When I talk conventional I mean septic as you said and well for water as you said. That's generally what rural has. Are you saying the well did not run through pipes in the cabin to sinks, toilet and that there was no electric? And possibly no toilet at all but an outhouse? Don't get me wrong, my grandma and grandpa's home was like this always. They had power though. They brought in milk cans of water from the pump and had an outhouse. So I know well what you are talking of if that is the case but again they had electric, at least when I was a child and radio and lights etc.
I'm not talking city sewer and water, I'm talking piped well water, a pressure tank, toilet, electricity brought from the road to the property. Did he have these conventional things? I assume the resort did. Didn't you say there was or is a camera? Power no? Did he have a generator? You're talking kerosene lamps so I am guessing no power.
So that brings an interesting question if no water or power, did he go to the truck stop to shower?
You said this was his kid's childhood home right? So they were roughing it, living off the land so to speak? Boy that would be hard as a young mother with diapers and messes and all and kids to bathe and laundry to do, no washer then either Id guess. I"ve lived that way so don't get me wrong, I know of what you're talking but it's unclear what he had or didn't have?
I'm just a bit startled if he had none of these things. Never realized that. I have no idea what a spring box is, I know what a well is and you can either hand pump a well (old time) or it is piped into your home to your sinks, toilet, washer, etc. and it is bona fide running water. That's how it is rural and mostly these days it has been converted to running water from wells. I mean this is only a few miles right from a resort and a half hour from the truck stop etc. tops?
Just trying to get the picture.
The cabin at 18196 was very old, uninsured, and used as a vacation cabin AFAIK. I don't know that it had electricity, I am not
certain.
I do know it was heated by woodstove and the owners stated in a very early article that the woodstove had not been used and there was no way for a fire to start from inside the house.
Dave's cabin was formerly used as a fire lookout for the forest service.
David had plumbed water into the house from the tank that he had set up. There was a spring on the property that he developed to feed the tank.
It's my understanding that an electric box may have been on the property for as long as four years before he passed but I never saw an outlet or anything that used a plug.
He was a craftsman, welder, firefighter, woodcutter, contractor & artist. David lived VERY simply.
He had vehicles; a jeep, a Ford truck and a work truck with a lift and equipment boxes that held his welding gear.
He had a motorcycle, dirt bikes, a snowmobile, fishing gear and every kind of equipment he needed for his work.
Dave just wasn't a town guy after so many years in the wilderness. He had a beautiful cast iron tub and he flushed the toilet in his bathroom by filling a bucket in the tub and pouring it in the back of the tank.
The winter before he passed was brutal. There was so much snow that it was a full time job keeping his roof & driveway cleared.
You could see the wear & tear on him, he'd lost weight and he said he hoped he'd never have to go through that again...
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