Thanks for the ping. Was wondering how everyone was doing. :) Read through 123 posts so as not to be redundant, and see if there was anything I could add.
We “bugged out” and started over 12 years ago. And here in the hills of West Virginny, is where we will stay. :). We are blessed with good neighbors, and by that I mean that we all live our own lives, but if some one of us needs help, rare, but it occasionally happens, the neighbors will show up.
We also learned a long time ago, the importance of building a network of local resources. I don’t know the lady who sold us the grass-fed beef we’re eating, but she’s a friend of a friend who split one with us, since we’ve had to admit that we’re past the raising our own stage of life. :)
We still garden and preserve and that’s a good subject to discuss, but I’ve also been stocking up on tools and supplies we’ll need if the “supply chain” shuts down.
I enjoy reading these threads because I can’t think of everything and ofttimes someone mentions something I hadn’t thought of. :)
We moved out here once and moved back to FL and then moved back here for good. FL was just too busy and DeSantis only won by a slight margin. I consider it a mini California and think it will go that way eventually.
My neighbors are the same as far as offering help but I’ve tried not to ask too much of them. I’m saving up my favor credits LOL.
I’m not the most social person so sadly, I haven’t built up a network aside from my close neighbors. I need to improve in that area. Need to introduce myself to the local Ham radio operator etc so I don’t show up as an unknown if and after things go South and I want to know what’s going on in the world.