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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I have recently become obsessed with the idea of buying a few acres and a log cabin somewhere out towards West Virginia. I know with kids activities etc. we might not even head out there too much, but it would be nice to have a retreat from the city.

Is this a crazy idea? 
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Yes, it's a crazy idea.  We took the plunge over 10 years ago before we had kids.  We have a cabin and a fair bit of land.  We hardly ever get out there, although sometimes DH and the more "outdoorsy" kid go for the weekend while I stay home with the one with the conflicting activity.

The pro side of things is you really, really get away from the city and back to nature in a big way.  This may sound sappy, but I feel much closer to God out there when I am walking along in the forest and enjoying the gorgeous views.  We also tend to have more "simple fun," like card games and puzzles, when we are out there.

The con side is the expense, the hassle and the fact that we have no help out there.  It's good for the kids to learn to do things where we don't have help, but the reality is mom often stays inside doing laundry while everybody else goes for a hike.  We are really remote, which means it isn't served by any cleaning services, etc.  Our closest neighbor is more than a mile away.  But when we have needed a neighbor's help, those people are truly the salt of the earth.  The traffic on 66 always sucks, so we often go really late on Friday rather than dealing with rush hour on 66.  Interestingly, we had an easier time getting DSL out there than we did here in town, so from that perspective the remoteness has not been a disadvantage.

Think really hard about what you really want.  Do you want solitude or activities?  I would have rather been somewhere that we could go out to dinner and that had cute little stores, but my DH wanted something remote and with at least 50 acres, so that pushed us in a different direction.  That may account for the fact that he gets out there more than I do.   :wink:[/quote]

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