Walked the Land, 4-23

We went out and walked the property. David marked it off with flags and officially mapped it.

The town is very quiet, very small. I wonder with whom I'll connect. The state law here says that my homeschooled children have to be evaluated by a state certified teacher every year! What the fuck. Isn't that exactly what I am trying to avoid?

I'm having second thoughts about the whole thing. We could do this in southwestern Colorado, but we'd need a greenhouse, ... but we'd have the mountains. The goal is to be low impact, of course, but if we can be very low cost as well then we can travel. I can't see living here day in day out for the rest of my life. It's a hub. We're an airline and it's our Atlanta. That's the way we are going at it. And we need to maintain that focus.

The windpower here is great. Obama was in town this week at one of the plants. David has found a system that will give us 950kwh per month. Our highest usage in Colorado was 840kwh. He also picked a woodstove as an extra heater for the house or garage. We'll have the kiva, wind, solar, and biomass. In-tran heat and straw bale insulation. If we could be off the grid, or better: selling back power, we will finally not be freaking out each month about how to pay our bills.

Or, if the bank turns us down ... a yurt in southwestern Colorado with a greenhouse. Whatever happens is what is supposed to happen.