The idea to make a tipi into a home first came to us after our life-changing adventures along the Pacific Crest Trail, when we managed (through some luck) to land a night stay at the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge. After a month on the trail, the rustic tent cabin and wood burning stove felt like luxury and we decided that a bit of canvas was all we really needed to get by in. Our backpacking adventures continued on through the Northwest and we saw that many others were successfully making a go of minimalist living... we therefore figured we weren't completely out of our minds (or at least weren't the only ones). When bad (or perhaps good) luck struck and stranded us in the beautiful town of Joseph, Oregon with no car, we stumbled upon a book in a gift shop written by a local man who'd been living in a tipi and other rustic shelters for the past 14 years. His inspirational work, Radical Simplicity, cleared away any doubt in our minds that this could become a living reality.
Also at about this time, Casey and I decided to consider returning back to Athens for another year or two to spend a bit more time with family and friends and enjoy the incredible little town we'd surprisingly started to miss. The very next day, Casey started to receive phone calls from students at the flight school he hadn't heard from in months, wondering if he was available to instruct. Within a couple of days he'd been offered a salaried position back in Athens, and our compass was set to the Southeast.
We stopped off at the Colorado Yurt Company in Montrose, Colorado on our hasty trip home and just before pulling into the driveway in Griffin, Casey made the call to place our order for the tipi... before we lost the nerve :)
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