Origins 2

 This is Part 2 Of Our Origin Story, to read Part 1 go here.

 So we loaded the log cabin into a U-Haul truck a piece at a time along with our other few meager possessions. Loaded our few goats we had acquired and learned to milk into the back of the '65 and we were off. I think we signed something that said we wouldn't take the U-Haul off road......sorry U-Haul it was only 24 miles or so.
  I believe it was the 20th of September 1995 when we "landed" in (our) New World. By the 20th of November we would sleep in the cabin for the first time. Six inches of snow on the ground and a tarp for a door. It was invigorating to say the least.

  A day or two before, Noah was kicked in the chest by Clyde, one half of our pair of Belgian draft horses (Bonnie being the other half of the pair).

 A few broken ribs and 20 below zero temperatures almost finished us off that first month. We learned about something called 'creosote'. A build up of creosote in our stove pipe caused the pipe to become clogged and thus fill the cabin with smoke. We had to just shut the stove down and endure the sub-zero temps....Noah was too sick to get out of bed, let alone fix the problem.
  Luck had it that a neighbors visiting son stopped by. He found us looking like death warmed over (warmed being a relative term of course). He took down the stove pipe and unclogged it and built us a fire.
  That near death experience averted, the rest of our first winter went smoothly. We had put in enough firewood, we had put in enough hay, the cabin was warm. We learned about the weather patterns on our mountain, the prevailing winds, how low the sun stayed on the horizon and how short the winter days were. All really essential information for designing an alternative energy powered lifestyle.
 To be continued........