It’s Survival of the Prepared! All of the trees we’re chopping for this winter are those that fell in storms from last. Last year was one for storms! First step: cut the root ball off and chop the tree

And then you decide to build a house? You aren’t alone! It’s been done at Snowslide Gulch too! Just because you decide to build a traditional home doesn’t mean that you have to do it the traditional way.

So - When does private property belong to the ownerand when is it simply a challenge? Within the first few weeks of us moving into our new home we found ourselves in our parking area locking up the car

On the run, off the grid, in a cable car; it's a challenge and a feature! Our 'Home-Sweet-Resort', Snowslide Gulch has had 3 versions of transport from the roadside to the main property where the house

The mafia? Really? We hadn’t lived in Snowslide Gulch more than 3 months and (as always) we weren’t very sociable:- no kids to send to school- we don’t go to church- we had no interest in joining town

If you give a real estate agent a list expect the outrageously improbable. Consider our requirements:1. Enough property that we can’t see our neighbors from our windows2. No farms or ranches3. Must have

Part II of "Luxury Living off the Grid" When we went to see our house for the first time our real estate agent drove us up the river road and pulled into a private parking area that was butted