Bug-Out vs. All-In

Committing to a Lifestyle.

Not every prepper lives off grid, and not everyone who lives off grid is a prepper.

That last part came as a surprise to us when we went off grid. We assumed that anyone living 25 miles or more from town, more than 15 miles from the nearest power pole, and way beyond any kind of road maintenance whatsoever would be somewhat self-sufficient. Boy, were we wrong.

Remote as we are, we still have neighbors who depend on weekly grocery deliveries via snowmobile. This winter, a guy we’d never seen before showed up making deliveries of *whatever* to whomever has the means to pay. He earns some extra cash and gets an excuse to play on his snowmobile. Good for him. Congrats to this savvy entrepreneur for recognizing a need and filling it, but woe to the neighbors who need it. What if he hadn’t come along? Point being, not everyone living off grid is a prepper.

But this isn’t about the neighbors…

This is about being prepared, and that conspiracy-laden, oft-misunderstood moniker, “Prepper”.

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