Another Leg of our Journey; Life in Town...in a rented Bungalow
- Thread starter Gary O'
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Well, after six months of being townies, we've come to a mutual conclusion
We're moving back to the cabin
Too many reasons to list
But I'll try
I'm a caged lion in town
No wild life (wild life are my pets)
No night sky in town...too much light polution
Trees...wild trees
Wood heat....there's just sumpm about the warmth of wood heat
Water...the purest of mountain nectar...city water...blech
Exercise...with a purpose
No TV...TV is an extreme disabler
Air....mountain air....unmatched
If an animal or renegade approaches, you can fire a few rounds and they'll scatter
Fire off a round in town and you go to jail
....and
beauty
I so miss that
I want it
every day
...every night
every morning
We'll move back in May
We both feel really good about this
It feels right
It is...right
We're moving back to the cabin
Too many reasons to list
But I'll try
I'm a caged lion in town
No wild life (wild life are my pets)
No night sky in town...too much light polution
Trees...wild trees
Wood heat....there's just sumpm about the warmth of wood heat
Water...the purest of mountain nectar...city water...blech
Exercise...with a purpose
No TV...TV is an extreme disabler
Air....mountain air....unmatched
If an animal or renegade approaches, you can fire a few rounds and they'll scatter
Fire off a round in town and you go to jail
....and
beauty
I so miss that
I want it
every day
...every night
every morning
We'll move back in May
We both feel really good about this
It feels right
It is...right
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Aunt Bea
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"You better get back, honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at
It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine
It's like trying to drink whiskey, oh, from a bottle of wine ..." - Bernie Taupin / Elton John
Living in the city ain't where it's at
It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine
It's like trying to drink whiskey, oh, from a bottle of wine ..." - Bernie Taupin / Elton John
Butterfly
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So, Gary, you guys decided not to buy that house in town?
You gotta do what feels right for you.
You gotta do what feels right for you.
Well, after fiddly farting around with the realtors-brokers-appraisers-owners...it's all getting a bit old
We came to realize what we were beginning to miss
Ronni
The motormouth ;)
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Wow. That's quite a change!
Will you move back to the cabin you vacated or somewhere else? If it's somewhere else, will it be as isolated?
Will you move back to the cabin you vacated or somewhere else? If it's somewhere else, will it be as isolated?
Back to the cabin
There's some unfinished business there
If the planets somehow line up just right, we may go ahead and buy the place we put earnest money on, but somebody somewhere has gotta carry their share of the load.
If that happens, we'll prolly live at the cabin in summer, and winter in town
Ronni
The motormouth ;)
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Ha! That was going to be my next suggestion!
Obviously there are things about living at the cabin that you DON'T like or you would never have moved, and from reading your prior posts it seemed like over-wintering was the hardest for you.
And, being the clucky mama-bear type that I am, I worry about you two isolated out there in the cold and inhospitable winter, if something were to happen and either of you needed immediate and urgent medical attention.
I think an additional place in town for the winter is a perfect solution, and even if the planets don't like up right for the one you're looking at, I urge you to find another one. It won't be your primary residence, just a place to hang your hat to wait out the coldest months.
It has it's attraction
I'm just getting stale as dried horse manure in town
The cabin property holds many a project...many
I'm a project guy
Weird...I'm missing even the winters out there
My Hungarian buddy keeps sending me pics of the snow
If we do move there for all seasons, we'll stock up and hunker in for all winter
No trips to town in those months
heh, I oughta be squirrely as all git out by spring
Thing is, in the business world, I'm not a patient man
I tend to drive things, hammer them out, push
Realtors learn to hate me
I don't care
We'll see how this plays out
Catlady
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That's your best bet, it's the best of both worlds. Winters in the wild are hard on both humans and animals, but animals have no choices.
Gary, so wondered about you moving to town. Think you are a lot like us...really want and need your "soul" privacy. Daddy used to say "if you can't site in that long gun off your back deck, don't buy that house, kid"!
Catlady
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That might work out for supplies, but what if either of you get sick or have a medical emergency and are snowed in? And there is also cabin fever that drives people crazy.
Thing is (and this is huge for me) there's a drawing, and along with that, an inner peace, for me, during a storm.
Trees snapping, wind gusts up to 80 mph, horizontal snow blowin' thru......whoa.....gives my ol' mug a perpetual smile.
Creates a burning fire in this soul
Nothing quite like it
That kinda livin' is worth dyin' for
I jus' may be nuts already
Meanderer
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Catlady
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If your wife feels the same way you do, then go for it! Inner happiness is very important, enough to take chances for. You could easily die in town being blown off by a gas explosion (just happened somewhere yesterday), or die in a car accident, or being murdered. The possibilities are endless, in town and out in the boondocks.
So agree..." he that is within is greater than that which is without".
Not quite the same
This where I come in...during a storm....snugglin' time
No, she's more into the solitude out there
She's in love with that
Me, I'm a bit of a social guy
But I can take or leave that
More leave than take, as the renegades out there are a bit hard to shake once yer seemingly open to their horse shit
I've got a few good friends out there, and they know to not pester
RadishRose
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I couldn't hunker down for the whole winter. I'd go crazy. 10 days, 2 weeks, fine.
Sooner or later I'd need some other company, even if it's a trip to the grocery store, smile at people, a child, a little chit chat.
You know women invented language...
Sooner or later I'd need some other company, even if it's a trip to the grocery store, smile at people, a child, a little chit chat.
You know women invented language...
Yes, yes they did
Happily, my listening ear is deaf as a post
Come to think about it, it may be the very reason
treeguy64
Hari Om, y'all!
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- Austin, TX.
I was thinking that, sooner or later, you'd have to yield to your inner call of the wild. I know you'll do what's right for you guys, and I know that everything will turn out great. Janet and I are pushing for exploring Teller County this coming summer, before we choose a house and settle down. Once we have a new home base, we'll head your way. Just do me a favor and hold your fire, if you hear us rumbling up your road!
No worries, pard
Just drop me a line
We'll meet at the hiway
Otherwise, can't guarantee you'll make it to the cabin
C'est Moi
Dishin' it out.
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- Houston Y'all
Gary--if you can swing both, do it. You can live in the comfort of town, but have the perfect getaway place for weeks (or months) as you need it.