On Saturday we went to a local bar for a pig roast dinner. We met friends there who had been up at their cabin for the past month. Unfortunately it was a different month than we are spending at our cabin. Talk revolved around which cell phone company provided the best cell phone and internet access in the area. Conversation also included what equipment was needed to connect to cell phone and internet. There is almost no coverage in this area without antennas and boosters.
This morning we went out to breakfast which was a real treat. I enjoy going out for breakfast. It is my favorite meal to eat out. There are not many places in the area of our cabin that serve breakfast and then it is typically only on the weekend.
Saturday night is usually sauna night for us. Since we were gone on Saturday night we took our sauna on Sunday night. The Finnish way to take a sauna is to go from hot to cold three times. This involves going from the hot sauna into the cold outdoors, snow or even a cold lake. We sometimes just go from the sauna to the cold outside and sit on a bench until we cool off.
LeaRae Keyes
www.cabinstuff.com
We went to visit our friends who had been up for a month. They generously shared food they had not eaten with us to take home. We now have enough food to eat for about a week. This will help us get by without having to shop for much food for at least a week.
LeaRae Keyes
www.cabinstuff.com
We left last night for a month at the cabin. We had hoped to leave by about non, but didn’t get packed up and ready to go until about 5:00 pm. At any rate we did manage to leave on Friday. We are planning to be at the cabin for the next 30 days and I will be blogging about our experiences.
By way of background, Chuck, my husband and I with help from his brother and his wife have built a cabin on a piece of property we own in a remote part of Northern MN. It is 40 acres of land on a small 42 acre lake. We are 3 miles down a logging road that is quite bumpy and requires a high clearance vehicle to drive down this road. We own an SVU so we are able to navigate the road. We are “off the grid” meaning we are not connected to utilities. We have solar panels, batteries and generators. We have a well with a hand pump, an outhouse, and a sauna.
LeaRae Keyes
www.cabinstuff.com