If You Had The Opportunity...?

Gopher · 12-31-2009, 08:59 PM

If you had the opportunity to live in a wilderness cabin and didn't have to work, would you? This would mean no running water-well, water you have to run to the creek and get-LOL, and no electricity. Would you like that type of lifestyle. I dream of it but I don't know if I could stay there all of the time. It would be a nice break though for 6 months of the year.

3ofusnow · 01-01-2010, 01:04 AM

I don't know if I could do it year round but I would certainly be willing to give it a try. Actually I think everyone should try it. It's a great way to show you exactly what you CAN do without if you have to.

jason · 01-04-2010, 05:00 PM

I've often dreamed of doing that. Could I? Not sure, would love to try. Will I ever do it? I doubt it. Real life does set in and I doubt the wife would want to do it. I would love to be on something like the Alaska Experience though. Just to say I did something like that.

aisha · 01-24-2010, 03:13 AM

while I love the outdoors and natural surroundings, a week or "roughing it" is as much as I can take ..

.. I remember going camping to a friend's place about an hour's drive from Winnipeg .. it was an amazing gorgeous place .. the internet, though, was a half an hour walk .. the first couple of days it was nice to disconnect from work, colleagues, friends .. but, then, it was like "ok, time to get back to the real world" .. I have, however, moved several times to be closer to certain elements .. such as mountains, water, etc. .. water has a really calming effect on me .. have to live near it ..

GPER · 01-24-2010, 09:26 AM

It would be nice on weekends, I tear too much stuff up so I need my tools/ welder. My mother in law grew up in a log cabin in KY. and she does prefer the modern life.

Bradsalex · 01-24-2010, 11:33 AM

I would love to do this, I hope to retire in the middle of nowhere in the mountains. This house would have to have all of the amenities but I would have a "camp" with nothing but a roof and walls and I would stay there as much as possible.

If I were single and didn't have children I would probably do what Backpacking America is doing and just explore the world on my feet.

failghe · 01-25-2010, 10:59 PM

I would love to try living off the land like? Grizzly Adams? Not sure how long that I could last though.

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Originally Posted by Bradsalex

If I were single and didn't have children I would probably do what Backpacking America is doing and just explore the world on my feet.

enzo · 02-01-2010, 01:01 PM

I would consider trying this if I'm on vacation. Right now there's no time for me to camp around because of my work schedule but I would be willing to try living in a wilderness cabin, for a month I guess.

HikerChick · 02-01-2010, 07:55 PM

I'd try it, but could never do it as a permanent lifestyle now that I know what the "rest" of the world is like. I'm definitely a little too spoiled by technology to give it all up for the rest of my life.

Pebbles · 02-03-2010, 04:18 PM

To be honest, probably not. My problem wouldn't be with the wood getting, or water hauling aspects. I'd have trouble with the food getting parts of that life. I am not a hunter and am not that enthusiatic about fishing. If I really had to, could I? I suppose, but going to the grocery store sis more my speed.

12-31-2009, 08:59 PM	#1
Gopher Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 85	If You Had The Opportunity...? If you had the opportunity to live in a wilderness cabin and didn't have to work, would you? This would mean no running water-well, water you have to run to the creek and get-LOL, and no electricity. Would you like that type of lifestyle. I dream of it but I don't know if I could stay there all of the time. It would be a nice break though for 6 months of the year.

01-04-2010, 05:00 PM	#3
jason Look 2x Safe a life Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 1,072	I've often dreamed of doing that. Could I? Not sure, would love to try. Will I ever do it? I doubt it. Real life does set in and I doubt the wife would want to do it. I would love to be on something like the Alaska Experience though. Just to say I did something like that. Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/outdoorbasecamp

01-24-2010, 11:33 AM	#6
Bradsalex To Each Their Own Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 67 Blog Entries: 2	I would love to do this, I hope to retire in the middle of nowhere in the mountains. This house would have to have all of the amenities but I would have a "camp" with nothing but a roof and walls and I would stay there as much as possible. If I were single and didn't have children I would probably do what Backpacking America is doing and just explore the world on my feet. "Being properly distracted for a moment is child's play, being rightly distracted for a lifetime is and art." ~Douglas Adams

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01-01-2010, 01:04 AM	#2
3ofusnow Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: GA Posts: 75	I don't know if I could do it year round but I would certainly be willing to give it a try. Actually I think everyone should try it. It's a great way to show you exactly what you CAN do without if you have to.

01-24-2010, 03:13 AM	#4
aisha Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4	while I love the outdoors and natural surroundings, a week or "roughing it" is as much as I can take .. .. I remember going camping to a friend's place about an hour's drive from Winnipeg .. it was an amazing gorgeous place .. the internet, though, was a half an hour walk .. the first couple of days it was nice to disconnect from work, colleagues, friends .. but, then, it was like "ok, time to get back to the real world" .. I have, however, moved several times to be closer to certain elements .. such as mountains, water, etc. .. water has a really calming effect on me .. have to live near it ..

01-24-2010, 09:26 AM	#5
GPER Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 41	It would be nice on weekends, I tear too much stuff up so I need my tools/ welder. My mother in law grew up in a log cabin in KY. and she does prefer the modern life.

02-01-2010, 01:01 PM	#8
enzo Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 51	I would consider trying this if I'm on vacation. Right now there's no time for me to camp around because of my work schedule but I would be willing to try living in a wilderness cabin, for a month I guess.

02-01-2010, 07:55 PM	#9
HikerChick Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 51	I'd try it, but could never do it as a permanent lifestyle now that I know what the "rest" of the world is like. I'm definitely a little too spoiled by technology to give it all up for the rest of my life.

02-03-2010, 04:18 PM	#10
Pebbles Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 63	To be honest, probably not. My problem wouldn't be with the wood getting, or water hauling aspects. I'd have trouble with the food getting parts of that life. I am not a hunter and am not that enthusiatic about fishing. If I really had to, could I? I suppose, but going to the grocery store sis more my speed.