Patten, ME

Living On Less And Loving It.

03-31-09

Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker

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Homesteading, back to basics living, heating with wood, growing your own food, creating a simpler lifestyle. Is the call of the land calling you?

Raising critters, crops, kids. Would you like to ditch the corporate corner office? Is the tie you wear becoming more and more restrictive? Maybe with corporate down sizing and an early retirement package in the cards, buying a hobby farm in Maine is the answer at this stage in your life as you consider taking the golden parchute. Doesn't mean you are setting up a yurt or living in a structure with a dirt floor that your sweep nightly. We're not talking "Little House On The Prairie".Just owning everything around you, a little more physical labor to rid you of that truck tire around the waist. Less stress from grid lock, stop and go six wide commutes. Less worry about losing your job and the depressing everywhere you look news on how close to the brink of a depression we are.

Lots of options for tutorials on your exodus from the suburbs to the country like Mother Earth News and Backwoods Home Magazine. Tons of on line forums for details and real life experiences with wind power to better built energy efficient homes, living green, eating better, and in many cases living self sufficient like our grandparents did. Could you do it? And has the idea of living on a 40 + acre spread ever crossed your mind? Trading in your Lexus for a Farmall traactor ? How far off the grid to you want to live? Composting toilets, relying on your neighbor who knows more about farm tractors than you, but helping him build that cattle barn bartering lifestyle? Is that the picture in your crystal ball?

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"Soap Box Derby Racers..." (squelch, echo, squeal) "Dig Out Those Down Hill Racing Cars."

02-01-09

Andrew Mooers | Northern Maine Real Estate / Aroostook County Broker

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Office: (207) 532-6573

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Some soap box derby families race for points all year long. Others that are not belt belt racers but want the "thrill of the hill" for their youngsters help their kids plan for the big annual local race.

If you are a child or have an son or daughter 8 years old and up, and want them to learn about building a car together, and fun, spirited down hill racing, visit the All American Soap Box Derby website. The 72nd race in Akron Ohio, the world series of derby racing is July 25th and most locals are at least a month or earlier than that magic date. Rounding up sponsors for a new car, getting it branded with graphics and built with the help of a parent or family friend starts now. Or you may find a local car where the driver out grew it and moved up to another class...like from stock to super stock or to masters, and in the months ahead, you will want to modify that car to fit your frame and to enhance it's performance with reading up on tweaking techniques. Watch the video below...nearly 3000 folks have to learn about down hill gravity soap box derby kit car racing! The Houlton Maine race site was the largest in the country for five years straight. We even built our own "Derby Hill" so setting up the course for the annual race and spring/fall rallies is easy. The rallies attract racers from all over the country and help put your town on the map in addition to revenues from motels, diners and gas sales.

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