When I get older, I feel like I want to live in like a cabin near the woods somewhere with miles of trails to run on. Where would one find a place like this?
When I get older, I feel like I want to live in like a cabin near the woods somewhere with miles of trails to run on. Where would one find a place like this?
In da woods,ya'll .
Until recently I live in a 1 bedroom cabin in the woods in Alaska. Trails were all over the place and it was Mecca. I loved every second of it....then 4 months ago I was forced to move to L.A. I have been miserable every since.
Hope that helps.
How did you survive living in Alaska, and why were you forced to move to L.A.?
You can build a cabin yourself for half of what it would cost a contractor to do it.
yea but where could I do that? Alaska seems a bit cold for my liking
Where's your preference for living? Could you buy land? I've been thinking of a summer cabin in the Ithaca, NY area. Most likely just the summer but into the fall would be even better.
You can find land in Wisconsin for $1000/acre if you look hard.
I have a cabin in the woods in Wisconsin with trails. It is what they call a "full log" cabin. I was there yesterday. I go about once a week and more in the summer.The logs are 8" by 12".
nice, what area of wisconsin is it in? Way up north or not?
Actually southwest. I used to have a cottage up north and I got tired of driving 4 or 5 hours to get to it. Up north is nice but southwest is better than many people realize. Not as many lakes though; that is a negative.
Awesome, bluff country is a really cool area.
Everytime I would drive to the state meet in La Crosse I would think about living in that area
Look at northern Wisconsin or the UP of Michigan. Real estate can be very cheap in the UP. By the way, I feel the same way you do about having a cabin in the woods.
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Top Cat wrote:
Actually southwest. I used to have a cottage up north and I got tired of driving 4 or 5 hours to get to it. Up north is nice but southwest is better than many people realize. Not as many lakes though; that is a negative.
Awesome, I used to go on a fishing trip in that area of Wisconsing every year. I really enjoyed fly fishing for trout in the small streams and rivers. Can't imagine the land around Avalanche would be too expensive. That was one of my favorite spots.
Funny this thread has popped up. I built a log cabin - started one year ago - here in Michigan, out of the dead ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer problem. logs are 10'x12'. Am installing the pipe for the wood stove right now, and it will be inhabitable.
All dirt roads and trails. :-) Did it all myself, with a chainsaw and my own elbow grease. Hard work, rewarding and satisfying. Most expensive stuff was the stove pipe, almost $300, but not much else. Total probably under $500.
Cherish the cabin!
I had one in northern New York. It was more of a cottage than a cabin, but it was nice. It was good in that it was close to Route 11 so it was easy to get to, but surrounded by state land. I ran on dirt access roads almost exclusively. If I was in the mood for something different the nearest peaks were about 40 minutes away.
yes that whole Kickapoo River Valley is nice. I'm in the Grant River Valley and about 2 miles from the Mississippi.
how did you deal with going to the bathroom and stuff? out of curiosity
also showering