I spent my youth in MI doing the usual things a kid would do. My parents, sister, and I would travel around Michigan and Canada on many camping trips during the summer. During that time frame, most of us had a do-it-yourself mindset. If it broke, we would fix it, and if we messed something up, we would repair it before our parents would find out.
I have relatives in Canada and would work on tobacco farms during the summer. Again, if we broke something, we would have to fix it to continue to work. It wasn’t always the best-looking repair, but it works nonetheless. It takes a special kind of person to run a successful farm. Something always needs to be repaired or maintained and you can’t always afford to hire someone to fix it for you. During the time I spent on the tobacco farms I learned a lot about having a good work ethic and how to do things for myself.
So having that type of attitude proved helpful when I moved to Colorado. You have to have some good common sense when you are in the mountains during the winter. I tell my kids that common sense isn’t so common.
Our family has always been the adventurous type. We have been snowshoeing in the Colorado mountains on Valentine’s Day and sleeping in a tent at ten below zero. We have tracked game under the midnight moonlight. We have had coyotes kind of track us while we slept. One night I was awakened by a strange sound, almost like breathing. In the morning I could see the tracks where an elk was standing right outside. Heavy breathing indeed.
I tell you all this to let you know that I am not some green behind the ears guy when it comes to being outside and taking care of myself. I will also inform you that I am not a hardcore survivalist eating pine bark and wrestling bear for food. They can have the food. I bring my own.
I take a practical view of preparedness. Do I have two years of food stored up, no? Have I purchased a survival bunker and buried it in my backyard, no? Do I have plenty of food to sustain my wife and I if hard times hit, yes? Do I have some available shelter if I need it, yes?
This site is about family planning for survival in many situations. As we have seen lately, disasters come in many forms. We take a holistic approach to the many things that can make us struggle in life. Sometimes it is not the big problems that we are not prepared for but the smaller items.
We are here to help you discover the areas that you may want to enhance in your life. Remember that saying, “I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”
Cheers,
Larry