Hello from Eastern WA

[DrJenner]

Good afternoon from the east (dry) side of WA, just purchased 48 acres, (have 3 1/2 now) - not super new to homesteading, hoping I can be helpful and also hoping to pick up some tips along the way.

 

[snappy1]

Welcome from MS! Nice to meet you! There's plenty to learn and contribute to here!

 

[Peanut]

Welcome from Bama, lots of topics, jump in anywhere!

 

[Bacpacker]

Welcome

 

[viking]

Hello and welcome from a former Washingtonian now living in our paradise in S.W. Oregon.

 

[Cascadian]

Welcome from the willamette valley.

 

[DrJenner]

Good to see fellow PNW'ers
Love the willamette valley.
@viking - SW oregon - I have family by Coos Bay, want to get out that way someday. My daughter wanted to go to U of O, but the way sports recruiting is now...she will be going to a community college for a few years!

 

[Alaskajohn]

A warm welcome from Alaska!

 

[LadyLocust]

Welcome! There are a few of us out this side of the state.

 

[dademoss]

Welcome from Ohio

 

[Sourdough]

Welcome from the "Great State of Alaska".

 

[Amish Heart]

Welcome from Kansas! I know you from the other site.

 

[Weedygarden]

Welcome from Colorado!

 

[kd4ulw]

Welcome from Indiana.

 

[goshengirl]

Welcome from southern Ohio!

 

[backlash]

Welcome aboard from the Yakima Valley.

 

[Morgan101]

Welcome from Eastern Missouri. Good to have you with us.

 

[DrJenner]

Welcome aboard from the Yakima Valley.

We are neighbors

 

[Tirediron]

welcome from north of the border, and just east of the rockies, you got here just in time for the vaxx "squabble"

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Welcome from Missouri.

 

[DrJenner]

welcome from north of the border, and just east of the rockies, you got here just in time for the vaxx "squabble"

Ah yeah, I will try to stay out of that one - was on another site, that is all it has become.

 

[Amish Heart]

Yep. That's why I'm not on there much.

 

[DrJenner]

Yep. That's why I'm not on there much.

glad to see you here

 

[Amish Heart]

I've been here forever. Glad you found us over here!
You've got a challenge ahead of you. About 7 yrs ago we found an old broken down farm (over 100 yrs old) and it was such a mess, that when we came here, we stay in our travel trailer. We would stay for a week then go home to New Mexico. Once in November, the heater in it went out. So in the house we came, staying in one room with a propane heater. We couldn't wait to get this place fixed up. So retired, and moved full time here 14 months ago. So much work! But so worth the effort. Keep us informed with how your transition is going! Alot of good people on this forum.

 

[DrJenner]

I've been here forever. Glad you found us over here!
You've got a challenge ahead of you. About 7 yrs ago we found an old broken down farm (over 100 yrs old) and it was such a mess, that when we came here, we stay in our travel trailer. We would stay for a week then go home to New Mexico. Once in November, the heater in it went out. So in the house we came, staying in one room with a propane heater. We couldn't wait to get this place fixed up. So retired, and moved full time here 14 months ago. So much work! But so worth the effort. Keep us informed with how your transition is going! Alot of good people on this forum.

Thanks @Amish Heart
I am so looking forward to downsizing and heading up that way. I'll post pics later! I can't imagine fixing up an old broken down farm, with all the challenges though, what a great thing to pass down to grandkids - I hope you kept a journal of your adventures!
We plan on journaling about it. I am also going to start writing a memoir about my life behind the hospital walls, in the ICU during a pandemic. I figure its the first in our lifetime so why not!

 

[DrPrepper]

Thanks @Amish Heart
I am also going to start writing a memoir about my life behind the hospital walls, in the ICU during a pandemic. I figure its the first in our lifetime so why not!

DrJenner, I am doing the same thing - only I'm doing mine from my perspective as the Infection Preventionist for a health system, and I'm writing it as fiction. (I write post-apocalyptic novels). I'll bet your memoir will be very interesting, as ICUs were right in the line of fire from the worst of covid!

 

[DrJenner]

DrJenner, I am doing the same thing - only I'm doing mine from my perspective as the Infection Preventionist for a health system, and I'm writing it as fiction. (I write post-apocalyptic novels). I'll bet your memoir will be very interesting, as ICUs were right in the line of fire from the worst of covid!

Intriguing, I would love to read it. I love reading post apocalyptic novels in my spare time
I need to start keeping a journal so I can remember everything!

 

[Amish Heart]

I enjoyed Dr Prepper's book...you'll have to read it!

 

[DrPrepper]

I enjoyed Dr Prepper's book...you'll have to read it!

Thanks, Amish! Which book did you read? (I have 3 now with a fourth soon to come out!)

 

[Amish Heart]

I read, "The Long Roll Home". Enjoyed it. Tell me your other titles