BFE

Why live in BFE? I will be the first to admit that life out here in the middle of nowhere is at times a challenge. It was tough to build a house out here. Things you take for granted in town become major issues when you build out here. Water is not as easy as hooking into the main out front. We had to have a well drilled. The well ended up being 720 feet deep. The guy who drills the well does only that part. Now you need another person to come out and put a pump in the well and a pressure tank in the house. Then a plumber to put in the pipes and fixtures in the house. Next, well all that water has to go somewhere. Now a speptic tank and perk field. Leave out the plumber and the well and septic system cost us about $40,000. I am not complaining because yesterday on Facebook by daughter in law Mandie Burnett Sutor posted the following picture.

Mandie took that picture on Christmas morning 2011 looking from our house to the east.

This is a view from a little farther north looking east that I took about 6 years ago.

The same tree with a view in the winter of the same year.

A view of our house from the road on the same day.

So I could live in town and look at the house next door or I could take on the hardships of living in BFE. It seems to me the choice is simple and the hardships are far outweighed by the rewards of views in the pictures above. There is nothing better in the summer after a hard day than sitting on the front porch with a cold beer, your best friend you married 37 years ago and Candy the wonder dog. My life is better than I could have ever hoped or even dreamed.