Roflmmfao, imma leave this one alone!
A Few Other Reasons Not To "BUG IN"
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We are in BFE out in MO, seriously, the little town that we live 9 miles from has a population of 87. The nearest town with a population of over 30,000 is about 35 miles away and across the Missouri River. The nearest major population center is about 2 hours away on a good day.
We don't plan to bug out, but if we must for some reason, we've come up with 2 different plans. They might sound a bit off to some, but please realize that we have a farm and the means to do this.
The first plan would be leaving by vehicle. The two stock trailers would be hitched and loaded (1 stays loaded with some supplies now since we use it for storing some preps in), the suv would have the need right now totes put in it and my oldest daughter's car would be loaded the same. She and her 2 roommates have quite a bit of preps here on our place since this is their bol. We can be loaded completely and gone in 45 minutes. Seems like a lot of time, but we're also loading alternative modes of transportation as well.
The second plan is to leave under animal power. Okay, go on and get the giggles out now.
All of our horses can be ridden, used to pack, or pull the 2 wagons we have. Horses can get places that motorized vehicles can't. Obviously we wouldn't have the dramatic gravel throwing exit that leaving by truck would, but we'll get to where we are going and at a faster pace than if we were to walk. We would have 4 riders with pannier bags, 4 horses carrying packs weighing about 250 each, 2 people driving the wagons, 4 horses hitched and 2 tied behind as spares. We've done extensive primitive camping using the horses to get us in and out with our supplies so everyone knows their jobs. From our place it would be a 65 mile trek to my sister's farm in another BFE part of the state.
Ideally though, we plan to stay put and holding our ground. As to bodies, they'd be hauled up onto our far ridge and left for the coyotes and other animals. For our own dead, they'd be buried out past our barn. For sanitation, we've got an outhouse already in place. For water, we've got a well and a springhouse that flows year round.
We don't plan to bug out, but if we must for some reason, we've come up with 2 different plans. They might sound a bit off to some, but please realize that we have a farm and the means to do this.
The first plan would be leaving by vehicle. The two stock trailers would be hitched and loaded (1 stays loaded with some supplies now since we use it for storing some preps in), the suv would have the need right now totes put in it and my oldest daughter's car would be loaded the same. She and her 2 roommates have quite a bit of preps here on our place since this is their bol. We can be loaded completely and gone in 45 minutes. Seems like a lot of time, but we're also loading alternative modes of transportation as well.
The second plan is to leave under animal power. Okay, go on and get the giggles out now.
All of our horses can be ridden, used to pack, or pull the 2 wagons we have. Horses can get places that motorized vehicles can't. Obviously we wouldn't have the dramatic gravel throwing exit that leaving by truck would, but we'll get to where we are going and at a faster pace than if we were to walk. We would have 4 riders with pannier bags, 4 horses carrying packs weighing about 250 each, 2 people driving the wagons, 4 horses hitched and 2 tied behind as spares. We've done extensive primitive camping using the horses to get us in and out with our supplies so everyone knows their jobs. From our place it would be a 65 mile trek to my sister's farm in another BFE part of the state.
Ideally though, we plan to stay put and holding our ground. As to bodies, they'd be hauled up onto our far ridge and left for the coyotes and other animals. For our own dead, they'd be buried out past our barn. For sanitation, we've got an outhouse already in place. For water, we've got a well and a springhouse that flows year round.
