Sooooooooo. It looks like ol' alabaster's going on an adventure this week. I may not be around here for a minute because of it. One of our fellow preppers said to me, "It's one thing to talk about it. It's a whole different ballgame to DO it." So I had been planning a couple or few trips to never-never land when Lee said that to me. It surely rang true in my ears so I set to planning.
I'm going first on a short journey with a few nights out exposed to the elements. I have been working on some of the skills we talk about here often. I am one of the more "Survivalist" type preppers than a "Prepare for anything" type. I try to prepare for as much as possible, but I know that living where I do that if something does pop off around here, we won't be able to stay. That being the case, we won't be able to take everything we need to live indefinitely. We won't even be able to take what we need for 1 year. So, I've been working on learning to harvest foods, both animal and plant. I've been working on building shelters and gathering water as well as treating it to be potable. I'm practicing making fires, and other skills so if things do go downhill in a hurry we aren't standing there ignorant as to how we should be handling things.
I'll be taking time to do this trip and reporting back once I'm done. Hopefully I'll learn something about survival and something about myself. I think it'll be a great time to reflect on what I've become and what I need to be to keep the clan afloat should we all be caught with pants down. Due to the nature of prepping, I can't really say when I'll be heading off on this trip and when I'll be back, but I will be sure to let you all know when it's over just how it went.
I'm going first on a short journey with a few nights out exposed to the elements. I have been working on some of the skills we talk about here often. I am one of the more "Survivalist" type preppers than a "Prepare for anything" type. I try to prepare for as much as possible, but I know that living where I do that if something does pop off around here, we won't be able to stay. That being the case, we won't be able to take everything we need to live indefinitely. We won't even be able to take what we need for 1 year. So, I've been working on learning to harvest foods, both animal and plant. I've been working on building shelters and gathering water as well as treating it to be potable. I'm practicing making fires, and other skills so if things do go downhill in a hurry we aren't standing there ignorant as to how we should be handling things.
I'll be taking time to do this trip and reporting back once I'm done. Hopefully I'll learn something about survival and something about myself. I think it'll be a great time to reflect on what I've become and what I need to be to keep the clan afloat should we all be caught with pants down. Due to the nature of prepping, I can't really say when I'll be heading off on this trip and when I'll be back, but I will be sure to let you all know when it's over just how it went.