Living Without Modern Amenities

Building our cabin on some land in the country took several years to complete. Once we had a roof and some walls, we would visit and spend nights. We found ways to cope. Here are some tips:

• We ran an electric drop cord from the power pole to inside for lights or plugging in appliances and electric blankets in the colder months.

• We took three cheap poly perk coffee pots, filled with water, perked just the water for an instant water heater with enough hot water for a basin bath and rinse.

• In the summer time, we lined up six or seven clean milk jugs with water on the sunny side of the porch, again instant warm water for a bath.

• We filled a fifty gallon clean plastic black trash can with water, when we returned the next week, we had fifty gallons of nice warm water waiting.

• We lined the unfinished kitchen with huge boxes, threw a sheet over them and had instant counter tops. We had a coffee pot, electric fry pan, and toaster and were able to cook pretty much anything.

By elee from Palm Coast, FL