RE: Pennsif's Progress - The Days are Numbered // Day 949 : The State of the Prep - 50 Day Review
Wow @pennsif. This must be the most comprehensive attemt I've seen to date. I really like the deadline you've given yourself as its the only way to keep accountable for ongoing progress.
You have an excellent range of fields that you are chipping away at which is great. Have you considered a "simulation" category?
By this I mean trying to simulate a real world scenario by relying on only your off grid prep for a day, week, whatever is practical and achieveable. That's a great way to discover any holes in your planning.
By the sounds of it you're in the top 1% so they say. The transport is a big one too and often ill-considered.
How visually obscured are your efforts from the road or property boundary? Security can also come in the form of obscurity and it seems the area of protecting what's been prepared from others can be one of the biggest challenges.
Family buy-in is essential too which you're working on.
Do you have much in the way of excess for trading reasons? Gold, silver, tools, even skills?
Really outstanding job. Would love to visit and checkout what you've done as it sounds fascinating but we're a long distance apart!
Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the tips and ideas @nolnoclaup. The simulations would be worth a try although we often get snowed in for a week or more in the winter and can't get off the mountain so have to go native on those occasions.
Visual obscurity is something that we are quite strong on. We are about a third of a mile from the road and have now planted about 10,000 trees between the house and the road. As they grow up we are disappearing from sight on the road.
I am trying to build up some surpluses - particularly in medical supplies and tools - for trading.