After some thought and much looking at a map I have come up with a plan. Here's my outline. Ill have some green to buy a small space. The space will be in the Mts. And will have water and be off grid as much as we can make it. There will be a shower and toilet. Much time will be spent loving life. To make ends meet the large tipi will become a rental for the weekend. And 420 friendly. This is a start and things may chang. I hope to head to co. In April or may. As soon as it gets warm. I'm hoping to find some kind brothers and sister to who have my views to join in. Will update after the new yr. Peace
Tipi.... premade ? Poles aged enough yet flexible while firm ? material used to cover poles properly sized ? heavy enough material?, inner lining ? All questions about tipi knowledge and experience ... ? Best have someone onboard who has at least put up, if not made a tipi. good luck to you Namaste
I'm very interested in this and would love to join you my friend. Keep me up with how things are going.
If I may say... tipi's suck. They suck to put up, they suck when they blow over (yes, they DO, I don't care if they look like they don't), they suck to be in after about five minutes, when you realize they give minimal protection from heat, little protection from wind (unless they blow over on you), minimal protection from rain and no protection from a wet ground, and NO protection at all from cold. And they're a bitch to tie right, and once they are tied, if they do blow over, it will break poles,and be ever harder to get up than from scratch. Fuck tipis. If carefully situated, there's all sorts of improvised or lean-to or tent type structures that could work nicely, but tipis are poorly suited to actually living in, I believe they where originally wigwams only built with white-people-canvas, and intended as large mobile tents, the poles of which could be dragged behind a horse, with the canvas forming a sling to carry cargo and children. It may be fesable, but you need a perfect place, with a firm ground that is high and will drain well, without washing out the edges or anything, but at the SAME TIME is protected from exposure. But I'm a wimp, too.
We use to have a tepee on our farm back when I was married. Back when I lived off the grid. The thing about a tepee if they do not always survive the wind during harsh storms. So we did not live in our tepee but it was a guest house and place to hang out and talk in. It was 420 friendly because we did not allow smoking in the house. I have lived in a Bedouin tent before and a sod house. Our sod house had a wind generator on top. The sod house eventually dissolved. The tepee, Bedouin, and sod structures do not make a home have a sense of permanence. People in great health and in their prime can live like that easily but now that I have physical problems I can no longer live like that. I do have experience with that lifestyle and if you start a community like that my advice would be to have at least one structure in your community that is a building in case of storms or other situations that have not surfaced yet.
I would certainly be interested, I currently own a construction company so if you require any assistance ahead of time contact me. I am currently looking for a commune in either the U.S. Canada or Mexico emedonj@aol.com
