Back to the 21st Century

We're spending our evening at home....
In our cabin...
Miles away from civilization.

We love the beauty and solitude of this small canyon we've called Home for the last 15 months: The gurgling stream that runs beneath our back patio, the pines that tower overhead and cast cool shadows in the summer, the wild raspberries that bloom each spring, the deer and elk and even moose that are the closest thing we have to snoopy neighbors, the fresh air and warm breeze in autumn that rustles the maple and aspen trees. We truly love it here.

But sometimes, the solitude can be a little overbearing , especially for a young(ish) techie couple accustomed to life's modern conveniences.

For being only a 10 minute commute from my office, this place is pretty remote: No landline phone service nor cable. No snailmail service, nor garbage pickup, nor winter snowplowing (we ride a snowmobile to our cars each morning). We do have electricity though, a clear view of the southern sky, a cluster of mobile cell towers a half-mile away, and line-of-sight (via a nearby peak) to a sliver of the city 18 miles below us. And ultimately, those factors proved to be enough to get reliable, high-speed Internet service to our cabin, finally propelling us back to the 21st century.

I hope to use this site to document my 6 month effort.