Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Livin' the Life of a Modern Day Hippie

Sort of.

We have been housesitting in Tasman for December, but will need to move on after the first week of January. Unfortunately, with summer well and truly here, there are NO rentals available in the area. The cottage that we were living in becomes a summer holiday rental at prices far to high for us to afford.

We really want to get out on Provecho. There are so many little jobs that just aren't getting done out there. If we were living on site we would be able to work in little half hour blocks... whereas right now, we would have to drive out there and back – leaving only 15 minutes for work out of that half hour. So, we've decided to go a bit rough. We will be living in a bus.

It's a very nice bus, though.

It's kitted out with a kitchen and bathroom (with shower). There is a bedroom for Greg and I and a seating area that can be converted into beds. Burgess will probably sleep in the sleepout or a tent. It even has solar panels for electricity! We'll get electricity to the house site soon, but won't be rushed this way. Since we have the time, Greg can hire a digger and make the trench for the power and phone lines himself.


It will be a bit tight on space, but will definitely be do-able for the summer. I'm not so sure about late fall or winter, though. We'll see.


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