need to start a build thread for your cabin and land. Me and many others will enjoy watching your place take shape!
Oh btw...I love the name of your place, but I bet you are wishing for some of that rain about now-especially down near Watertown! A bit dry huh?
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Spudmasher1
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# Posted: 18 Jul 2012 06:05am
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My moment came as I was holding my then 10 month old little boy. I've dreamed of a cabin somewhere, always out of reach, somewhere, someday. Our family owns 100 acres of timber/pasture ground where we hunt and get away. I want someplace to take my little guy and know it is ours, his. Now, not someday. I found this site while researching a 20 x 20 cabin, now a 16 x 20 cabin that I can build. Our get-away. My research continues, I now have drawn and redraw plans, figured material lists and have the layout for what I want. The spot is picked out and I have the go ahead from family for my cabin! It may take me until he's 5 but my cabin is in the works!
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TheCabinCalls
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# Posted: 18 Jul 2012 08:10am
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The moment i became hooked on a cabin...
My family used to rent a cabin in the northern woods of MN. It didn't have indoor plumbing or electricy (electricy was added). It was the combination of roughing it, adventure, peace, moments on the lake with dad, seeing the morning fog lift off the lake, seeing and hearing a loon, watching a giant crane fly over the boat, making a path in the woods, carving sticks, looking under rocks in the shallows, card/board games late at night, flashlight tag and kick the can, fireflies, the haunting loon call at night, quiet waves hitting the shore - then being dragged out of bed at 6am again the next day to do it again.
I always thought that I would end up running a small resort, because I just felt so at home/peace by the lake.
Having some of the responsibility now to ensure this experience is carried on takes some of the fun away, but I hope the kids remember it like I do.
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Slodave
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# Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:21pm
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Quoting: smitty I was sitting here at my laptop, watching Youtube videos, and stumbled on "Solarcabin" on the tube.. A light bulb went off in my head right then.. LeMarr absolutely get's all the credit for opening our eyes to what was possible on a limited budget.. 1 year later, lots of figuring planning, and changing plans, and more planning, and more talking.. We are on our way. Slow but sure, 1 step at a time.
LMAO you too eh?
Funny thing though. I was born and Raised on a ranch.. the last 12-13 years living where i do now has never sat quite right with me. (too many people etc) Wish my mom hadn't sold the ranch after my dad passed.
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musherpeg
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# Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:07pm
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When I was born.  My dad said the phrase "Life's an adventure" went through his head when he first laid eyes on me and he knew I was a wandering spirit.
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Gypsy
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# Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:34am - Edited by: Gypsy
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When going camping to local parks, and my camping "neighbors" stay up all night drinking and partying 20 feet away from me, all night long, so I am unable to enjoy the peace and quiet of nature. Camping became too much of a gamble. We went camping once where there was a couple next to us, who had unlikely ever camped before. They had walked into the woods for a walk as the sun was setting, with NO flashlight- our friends encountered them on their way back and gave them a glowstick so they could find their way. When they returned, they started to set up their tent (in the dark). Then they tried to build a campfire, which literally consisted of 2 logs and 3 cans of lighter fluid, which they sprayed on the campfire ALL night. I remember trying to sleep, and hearing them argue about getting the fire started, then hearing (squirt squirt squirt) then see a huge flare up of fire, same thing, again and again, until the wee hours of the morning.
That was DEFINITELY a defining moment for us
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spencerin
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2012 12:35am
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Dad owns a nice cabin in the woods of NW PA and always loved going there as a boy. The call as an adult began getting louder 5 years ago and I finally had to answer the call because I don't live near my dad's cabin anymore. I think the thing I am most looking forward to is not the Springs or Summers but the Falls and Winters.....something comforting to me about the cool Fall air and the colored leaves, the cold Winter air and seeing snow on a forrested ground that makes me feel that I made a good purchase <praying there's a lot of snow this Winter in central IN>. I also have to think about getting satellite tv because I can only watch so many DVDs.
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rayyy
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# Posted: 2 Sep 2012 06:33am
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The first house I built was a rustic cabin looking place.Super insulated and heated with a kitchen wood cook stove.I read Mother Earth News constantly.I love all the ideas from that magizine on how to live simple,happy and green.It was very nice but I lacked the resources that we have nowdays.That was 35 years ago,too.So which brings me to now.When I first walked this piece of property,I could see the possibilitys right then and there.It was almost to good to be true.I feared somthing would go wrong somewhere.Took over a year to finally buy the land and get all the BS out of the way but all has gone wonderfully well since.It's a chance you take in life but this one has really paid off!
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