Youngest Daughter, Middle Daughter, and I joined the Out-laws for a weekend in VT. Grandma and Grandpa have owned a cabin up there for nearly 20 years and the kids love it.
There are propane lights but that's about it. There isn't electricity, phone, internet, or even running water. Fresh water is obtained at a local spring in containers used for just that purpose.
The girls use environmentally friendly soap to wash in the pond that is across the street. If we're there long enough we'll sneak into the local campground and take a shower at their facilities. You have to take a pocketful of quarters in order to operate the shower.
All the downsides are offset by what I like best...the peace and quiet and being able to hang out with each other.
The porch is screened in so that is where I sleep. Both of the girls decided to sleep out there too even though it was pretty chilly at night. There is a brook that runs alongside the cabin and it is so nice to fall asleep to that sound and the call of the loons coming from the pond.
We got there Friday and by Sunday evening we were glad to be home, showered, in clean clothes, and sleeping in our own beds.
Posted by bbarton at August 7, 2006 02:15 PMAntipo - Sure! Come on over!
Posted by: Bob on August 7, 2006 05:24 PMsounds lovely...xx
Posted by: grannyp on August 8, 2006 09:21 AM
It sounds like the perfect break away from it all! Can I come on the next one?
Posted by: Antipodeesse on August 7, 2006 05:05 PM