Author: Mike Treloar

Now we have the Fun Finder RV in the clearing and our outhouse built, to give us more space we decided to add a platform for out Wall Tent. The RV is fine for sleeping and eating but not a lot of room for standing or walking around. They say in Alberta if you don’t […]

Now we have the clearing, it’s time to build our first house. This one is not going to be very large, only about sixteen square feet, but the amount of research required was astounding. Of course I’m talking about an outhouse. Not very glamorous but a very necessary addition. We did have a washroom in […]

After our first clearing was reclaimed by Nature, we decided to bring in the big guns. Hiring a crew to clear the land was out of the question. The whole point of this journey was to do it ourselves, not hire someone else to do it for us. Clearing land with a Bobcat? Having never […]

After many weekends towing the Fun Finder RV out to the property, we decided it was time for clearing land for our future cabin site. Having a clearing would also mean we could leave the RV at the property instead of towing it back and forth every weekend. Clearing Land by Hand Not having any […]

The first opportunity we had to enjoy the land was with our Fun Finder RV. The property already had road access leading up to a gas lease. We were able to pull the Fun Finder RV out and camp by the gas lease. It gave us the opportunity to get out of town, unwind and […]

It all started one cold November morning with a fresh covering of snow. Sharon and I had been looking for a property we could retire on in British Columbia, just like every other Albertan. We checked online and in newspapers and even took road trip to check the lay of the land. But no luck. […]