A couple of years ago my wife and I started discussing going off grid. In all our reading, something just feels right. Now we have done some boondocking with our camper before but never more than a couple days. We headed out Christmas Eve morning to put the camper and us to the first true test, nine days off grid. We headed to a friend's place in Tennessee. We had our camper outfitted with a solar system when we started to talking about this whole off-grid thing.
After a few cold nights in the camper(temps dropped into the teens) I made a few insulation adjustments to help our Mr. Heater propane heater help keep the camper warm. Warm not toasty. Every morning I got water from a hand pump to make my wife coffee. You know it is biblical that the husband makes coffee....Hebrews!
We spent 3 days helping clear a section of woods for our friends home build.
Needless to say it was hard work cutting trees down, sawing, dragging brush and stacking wood. We had to make quit a few adjustments in our thinking being off-grid for 9 days. Fetching water to drink, cook and bath with instead of just the turn of a handle. Being on top of each other in a 23' camper made getting around a little different. No phone was a huge plus for me it was nice not to have the distraction. I was able to get lots of reading done.
All in all I would say we learned a great deal and now have a better concept of what it might take to make the jump. Our first true test...PASSED!
Now for a nice long hot shower and shave.
