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Hung out on the porch and watched the clouds roll through the valley.
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Post hike morning couch nap!
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Did some late night lantern-lit interneting via my new cell hotspot.
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If I zoom out on the map far enough you can see how close my property is to the Vermont border!
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Cool to open up GPS and see where I am on the property as I was learning the land.
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After almost 3 hours of wandering we finally found our way back to the cabin.
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I'm a mountain man now. lol.
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Pretty excited to be working off grid!
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...while I put the groceries away.
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After getting everything unpacked, I put out Maddy's dinner for her and settled down on the couch. Maddy seemed really confused. She kept looking at me, "Wait, we live here now?"
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Love this view so much.
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Home sweet home in the woods!
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Stayed up taking inventory and making lists of all the things I'd need to buy to make the place more livable / enjoyable.
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The cabin has an outdoor stove on the porch. Got treated to an excellent...
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Later that afternoon, we locked the cabin up and headed back home. But there will be plenty more cabin action coming up.
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On Wednesday afternoon Grant accompanied me to pick up the keys to the waaaay upstate off-grid cabin I'd purchased earlier in the year. (We had to wait a while for the weather to warm up!). After we drove up the mountain on the super steep private dirt road, I gave him a tour of the cabin...
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...after I'd finished, Grant walked down to the scenic overlook by the fire pit and said "I think this might be the best thing you've done." lol.
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We finally found our way back to the cabin...
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...that my offer on the cabin upstate had been accepted and the cabin was now mine! Woooooo!
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...about putting an offer on the cabin I'd seen in upstate New York back in September of 2016.
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See it hiding out up there?
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September 08, 2016
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...I spotted the cabin we were on our way to see nested way up in the hills!
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...we rolled the bedroom back inside, locked it up....
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September 08, 2016
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I went back outside and waited for Pete to demonstrate the cabin's coolest feature....
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September 08, 2016
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...cabin in the middle of the woods that was for sale!
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September, 2016
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On Thursday I drove three-hours upstate to check out a...
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There's a rainbarrel on the back to catch rain water so you have some water to wash your hands and do dishes.
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September 08, 2016
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Side view of the upstairs slide-out room!
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September 08, 2016
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After we finished checking out the cabin...
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September 08, 2016
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...the upstairs bedroom in the loft can be ROLLED OUTSIDE with a motor so you can sleep under the stars (in a little screened in room!).
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September 08, 2016
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View out the front door.
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As soon as I stepped into the cabin, I had an overwhelming sense of deja vu. I smelled the old barn wood and thought to myself "I have spent a lot of time here in the future."
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September 08, 2016
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Cabin view from the front.
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September 08, 2016
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The cabin was built by a professional crew for a TV series! They tore down an old barn and then built the cabin out of the lumber and materials they scavenged.
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September 08, 2016
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...and the gorgeous cabin came into view!
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September 08, 2016
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As we turned onto a tiny private road across a stream...
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While we were packing up, we noticed...
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We spent the rest of the morning napping, reading and hiding out from the rain.
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It was raining so hard on Saturday morning that we had to put on our ponchos in order to...
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...what our cabin looked like in the daylight.
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I was excited to get outside and see...
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The view of the lake from our cabin window.
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It turns out, the only thing that moths like more than light is....Joey's hair. As soon as he stepped out the door they bum-rushed (moth-rushed?) his gorgeous locks.
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Either relaxing...
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If we weren't out on the rock or swimming, chances are we were in the house.
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...or sitting around in front of the fire.
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"Okay, fine! You're not in the mood for some anal play! I was just asking!"
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Morning. Grant and Tookie strike a pose for a photo that looks like it was lifted right out of the Mt. Airy Lodge brochure.