Our Story
In today’s world, many of us seek to find a way of life that make us feel whole and connected. In the beginning of 2019, a group of 9 friends and acquaintances with the same aspiration to find a more meaningful way of life decided to start this journey together by moving off-grid to 85 acres of raw land near Dale, Texas.
In the beginning we had a unique opportunity to be on land, and build an enterprise which could sustain us there. We didn’t know how long we could stay, and we had not pre-planned a community before moving out. It seemed an exciting proposition to learn the skills to live off the land and build a life for ourselves through determination and craftiness, even if only as a temporary learning experiment.
We moved out here in a variety of tiny homes, campers, rvs, and handbulit structures, some which were only finished after months of work renovating them and most cost less than $1000. Without any infrastructure to start with, life was uncomfortable for a while but rent was cheap, so we had time to work for ourselves instead of needing to work a job most of the week.
Most of us did not have skills specific to building or living in community, but those who did helped to lead projects while others supported where they could. We have banded together and created all our infrastructure so far using mostly free salvaged materials. Our creations needed to be moveable, easy to take apart, or something we would be willing to abandon since we had no guarantee of staying long term. Some days, it was hard to be motivated to build anything thinking we may have to leave soon. But during the end of 2020 and much to our surprise, an investor made it possible for us to be here and continue building our dreams.
It is within our goals to eventually own the land within the collective community, and now we have the time and stability to plan for it.
It is still a challenge to meet our level of comforts we are used to from civilization, but as more infrastructure is completed we get continually closer, while reaping the benefits of living with friends, surrounded by beautiful nature, forging our own path with huge freedom for creativity and time to do it, made possible by very small living expenses.
We think this lifestyle could be appealing on a massive level to people who are wanting more nature, more nurturing relationships, more personal power, more freedom of time, all while spending much less on living expenses.
We hope to be a bridge of healing the disconnection within us and our world, while teaching others what we have learned to make the process much easier than we had it.