For those that are not already aware I am a 60 year old New York native who moved away almost 30 years ago now. As I approach retirement I find myself longing to be back with my family and friends, most of whom still live in Upstate NY where I went to college at SUNY Potsdam. Four years ago, after lurking on real estate websites for nearly 3 years, running searches for upstate property, I finally pulled the trigger.
I re-financed my home, taking equity out to purchase a piece of land over 25 acres inside the blue line in the Adirondack Park. For the first two years I travelled to the property two weeks at a time, spending the nearly all the time working on the off grid place that had been neglected for nearly 15 years. For the last two summers I have lived in a canvas tent, and worked my tech job remotely – using solar power and a starlink setup to bring a little bit of civilization to my little corner of the wilderness. My days are full, working a full time job to pay the bills, then another full time job to turn my piece of overgrown land into my forever home in the ADK.
The life is hard, but every time I go to sleep to the sound of barred owls hooting to each other across the valley accompanied by crickets, or wake up to the sun rising across the high peaks I remember why I started this process and keep coming back. If you are interested in this and want to follow my journey, you can find me at Back to the ADK on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@backtotheadk883
by maxxcarnage2112
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