An off-grid family

Since this is the first blog from our family, a little bit of background is in order. We are a family of four living in far North Idaho, near Priest Lake. We have a 30 acre ranch devoted to raising sheep, horses and our family (including our six dogs and three cats). We built our home ourselves on the banks of the Priest River. It is an all cedar cabin that started off with 480 square feet and has slowly grown to 1300 square feet. We are off the grid and depend on solar power, wind power and the occasional generator run for power. Today the generator is running to make up for the dark cloudy days and to keep all of my computers running.