Curriculum:

• Water systems
  • Springs
    • Hallelujah hallelujah you hit the jackpot if you have one
  • Wells
    • Shallow
      • You got off cheap
    • Deep
      • You’re in for 20,000.00
  • Getting your water to where you want it
    • Hoses-Managing 10,000 feet
    • Trenches-Don’t dig during the winter or you’ll end up digging through 10 feet of snow before you even get to the ground-AKA Don’t do what we did
    • The art of siphoning or How to suck a bowling ball through a garden hose
    • The water pump
  • Storing your water
    • Make sure your RV tank doesn’t have a huge hole before filling it up
    • Tanks: Go big so you can actually take a shower and do the dishes without having to refill

• Propane Systems
  • Why they’re your new BFF
  • Switching everything to gas

• Electrical
  •  Red is red and black is black but sometimes it’s white
  • Your wiring is not rainbow colored
  • Battery as opposed to AC or What you can run on and when and for how long

•  Batteries
  • Care, feeding and maintenance
  • 1  battery actually equals 1/2 a battery: Why you have to buy double
  • How to make one huge battery from 50 little ones

• Solar Power Systems
  • College level calculus
  • The art of patience
  • The backup system: Your second BFF
  • If you plug in your fridge, you’ll lose your Internet: The art of working with your limited solar power system

• Using your RV appliances
  • The propane water heater is not your enemy
  • Propane, propane, propane
  • Screw electric
  • The toilet: the art and nuances of managing your poo
  • The water pump: Make sure you have one before you try to take a shower

• Social Studies
  • How to live in a small space with others and not kill each other
  • Dividing the work: It’s a family affair
  • Keeping social in an isolated situation

• The Protocol
  • Everything you do will have a protocol
  • Keeping everyone on the same page of the protocol and hopefully in the same book

• Enjoying the fruits of your labor
  • The hot shower
  • The hot bath
  • Staying warm in subzero temperatures
  • Staying cool in the blazing heat of summer
  • Your entertainment system

• Living With The Neighbors
  • The People
    • 50 dogs and how to block out the barking
    • How to block out the music
    • How to block out the neighbors
  • The animals
    • It’s not Mr. Foot that’s lurking outside your trailer
    • The cat and his friends
    • The wolves
    • The coyotes
    • The mice
    • The turkeys
    • The deer
  • Deciphering which is which

• Wrapping It All Up
  • It’s all worth it

Author: ldinlove

I am a 55 year old woman with one husband and one child living on raw land we bought in eastern Washington state. I am not normal. I am eccentric. Our whole family is, for that matter. View all posts by ldinlove