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For the past two summers I have worked at a summer camp as the maintenance guy in a pretty remote part of my state. The camp is an hour and a half drive from the nearest gas station and two hours from a grocery store. I have a small yurt with a wood burning stove as my home for three months from June to September. We have a big ass diesel generator that provides electricity for the camp (not my yurt) but there is no internet, no TVs and no radios. We have a satellite phone for emergencies.
I survive by reading books and making walking sticks from the aspens around the camp in my spare time. Along with maintenance duties I also help plan and implement many of the outdoor activities that we do with the teenage campers that come up for a week at time. I coordinate and lead all of the day/night hikes, I take them on overnight backpacking trips and take them fishing.
The first couple weeks are kinda tough getting used to being almost completely off the grid. I rarely get any time off. This last summer I got maybe 7 days off total. My mind becomes so clear and my blood pressure drops immensely while being up in the mountains all summer. The teenage campers can get a little annoying but it’s fun to break them out of their comfort zone in the great outdoors. I’m gonna continue to work there every summer. I’m a school teacher so I have my summers off and it’s a great way to unwind after a long school year.
