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Just got to do it!

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That was the advice of Homesteady’s Off Grid project. You’re never going to do it before you take the first step and follow the determined course no matter what setbacks you might face. Just do it, you don’t have forever.

Such simple words. But I want to be prepared. I want to have the necessary skills, the funds, and everything else before I step off the curb knowing that I can never go back. Truth is that is easier said then done.

The best place to find a lot of people is a wilderness area

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That generally is my experience with wilderness areas – the designation brings in the masses who search for wilderness and assume with such a classification it must offer something greater and better than parts of the Adirondacks not officially designated as wilderness.

They looked quite worried 😯

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How are you feeling they asked. I didn’t bring a day sack, I had left the water and banana back at my bicycle some three miles back at the wilderness boundary. I had just my keys, wallet, cigarette lighter and cellphone on me. It’s fine, if I had to spend the night in the woods I’d be fine. Drank plenty of water before the three mile hike back to Spruce Lake.

I took a decent but not overpowering hit of cannabis before I left camp, riding my mountain bike ten miles to the wilderness boundary on Jessup River Road. My eyes were a bit blood shot but the woods was amazing with the rich colors. Safety advocates and the Forest Rangers would likely cuss me out for being irresponsible but I knew the trail back here would be well established and marked and it was only 3 relatively flat miles. Deep blue skies, the sparkles on lake were so pretty. I did wear an orange safety vest, mostly for riding but also some hunting seasons are now open, it’s September. Best to be seen!

Should kids be allowed cell phones in schools? 🚸 🔕

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I don’t think so but I also don’t think children should be allowed to have cell phones at all. I get that’s a hard sell these days when every other child has a phone – and I would have been cranky had cell phones been a thing when I was child and I wasn’t allowed to have one.

But I think technology is harmful to children and I think it best that kids grow up with as little as possible. I’m not convinced that home internet or television is healthy for anyone, though I see the benefit of at least parents having access to the outside world via the internet. But it should be in a controlled fashion with the youth finding other ways to entertain themselves like playing outdoors.