Quote TheSock: Could you use a small motor cycle through the woods?
Does your husband realise how much a car weighs and how little in comparison to that, some camping gear is?

Hi Sock! I have wondered the same thing about using a motor cycle or a motor scooter, but no, I don't think there are enough trails going in the direction that I would want to go. And there are too many valleys, cliffs and steep mountain sides, etc. I think I would only be able to use the motor cycle or scooter if I was taking the roads to get out. My worry there is people trying to take it from me so they can use it to get out of the mountains themselves.

I think one way to solve it is to move! But no matter where we go there will be problems. But maybe I would at least be in a place where I couldn't get trapped so easily like in a fire. Some day my husband is going to take me to the firing range and teach me to use our guns. That will help me feel safer I think. Like in the story you guys are talking about - The Long Road Home.

I think my husband realizes how much the car weighs and stuff. I think one of the things he worries about is that the heavy stuff in the trunk will damage the tires on my car driving on windy mountain raods. He just put new tires on my car. I just think he thinks I am kind of silly having my stuff in there. I put all the lighter stuff in his pack in his car and the heavier larger camping stuff in my car. I wanted him to have the lighter stuff in case he ever has to hike home during an emergency when he can't use his car. He isn't into this stuff like I am, so I had to pack his BOB with that in mind. He knows how to use camping stuff. So he should be ok if he can get through the city and then the mountains to get home. lt will take him several day to a week or more, I am pretty sure.

I have no idea how to convince others the importance of preparing for different kinds of emergencies. No one in my family is interested like I am. So unfortunetly I often bear the brunt of light joking and them not understanding. I know others here on this forum have the same problems with their spouses and families. So I just have to slowly work on getting lighter gear for my car. Right now my money is going towards a wedding and food storage, not gear. Maybe next year I can work on it.

Joy