Burgdorf & Secesh Meadows - Idaho

[hodag56]

To Hodag56 (Art)  Thank you for your kind words.  You know Michael throws a bumch of pictures out there but he did not relate what we were/are doing.  We travel the back roads as much as we can to interact with the people and learn from them how they are changing their life styles to be more efficient in the 20th century.  At Berdorff the owner remains there all through the winter season and snowmobilers make the 30 mile trip up there from McCall, Id.  At Secesh Meadows, Id.  the people at the store/bar were working to put in a kitchen to serve hot food for those snowmobilers and without power this is a feat.  At 6000 feet and snow that get deep enough to collapse a roof, this is risky.  So you study the roofs at the old hot springs and look at the beams in the store/bar.  Solar?  All sorts of questions get tossed out there,but people are determined to make a go of it.  We've learned so much from the back country people and their ways.  People are friendly, kind,etc and delighted to tell you all about how they do some things and why.  The exchange of info is priceless.  We know that old WW II plane is back there, but we haven't hiked in to look at it.  We believe in KEEPING IT SIMPLE and eliminate the confusion in life.  Tell me about that root cellar when you get time.  How big was it, etc.  We're thinking along those lines here.  Peace, Moparmom

 

 

To Hodag56 (Art)  Thank you for your kind words.  You know Michael throws a bumch of pictures out there but he did not relate what we were/are doing.  We travel the back roads as much as we can to interact with the people and learn from them how they are changing their life styles to be more efficient in the 20th century.  At Berdorff the owner remains there all through the winter season and snowmobilers make the 30 mile trip up there from McCall, Id.  At Secesh Meadows, Id.  the people at the store/bar were working to put in a kitchen to serve hot food for those snowmobilers and without power this is a feat.  At 6000 feet and snow that get deep enough to collapse a roof, this is risky.  So you study the roofs at the old hot springs and look at the beams in the store/bar.  Solar?  All sorts of questions get tossed out there,but people are determined to make a go of it.  We've learned so much from the back country people and their ways.  People are friendly, kind,etc and delighted to tell you all about how they do some things and why.  The exchange of info is priceless.  We know that old WW II plane is back there, but we haven't hiked in to look at it.  We believe in KEEPING IT SIMPLE and eliminate the confusion in life.  Tell me about that root cellar when you get time.  How big was it, etc.  We're thinking along those lines here.  Peace, Moparmom

You asked about the root cellar we had when I was growing up in northern Wi. We had a well pit that was next to our basement.The well pit was concrete lined, and went from ground level and extended down 8 foot below the basement floor .we had an access to the well pit through the basement and a removable plank floor at the basement floor level for access to the bottom of the pit.When we first moved into the house in 1942 we had a hand pump at ground level,but later my dad installed a pump and pressure tank in the bottom of the well pit, and piped the house with running water.The root cellar was in that part of the well pit that we accessed at the basement floor level .It was lined with shelves for all the canned produce. We had earthan crocks for pickles and saurerkraut.We had a big wood door that sealed the root cellar from the basement and it kept really  cold in .I remember it always being damp and smelling musty.You picking those blackberries brings back memories.God bless   hodag 56  Art