Six years ago today I closed on my first property, a small one-acre lot at 11,800ft in the Colorado backcountry. I only had one weekend to camp on the lot before winter set in that year but I was able to build a small camp spot and fire pit while constructing a simple fence for the driveway.
After closing on my property I was able to camp for a night. I leveled a flat spot for a tent, cut a bench out of an old half rotted tree and cleared some willow bushes for a small fire ring.
I had just come off almost a year of unemployment and had taken a job working at an ice cream shop. During my time off I realized that everything I thought I wanted in life has changed. I no longer wanted a highly decorated loft downtown where I could mingle and party with the city’s elite and spend weekends eating at fancy restaurants and buying nice things. Most of my family and friends thought I was crazy when I told them my dream of a yurt in the mountains and were skeptical that I would be able to use such a remote lot in a challenging environment. The environment and yurt are still a challenge and there are neverending projects but I can look back at this moment in time and say it was totally worth it!
A log fence I built across the driveway the first weekend after I purchased the property.
Love the story–thanks for sharing!! We are sitting in a hotel in ABQ right now waiting to pick our friend up from the airport. It’s just amazing how much I miss the woods, nature and my yurt right now!! Looks like you have come along way–congratulations!!
So glad you enjoyed 🙂 You have such a beautiful yurt I would probably be anxious every time I left! My yurt has come a long way, slowly but surely it is turning into the property I have dreamed of. I don’t think I’ll ever be done but I guess that is half of the adventure of yurt life!