We are finally ready to start to lay out the foundation of our future off-grid cabin. Our location presents an interesting challange: how to fit an 18×24 foot rectangle into an oddly shaped building pad that is only a tiny…
We are racing against time to finish a trail down to the beach. Once we start the construction of the cabin, we expect that access will be cut off for the tractor to do the work. I manage to finish…
We continue preparing our building site for the cabin. Before we can start digging the foundation, we need to move a lot of material and supplies to make room for the camper van. Our new gazebo serves as a temporary…
After months of going back and forth with our ideas for an offgrid cabin and homestead, we settled on a sketch for an 18×24 foot postandbeam cabin. We are truly excited as we receive a set of cabin blueprints from…
Our test of a longer stay offgrid in the wilderness of North Vancouver Island had mixed results. We were able to establish a more permanent base in our motorhome but its age has started to show. The awning anchor points…
After we had levelled the ground for a gazebo pad, I stay alone in the wilderness. I continue building a trail down to the lake. We need to fill big holes in the ground soon. Once we starting building our…