Buggy's Next Adventure!

[Tugaloo]

To everything there is a season. Some of us reached out and never heard back.

Back into my bunker.

Perhaps this is an appropriate time and perhaps it isn't.
That being said when I came here I read:

Welcome Survival Magazine
Welcome back! We are back up, clean and ready to rock, spread the word! Hope to see you all back active and enjoying the site.

Even with COVID, same as work from home, any internet site can be operated from home.
So, what happened to the site to shut it down?

[NRAamy]

Yeah! People come and they go. We did have a heyday here, 2010ish. Lots of lurkers now. There was a core group here, some of them pop in every now and again.

Sad!

-Buggy

To everything there is a season. Some of us reached out and never heard back.

Back into my bunker.

[Sourdough]

Yeah! People come and they go. We did have a heyday here, 2010ish. Lots of lurkers now. There was a core group here, some of them pop in every now and again.

Sad!

-Buggy

I stop in once in a while. But it just does "Not" offer what I need/desire in a forum. All the forums "Suck" now. Buggyout' glad to hear you found a place.

[RICHFL]

I like it!!!

[Tugaloo]

Yeah! People come and they go. We did have a heyday here, 2010ish. Lots of lurkers now. There was a core group here, some of them pop in every now and again.

Sad!

-Buggy

I've noticed the lots of lurkers. If they have a question, join and ask it. Many of them will be a value added either by their knowledge or their questions. It's sad.
There is a tremendous library of information here once one goes past registror. ;)

[Buggyout]

Buggy, it is a damn shame about this site and its lack of activity.

Yeah! People come and they go. We did have a heyday here, 2010ish. Lots of lurkers now. There was a core group here, some of them pop in every now and again.

Sad!

-Buggy

[Tugaloo]

I've never been a fan of "bugging in" or "bugging out." We aren't urban or suburban types; so. bugging in was out. Too many 4 legged critters and those that slither here to bug out. In addition, the blood sucking insects here are both numerous and nasty.
There are 2 year round springs on the property.



We started with a Rockwood 29'-6" camper and next was a cabin. Finally, we added an over 1000 sq-ft addition. As the various map sites are 3 years out of date; no pictures of the addition.
No neighbors within 3/4 of a mile and the nearest town is 21 miles. There is a lake with fish and a trout stream nearby.

Buggy, it is a damn shame about this site and its lack of activity.

[Buggyout]

I loved the place. I really did.

Unfortunately, it was right next to a potential long term mining operation that not only would have taken a lot of the surrounding forest down, but day and night drilling, explosives, and heavy duty trucks.

Serious?

The sellers never mentioned anything about it. Thank the Lord for due diligence.

I moved on....

Flash forward almost a year and I have purchased a GREAT property! I won't get too far into the where, what and how, needless to say, it came together rightly with everything I wanted:

Forest, mountains, sea with plenty of garden space away from people! PERFECT.

I've never been an advocate of "bugging in", but enjoying castling up in my place!

Whew! What a long road.

-Buggy

[Buggyout]

I drove out to the property again on Saturday. I parked on the road got out and took everything again in. The place reminds me of Alaska in a lot of ways: Totally wilderness, not just "country". Maybe the lack of people, lay of the land? Not sure. It's my jam, that I can tell you!

I should have gotten a photo of the gate. It's heavy duty, automatic with a sign that reads: "Can you outrun German Sheppards?" or some such. Probably a quarter mile to the "house" and another quarter to the shop/barn.

I don't suppose the crackhead population thrives out there. Too far from civilization. HOWEVER, I wouldn't put it past some gimped out person to be walking down the road 70 miles in! LOL!

-Buggy

[Morgan101]

The place looks beautiful, Buggy. Hope it all works out.

[ZAGran]

Wow! I'll even say it backwards. WOW. Great setup you have there.

[Buggyout]

Round #3!

Well, as I explained in another post, I am looking at 60 acres...Well... This:

"I think I have finally settled into a place. It's 60 acres butted up against 1,724,229 acres of national forest and DNR land! It's an hour and a half away from ANY size "town" and hours and hours from any city!. Nearest human neighbor is 9 miles away. Lake, river, mountain, forest and stream! It's completely off-grid fully powered by hydro, battery bank, back up generator. It's a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath main house, a massive shop and 3 stall mule barn WITH a 1 bedroom ADU that I am going to airbnb hunters and fishermen during season. Wildlife is crazy: Deer, bear, cats, elk! I'm going to put a large greenhouse in and grow hippy veggies then sell to soul-less millennials!"

I'm going to leave out the specific location. Some of you can probably guess by seeing the lay of the land and such. I can tell you that you drive to one of our tiny little mountain logging towns, head north-east for 30 miles to the middle of freaking NOWHERE, then turn another 8 miles or so to the real freaking middle of nowhere.

I drove out there, serious, when I got out of my truck, all I could hear was the wind blowing through the trees and branches creaking.

PERFECT.......

I feel pretty good about things! I've already been pricing mules and learning what it takes to rent them out. It was suggested that I start guiding. I am involved in a few veteran hunt organizations. From what I can tell, it's a lot of work and I'm not sure I have the skills or motivation for that.

I'll throw in a few pictures of the ADU and shop/ban! The ADU is nice. I already have a dozen guys wanting to rent it! LOL! Also a picture of my favorite place on earth! Maybe two! :)

-Buggy

[dalewick]

Good to hear from you again Buggy.

Dale

[NRAamy]

I'm in Idaho....I think I can almost see you...

;)

[Buggyout]

I be here! Ha!

Right over thar --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->

See that mountain? That's where I am.

haha!

-Buggy