My power went out last year for no obvious reason {common occurance on my road}. I usually call my neighbor and if theirs is out also I know it's the fuse at the tap off for our road. This time no one was home. I called the utility and the guy told me only my house was out. They came out and the fuse to my transformer on the pole had fallen out. The fact he couldn't ping my meter base let them know where to look. They also read the meter in the same manner.
Interesting....
Where you are living reminds me of the log cabin we had when our kids were growing up. We used it as a getaway place, up on the mountain and way back off even the gravel roads.
Two roads before you would arrive at our place the road was like an old covered wagon trail. Grass growing in the center ha! But we loved it there. We did however have a well there and electricity as it’s location ran close to the main electrical grid on the mountain.
I miss going there a great deal. I loved the seclusion and the fun of watching various critters walk thru the yard. Even bears!
Farm livin' is the life for me!
I am almost at the end of the power line for this area, as there are only three other folks down the road from me before the wires just STOP!
It only took the SECOND long outage before I bought a big enough generator to power the important things in the house.
I still need to have enough GAS to last a long time, but so far the tank on the thing has been sufficient.
I should have a propane conversion carb on the thing, so I could use the heating stuff for a LONG time!