The "Off Grid" journey begins....

[clock152]

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The "too hot for me" wife surveying the land

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9 acres in the Kiamichi Mountains.... we have our work cut out for us.

 

[DRC458]

Reminds me of some lots we bought at Lake Keystone a number of years back! Good Luck with it!

 

[clock152]

Reminds me of some lots we bought at Lake Keystone a number of years back! Good Luck with it!

its gonna be fun for sure... the only thing I haven't worked out is the water situation. not sure they can drill a well since we are on a mountain side so I am guessing on using a rain catchment system.

 

[BadgeBunny]

Oh man ... we are just itching to get at it ...

Congrats to you and the Mrs.!!

 

[clock152]

Oh man ... we are just itching to get at it ...

Congrats to you and the Mrs.!!

she is very excited about the place. She seen her first ever Road Runner while we were there.
And then I told her what all we needed to do before we could even think about getting a cabin up in here.... popped that balloon!

 

[BadgeBunny]

she is very excited about the place. She seen her first ever Road Runner while we were there.
And then I told her what all we needed to do before we could even think about getting a cabin up in here.... popped that balloon!

LOL ... I've been looking at acreages and cabin plans for the last month. We won't even be ready to buy for another 18 months at least but still!! I'm more excited than GC is and he's pretty amped. It's kinda nice to know that FINALLY ... after all the planning and plotting and scheming, we have finally gotten this house paid off, he is able to retire and we will be able to get the place we WANT instead of having to live in the place we have ...

 

[GeneW]

Not to bust your bubble, but consider if plenty of water or not, and nearby fire department. Right now TV has live video of the wildfires near I-35 & Waterloo.

That's a pretty place, I like it, but there is a con side to all that vegetation. Always trade offs.

Good luck yo you.

 

[dennishoddy]

That area doesn't have a lot of wildfires. The rain that the rest of the state doesn't get, ends up there.

Good luck on your journey. You may be right thinking a cistern filled by runoff from your roof, and runoff from elsewhere may be your water source. OSU has some great plans on using/filtering water from a pond for the house. A guy I used to work with used a pond, and they drank the water after proper filtration.

 

[subprep]

very awesome, I have been looking at land down south myself... Rent some goats. No lie they will have that underlying vegetation eaten down in two weeks.

 

[Old Fart]

Pretty property down there. Congrats!