Currently my husband and I live in Maine. I was born and raised, his family moved up here from NJ when he was 5. There's a lot of things I actually really like about Maine but I hate the cold. Winters are hard for me, even the relatively easy one we had this year. Maybe my father in law is right and I just don't have enough meat on my bones But either way, the winters in Maine have had me wanting to move south since I was 8. Sadly, the furthest south I've been is Boston
So, we bought our RV, we're fixing it up and saving money to head out this fall. And it could just be the approaching date of departure that's got me all nostalgic for my home state but running through the list of possible SHTF scenerios it seems to win a lot of "likely to survive" contests. But...

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Ok, finally got some time to write more :)
So as I said we have two small complications to our bug out plan, and I do mean small as the largest of them, the male, tips the scales at a whopping 14 lbs But their size, despite how little they weigh is the actual issue. A larger dog, say a shephard when trained and exercised properly has far more stamina then a dog who's legs are about 4 inches tall. For any other Dachsie owners out there I'm sure you know what I mean when I say these little dogs have heart, they are a working breed and will literally keep working until told to stop, even if they drop from exhausting because of it. Well, I'll say this is true in most cases anyway, it depends on how strong their instincts are for their original purpose. This is by far stronger in my male than female but because we have two they also push each other and compete in a way. This is my main reason...

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I'll be honest, I had never heard the term "bug out" or "bug out bag" until I saw a breif snipet of the show Doomsday Preppers on National Geographic while visiting the inlaws, but that's not to say I'm really that new a "prepper". My husband and I have unofficially been prepping for years, it wasn't until recently that we began getting more serious about our efforts. I can't really say what caused us to increase the amount of time, planning, and funds we were putting into our bug out gear but I think most would agree that there seems to be an increase in public preparidness. We know, at least subconsciously, that something is going to happen soon. What exactly, no one knows for sure. We can throw theories around all day and even the statistical likelihood of each scenario but that doesn't really matter. The important thing is to...

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Just discovered that we have a blog here at SHTF Movement

I'm new here as far as posting regularly but I do read the many posts in the forums I just get lost in cyberspace & life

I'm slightly frustrated with my sheeple husband who doesn't believe in prepping because for some reason he's able to look past those events that have happened but due to my forward thinking we have avoided the worst case possibilities - even Hurricane Irene preceded by a tornado in upper CT & lower Mass & earthquake on the east coast followed by SnowTober storm Alfred didn't wake him up. I mean a week without electric & we've still got limbs in the yard not cut up in the yard just pulled to the side & he's not awake yet? ...

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One day cleaning my rifle too close to the windows, a small splatter of Hoppe's #9 got on the curtains. I did a little experiment on similar cloth a few times till I got it right. Use a 2:1 mixture of baking soda and white vinegar. Use a tooth brush to apply it to the stain. Brush a bit. Repeat, and rinse in cold water. Hang out to dry. Had the curtain hanging back up before the wife got home. She never knew :)