The cabin experience is defined by separation from the ordinary world. Our cabin is defined by its disconnects:

ï No roads. There is automatic seclusion in a place to which you cannot drive. We need not move at 70 miles per hour to be happy. In a short while, the paces of walking or paddling seem to fit much better.

ï No phone. It was easy in the old days to avoid telephones, because it would have been clumsy and expensive to bring service to a remote location. Now that the phone works without a physical line, we have to be more deliberate about our choices. A no-phone rule contributes to the peace and quiet of a vacation. We learn, very quickly, to live without them.

ï No power. This is not for the faint of heart, but it pays huge dividends. In a stroke, you eliminate television, video, computers, and a thousand other distractions. Alas, you also eliminate laundry machines and the dishwasher. Old-fashioned methods come to the rescue, and you soon discover that life is still possible, even without the fat wire (and the monthly bill).

ï No fair-weather friends. If you have fully implemented the first three, this one is already complete! Someone who still comes for a visit is a true friend indeed.

These disconnects do not require a retreat to the caveóin fact the opposite. You will better enjoy the special people who are with you, once the worldís six-and-a-half billion are at armís length. Come to the cabin in times of greatest joy or deepest sorrow. Come in hope or despair. Come when you need to recover from a wounded spiritóor when you need to be humbled by a simple task. Come with family or friends. Come alone and brooding. The cabin never fails to bring healing, solace, nurture, rejuvenation, and hope.

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