Dad Buying Cabin WAY UP IN the UP

the 2nd born son wrote:

My dad I about 50 years old and has been divorced from my mom for about 10 years. She left after cheating on him and ended up marrying the guy she had the affair with. It took my dad a few years, but he started dating again. For a couple years he dated a much younger woman (about 15 years younger than him), but they broke up. He dated another women for about 5 years and they broke up for reasons I don't know. I have been working about 4 hours away and my sister is even farther away.

My dad, without talking to anyone has sold the family house and bought a cabin in the UP (upper peninsula of Michigan). The cabin he bought is way way up there and seems to be at least an hour plus from the nearest thing that might be called a town. Further, you can't even get to the cabin on the public road. You can get about 20 miles from it and then you get on a private road. The private road is NOT plowed in the winter. That road is about 50% paved and 50% gravel. The road is owned by a few people who have cabins in the area, but as near as I can tell, none of them live there year round. The others use the property for hunting/fishing etc. The property is almost impossible to get to in the winter. I am told with a snow mobile you can get there.

The cabin in very nice and he has made significant upgrades. There is a well, he has 2 generators (in case one breaks. A huge propane tank and a satellite dish. He also has an antenna that sits on a very tall metal "tower."

My dad has gotten into fishing and hunting, something he never was into before. He has also bought a few guns, hand guns as well as 2 rifles and a shotgun. He has purchased a fair amount of ammo as well.

He just announced he was moving. He is not saying we can't come visit, he is encouraging us to. He is not acting "crazy" not writing any manifestos. He is just moving to this desolate place. He plans to live there year round, stock up on supplies for the winter and just live there.

I don't even now where to begin when I talk to him. I don't even know where to begin when I type this. Part of me wants to go talk to my mom about this and get help, but that would just make him look crazy and I don't want to do that.

the 2nd born son wrote:

My dad I about 50 years old and has been divorced from my mom for about 10 years. She left after cheating on him and ended up marrying the guy she had the affair with. It took my dad a few years, but he started dating again. For a couple years he dated a much younger woman (about 15 years younger than him), but they broke up. He dated another women for about 5 years and they broke up for reasons I don't know. I have been working about 4 hours away and my sister is even farther away.

My dad, without talking to anyone has sold the family house and bought a cabin in the UP (upper peninsula of Michigan). The cabin he bought is way way up there and seems to be at least an hour plus from the nearest thing that might be called a town. Further, you can't even get to the cabin on the public road. You can get about 20 miles from it and then you get on a private road. The private road is NOT plowed in the winter. That road is about 50% paved and 50% gravel. The road is owned by a few people who have cabins in the area, but as near as I can tell, none of them live there year round. The others use the property for hunting/fishing etc. The property is almost impossible to get to in the winter. I am told with a snow mobile you can get there.

The cabin in very nice and he has made significant upgrades. There is a well, he has 2 generators (in case one breaks. A huge propane tank and a satellite dish. He also has an antenna that sits on a very tall metal "tower."

My dad has gotten into fishing and hunting, something he never was into before. He has also bought a few guns, hand guns as well as 2 rifles and a shotgun. He has purchased a fair amount of ammo as well.

He just announced he was moving. He is not saying we can't come visit, he is encouraging us to. He is not acting "crazy" not writing any manifestos. He is just moving to this desolate place. He plans to live there year round, stock up on supplies for the winter and just live there.

I don't even now where to begin when I talk to him. I don't even know where to begin when I type this. Part of me wants to go talk to my mom about this and get help, but that would just make him look crazy and I don't want to do that.