How It All Started

I think it appropriate to share why we decided to make this move. I'm putting this information into several posts, as it would make it way too long to post it all at once. It is pretty detailed but I hoped that might make it a bit more interesting.

I should say that the idea for something like this way of living popped into consciousness for us about 4 years ago. We were thinking of putting together some kind of retreat on a large plot of land with a friend. At that time, we were living in California but planning on moving back to Utah and had a friend who was trying to purchase land in San Pete County for this to take place. To no avail, and to our now relief, that did not take place....all plans fell through and we moved back to Utah living the city life we had always known.

Well, then again about a year or so ago, another good friend mentioned that her, along with others, were seriously considering putting a small group of people together to purchase land to build a community. This is of more interest nowadays than it has been in the past because of our current economic situation which is at it's poorest point than it's been in awhile. In Utah, we found a few websites of people putting together what they called “Intentional Communities” which is basically a small group of, usually somewhat like minded people, to aid and help each live and create a more self sufficient and self sustaining life style. I must admit, this is sounded VERY appetizing to us as we had been ready for some time to move out of the current city lifestyle to a more simple, peaceful way of living.

Over the year's time, we met with a group of those parties interested in building this community and even drove to look at land that we thought might best serve our needs. 3 years prior Chris and I started a little used car selling business and at this time, had just went into another business with a friend repoing cars. The car business, because of our current economic situation, was plummeting quickly. The repo business looked as if it might fair nicely for us but we felt that grabbing this opportunity while we can would be the BEST for our family. These reasons, along with our longing for this change for years is what prompted what happened next.