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hattie
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2016 12:49pm
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I'm not sure if something like this has been posted in the past, but I was wondering how many of you live full time at your cabin? Are you off-grid or on the grid? Are you remote or do you live in a town? Do you still work or are you retired? Do you ever regret your decision to move?
For myself and husband, we have lived full time at our cabin since September 2007. We are on the grid and live in a little village with a population between 85 and 100. We operate a small, three room motel attached to our cabin. We love living this life and have never regretted it.
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darz5150
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2016 05:40pm
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My wife and I have been here full time since '06. We do have electricity, however our cabin is in the woods, and lose power quite often. 16 times in one year, so we have solar power and generators. Its 1/2 mile to the closest paved road so after really bad storms or heavy snow, its not uncommon to have to use a 4 wheel drive and a chainsaw to get in or out.
After living here for 10 years, we are content being able to look in any direction and not seeing anyone's house or street lites etc.🌃
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2016 06:45pm
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hattie
That sounds idyllic!  Is your little motel usually full? Generally, seasonal or do you have some longer-term guests?
With the properties I'm looking at having some acreage (and being on-grid with wells and such), I'm considering the possibility of renting space to a tiny house person/couple or two. I wouldn't do terms over six months and it would probably be seasonal.
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hattie
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2016 06:54pm
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Quoting: Julie2Oregon Is your little motel usually full? Generally, seasonal or do you have some longer-term guests?
Hi Julie: We are open all year, but our busiest time is between May and September. The winter months are when we get to relax. We don't accept long terms guests (over a week) because having only 3 units available, quite often it is impossible for someone to find a long term that is free. Many of our guests are repeat visitors and they book a year or more in advance.
I think it would be a great idea for you to rent space for tiny house people. I understand it is very difficult for them to find places to put their homes on, yet the movement is really taking off. It might be very lucrative for you to do that. You may even be able to barter jobs like cutting grass or simple repairs or painting in exchange for rent.
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hattie
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2016 06:57pm
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darz5150 - It sounds like you are very happy in your place and you are really prepared for bad weather which is smart!! We don't have street lights in our town and I don't miss them either.
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MountainMariner
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# Posted: 1 May 2016 04:54pm
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When I'm not working on the ship I live at my very remote off grid cabin. Usually fly in and out on a chartered helicopter. 13 miles from the nearest town as the crow flys. No roads. Snow machine in or out is 24 miles one way. Never see anyone except for the occasion pilot flying by overhead. Can hike also but have river and creek crossings so a raft is needed.
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neb
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# Posted: 1 May 2016 10:14pm
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Interesting lives that you folks live. I would love to live at my land but my wife would never go for that. I don't blame her one bit she isn't built for that type of living.
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hattie
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# Posted: 2 May 2016 12:49am
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MountainMariner - That is the most remote cabin I've ever seen and it is beautiful!!! That is absolutely amazing!
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MountainMariner
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# Posted: 2 May 2016 05:39am - Edited by: MountainMariner
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Thanks. I hate leaving it every time I head back to work. Should look more like this when I get back. 
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FishHog
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# Posted: 2 May 2016 08:19am
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that is fantastic MountainMariner. Where abouts are you located. (general area), just curious, not being nosy.
How did you manage to get all the building materials into there? Must have been a lot of helicopter rides if you did it by air. Looks so peaceful, I'm jealous. And my place is awfully peaceful.
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MountainMariner
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# Posted: 2 May 2016 09:45am - Edited by: MountainMariner
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57 miles from the summit of Mt Denali. At 2000 ft elevation. I didn't build the place. It was built by a pilot that flew in all the materials. He started to hand carry all the materials from the lake to the site but ended up using a helicopter. It has an unusual foundation, the builder bored 16 anchor holes into a massive rock (about the size of an Olympic pool) and built the cabin on top. Unless the rock cracks in half the cabin is going nowhere. The roof is also cabled down to the rock on all four corners. In addition to the cabin it has a ATV shed, workshop, shower/sauna, outhouse and soon a smokehouse.
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FishHog
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# Posted: 2 May 2016 10:27am
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Its georgeous, quite a find. Must have been a big project building it. And looks like he did a great job from what I can see. Hope your rock never cracks in half
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Malamute
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# Posted: 2 May 2016 10:32pm
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I'm full time. Been so mostly since about '89 with a diversion or two living in or near a town, which wasn't a happy time compared to the area I live. Before cabins (log cabins) I nomaded for 5 or 6 years, mostly camping, and there was a couple years off and on it a tipi in there. The first cabin with no running water seemed pretty cushy and civilized.
Not quite as remote as having to fly in, but theres plenty of wild country very close, along with some of the critters that wander out of said country now and then, like grizzlies, wolves, Mt Lions and such. Keeps it interesting.
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 3 May 2016 11:32pm
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MountainMariner
Those pictures are breathtakingly beautiful!!! What an incredible place you have!!!!
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hueyjazz
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# Posted: 4 May 2016 02:53pm
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Our dream is to either acquire a very nice existing cabin our property we own surrounds on three sides.
Or build an additional cabin on our 2nd pond. This will be for when we retire. We can keep our current cabin as a guest house. Close enough but far away enough so we wouldn't wait on them.
Plus, we plan to rescue a few more dogs so they can live out their lives in heaven.
This is our current plan we will enact within the next 5-7 years.
But NY is a really tough State to retire in. Maybe we turn Amish and blend in. They seem to know how to stay off the radar. I already got the straw hat. Of course having the Sports horse buggy may be a tip off. Maybe I can make one out of my old Porsche if I don't run the engine.
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tichalet
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# Posted: 4 May 2016 09:29pm
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My goodness, that's magnificent Mountain Mariner. How long do you stay between shifts on the ship?
Can we see more pics?
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