After I sent up that last post, I was thinking about food way too much. Food that other people grow and cook. As opposed to the food that I eat now here at the Cabin, after the Problem.
It's healthy food, but not too exciting. I picked up some freeze-dried food from the folks at Mountain Warehouse in Auburn. They were a big distributor of food storage food, and a four-year supply would be needed after the Problem hit. They also had a good supply of first aid products, so I added that to the list. Of course, I didn't buy it all at once. And it was a bit expensive. But I knew that I would need a good long supply of food if I was going to survive.
When I built the cabin, I made sure that there was a lot of food storage area. The cabin had almost a full basement, and it kept at a good constant temperature winter and summer. Especially since I had ten inches of insulation all around the basement, including the ceiling. I put good strong shelving down there, mostly four by fours with one-inch plywood. The shelves would hold a lot of weight.
There was a good year-round stream running close to the cabin. I had set up an underground pipe from the stream to the cabin. The stream supplemented the well that I used when electricity was always available before the problem. I had a good supply of water purification tablets, although I had the stream water tested several times before the Problem and it came out pretty clean.
I also stocked up on some basic vegetables seeds for a garden. The stuff that I grew would be a good supplement my food supply in the basement.
So, at the cabin, I'm in fairly good shape. I've got a good supply of food, although I am careful about how much I eat. I've got a good supply of water, both what I have stored in water barrels in the basement and the year-round stream. I've got a good supply of wood that is already cut and getting seasoned, and I live in a forested area. I've got a small garden, with a tall fence to keep out the deer and other critters. And the property is pretty isolated, so I don't have to worry about outside visitors.
And I've always been a person that doesn't mind being alone. There are lots of books in the library, and my electricity setup gives me a bit of power when I need it. And the phone lines still work, usually, which lets me send up these posts. But I don't call anyone on the outside.
So I am surviving OK here at the cabin. But it's the little things you miss. Like a ham and cheese omelet breakfast from Denny's. And Hilda's oatmeal-raisin cookies.