05-12-2007, 04:37 PM
"Paradise" is probably a lot like North Carolina once you get here. Actually, probably more like really rural North Carolina without any city type amenities.
It is a LOT easier to set up living situations as a two person team, if you could get your hubby to come help, it would make things loads easier.
Living off the grid usually means things like back-up generators. Can you start a gas generator? Can you fix a small gas engine? If you have a photovoltaic electrical system, then there are banks of batteries to check the water level of occasionally and the whole system needs at least a minimal level of watching. You will probably have catchment water which involves a water pump, finding out how they work would be on your "to do" list. Many folks get their drinking water from taps alongside the highway, hauling in water would become something on the "to do" list, too.
If you are handy with tools and able to cope with things on your own, then it might work. If you are anticipating hiring a "handy person" to help with broken things, then it will be much more difficult.
You have at least visited Hawaii before? You've seen Fern Forest Vacation Estates?
It is a LOT easier to set up living situations as a two person team, if you could get your hubby to come help, it would make things loads easier.
Living off the grid usually means things like back-up generators. Can you start a gas generator? Can you fix a small gas engine? If you have a photovoltaic electrical system, then there are banks of batteries to check the water level of occasionally and the whole system needs at least a minimal level of watching. You will probably have catchment water which involves a water pump, finding out how they work would be on your "to do" list. Many folks get their drinking water from taps alongside the highway, hauling in water would become something on the "to do" list, too.
If you are handy with tools and able to cope with things on your own, then it might work. If you are anticipating hiring a "handy person" to help with broken things, then it will be much more difficult.
You have at least visited Hawaii before? You've seen Fern Forest Vacation Estates?
Kurt Wilson