The Fantastica Chronicles (Day 440 The End)

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A brief introduction: Hi I am Jacob.

TL;DR: There is no tl;dr because you should have more patience and attention span than a gnat on a high wind.

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The Fantastica Chronicles Day 440!

Day 440. (TFC End The Fantastica Chronicles & Moving On)
End The Fantastica Chronicles & Moving On

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Some of you already know that I have ended the Fantastica Chronicles on Day 440. The last post for them can be found here: https://peakd.com/homesteading/@jacobpeacock/the-fantastica-chronicles-day-440 Yeah it is a weird way to end things and absolutely vague but I do plan on sitting down over the next few weeks and sort of summarizing how things end and my final days of packing down and moving. For now I just have to stay focused on the moving process so I will not be posting over the next several days.

As far as the next adventure goes it will be another raw land scenario where I start all over again building my little homestead. I do plan on taking a break when I first arrive because between my stay at That Old Farm and Fantastica I have spent the last 1397 days documenting my life and just need to pause, reflect and breathe for a bit before diving into the next project. I am thinking that I might even decompress some and tell some of the weird stories that never made it into my previous documentation of things due to whatever circumstance that caused their omission. It is hard to tell the whole story (ever) but I do hope to fill in some of the gaps and perhaps will find a few gems of perspective along the way.

Although things here at Fantastica have ended on a sour note I feel just fine with it because at the end of the day I have done all the stuff that I set out to do (and more) and I got some good relaxing time to rest after my last adventure. Ultimately me moving is just me not backing down from my principles and sticking to the truth as I see it in regards to what I find to be acceptable human behaviors at a place where I am living. In other words there are some things that I do not want to be 'part and party' to and and must make my life choices accordingly from there for the best so that I am not lending my energies to situations that I would rather not be lending them to in the first place.

All in all, my time here was time well spent and coming into the scenario I knew that it would wind up being a short-term stay for one reason or another and I am glad that I treated it appropriately along the way and kept that in mind while I was setting everything up. Over the last two days while I have been packing everything down I have continually been thankful that I had thoughtfully packed as much stuff as possible when I moved my storage from the camper to the shelter area and since then have packed down more of the stuff that was already at the shelter site. Basically I have been preparing to leave for the better part of three months now and since I never truly let myself 'settle into' the place 'pulling up stakes' has been rather easy and straight-forward.

Of course with all the damned upheaval I am slightly perturbed because I dislike jostling my daily routines and like I often say it is way more difficult for me to unsettle from a situation than it is to settle into one. The disruption of my daily routines will obviously annoy me over the coming days and weeks but all things considered I am moving to a real good situation where I can continue to grow and will have plenty of projects to work on. I also like the 'blank slate' feature of the new place and helping the folks who own it fully realize and fulfill their dreams and vision for the land. Exciting times really and especially since the folks are much more 'my tribe' than the folks that I have been around in the last few scenarios. They are also folks who know me well and do not mind the unfiltered/uncensored vernacular that I weave into the story of my life which I believe only suffers when I have to 'edit' myself for the benefit of others. In other words I am going somewhere (and going to be around folks) that I can actually be myself around... and whoa have I needed that!

Well, I only intended to make a short 'heads up' post but there you have it. I am moving out of the mountains and into the flat lands and although I will miss the mountains I am damn sure looking forward to not having to deal with uneven terrain! It will all make for a nice experience for the dogs as well because they will have plenty of running room once they learn the boundaries of the property. I think that for the first many weeks there my main goal (aside from my initial setup) will be to train the dogs and spend a bunch of time with them so that they settle into the place as rapidly as possible. I think that this will be the seventh site that I will be working them on and perhaps the easiest due to its flat nature and wide open views through the scrub land. There are rattlesnakes so I will need to keep that in mind with the dogs and get some appropriate medicines on hand in case any of them get snake bit but hell they are well trained for dealing with snakes.

There are always both new and old challenges when setting up at a new place and especially so when there is only minimal infrastructure in place but overall I think that I have my overall 'rig' (homesteading gear) pretty dialed in and very portable which is handy to say the least. It is a lot of work and of course only so much can be done in a day but I feel confident at this point that I could get plopped down almost anywhere with the setup that I have and be fine. There are plans in place to build a building for me at the next place so that is going to be fun because I think that in the beginning I will build another 'cube' like the one I am in now and then work on building a real cabin/shelter that has enough room to facilitate the various aspects of my life and provide some roomy comfort.

One thing about moving much further south is that the winter will be much milder and easy for me to cope with which means that I will have more fuel for cooking with and using my on-demand hot water heater and shower setup. Perhaps if the winter is super mild there I will feel inclined to do more work outdoors during the winter even though it is during my downtime. In this instance I will have to work through the winter to get prepared for the warmer months because the bugs are going to be a much larger factor there as well as extreme heat. If I really hit the ground running I think that by the end of the following month I should be transitioning from an initial setup to a more permanent one without a whole lot of difficulty or inconvenience along the way.

Carrying everything out of the woods here is going to be interesting but I think that if I got it all back here in the first place... then I can get it out again. It will be a bit taxing for just me and my one friend to pull it all off but at least when we get to where we are going we will have some helping hands to help us unload everything. There is not really adequate storage where I am going so my stuff will probably get spread out some at first and put wherever there is room for it. It will assuredly be a bit wonky but hell I can not recall a single place that I setup at that was not frigging wonky at the beginning. I am looking forward to my first ninety day 'adjustment period' at the new place and what all bubbles up as I reflect on my previous journeys whilst embracing a new one.

Hell, I guess that I should wrap this up and say 'ta ta for now' because I took a long nap today in the afternoon and now need to work dismantling some things this evening to make up for the lost time. The packing down and moving process is never fun but this one seems easier than most I have been through in the last few years. I hope that everyone is doing well and has a nice day/night. Viva la Apocalyptica Mucho Love and all that jazz!

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The weather is always changing and I change with it!

Thanks for reading!

More about me: I have been doing property caretaking (land stewardship) for many years (decades) and live a rather simple life with my dogs doing what most folks would consider to be an 'alternative minimalist lifestyle' but what I often just think of as a low-impact lifestyle where I get to homestead and spend the majority of my time alone with my dogs in the woods doing projects in the warmer months and taking some downtime during the colder months.

A little over three years ago I began sharing the adventures (misadventures) of my life via writing, videos, pictures and the occasional podcasts and although my intention was to simply share my life with some friends it undoubtedly grew into much more than that over the years and now I find myself doing what equates to a full-time job just 'sharing my life' which is not even all that glamorous or anything but hey folks seem to enjoy it so I just keep doing it!

The way that the Fantastica Chronicles came about is that I was living at another place when I started chronicling and sharing my days but eventually I wound up moving to a new place. The new place is a homestead named 'Fantastica' so I started with 'Day 1' upon my arrival here and just kept documenting my days much like I had done for the previous nine hundred and fifty-seven days at the last place that I lived.

I have mostly done that 'documenting' at Fantastica exclusively with words (and pictures) opting not to do the videos because as I learned at the last place, sharing videos over an intermittent and slow internet connection is horribly time consuming and what I often think of as an 'ulcer inducing' experience. All that said, I opted for simplicity with the documentation and have no real regrets for doing so.

The way that I look at it is that I give it all my best each day and while some stuff I write is better than others I think that for the most part I do a pretty good job at doing what I am doing which is simply 'sharing my life' as candidly as I possibly can and whatever folks get (or do not get) from it there is always the satisfaction of me doing what I set out to do... which is to simply share my life.

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Voting because you are positive. And can't wait to see you continue to grow and develop. Awesome job with making a home in the mountains.

I know you will be able to make it.

Thanks for the insight into your world.

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Well it's good to get a. bit more context than with the last post, sorry things didn't work out, but as you say you knew it was short term and it sounds like moving South at this time of year may not be too bad, keep us posted, once you've moved and rested!

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Hope the moving process goes as smooth as possible!

I think that this new, fresh start is the perfect time to reflect and take a break. Best of luck and I'm looking forward to reading about the new chapter and new adventures. :)

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