faucet Dripping

Prepper Diary December 26: Bitterly Cold Weather Brings Frozen Pipe...

Wind chills drop to the negative teens and we work on keeping the house warm and preventing our pipes from freezing.
Snowy scene from our window

May you have a Very Prepper Christmas

We are enjoyed a white Christmas, which is both a blessing and a little but of a curse when you live on a steep mountain. This is the time of year when you wish you owned a snow machine.
Stover thermometer reading too high

Prepper Diary December 23: Adventures in Heating with Wood and Christmas...

We continue to learn while heating our house with wood, We also do some exploring of local general stores and other resources.
Winter Landscape with Trees. Image by Ina Hoekstra from Pixabay.

Prepper Diary December 17: The Winter Storm Strikes

As much of the North East was blanketed with snow, we weather our first winter storm in our new prepper property.
Flame in a fireplace. Photo by Maurice Sahl on Unsplas0.h

Prepper Diary December 14: Struggling to Stay Warm Without Overheating

With a wood stove, its easy to male the room too hot, but that is probably better than being too cold. We struggle to find the sweet spot.
A dirt road.

Prepper Diary December 13: Our Move is Over but the Fun...

Our move is over but the unpacking will take days. We are exhausted, but the poor truck diver had a really bad trip.
These are the keys I tossed before we moved.

Prepper Diary December 9: It’s a Wasteland Around Here

The move is now 24 hours away and the house is a wasteland, with nothing to eat and no table at which to sit and eat. We can't wait to move to our prepper property.
Popcorn in a bowl with a Christmas tree in the background. Photo by Jill Wellington from Pixabay.

Prepper Diary December 2: More on the Move, the Truck, and...

It's a busy week at Pete's house as the move gets closer, COVID-19 gets worse, and he still needs a new truck.
Moving boxes

Prepper Diary November 29: Truck Travails and Making Moves

Our impending move is made more challenging by the destruction of my pickup truck, but we persevere by renting a Ram 1500.
Heading home on mountain roads.

Prepper Diary November 25: Now I Gotta Buy a New Truck

In the aftermath of the car crash, Pete heads home and embarks on some truck shopping.