tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post8802794666826293962..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: On the Move: Emigration, Land, and Big DreamsDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-66814546067728460442015-06-17T09:16:10.283-04:002015-06-17T09:16:10.283-04:00Oh, Melanie, that sounds like so much fun! :) Frie...Oh, Melanie, that sounds like so much fun! :) Friends of ours bought property in Colorado, and built a cabin there. It's so far off the beaten track that they had to haul in water and had no electricity the first few years they were there. They lived in a tent while they were building the cabin.<br /><br />I think they have a well now, and maybe electricity...or they use a generator. I'm not sure. But they don't live there year-round... I'm not even sure if they can get to it in the winter time. The men enjoy hunting, and my friend (a retired college professor) loves "roughing" it for a couple of weeks or so at a time.<br /><br />It definitely sounds like a relaxing getaway. :)Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-77926788338640659722015-06-17T00:47:36.213-04:002015-06-17T00:47:36.213-04:00We are building a cabin at our ranch and it will o...We are building a cabin at our ranch and it will overlook our lake . I hope for many a wonderful time there. I love camping as well and just recently purchased a retro reissued version of a 1961 Shasta travel trailer. What fun!!!!!Melanie Backushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727406782355039525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-15504950044546378952015-06-16T17:30:29.111-04:002015-06-16T17:30:29.111-04:00Fighting over land. Land and power.Fighting over land. Land and power.Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-13987152321603498722015-06-16T14:46:04.688-04:002015-06-16T14:46:04.688-04:00He was already married, but he came over ahead of ...He was already married, but he came over ahead of his wife.<br />What the war was about? Um, probably knew at one time...Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061067970781919577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-39127976966487313892015-06-16T12:39:48.321-04:002015-06-16T12:39:48.321-04:00Steph, I'm with you. I think I'd like to d...Steph, I'm with you. I think I'd like to diversify! :) But since we'll have cattle to "baby" until we die, I'm not sure if I'll be able to travel. What we need is a co-op of trusted friends with small "author" cottages sprinkled throughout the US and abroad. Every six months or so we all rotate and go live somewhere else.<br /><br />I don't think my Cowboy will go for it, though! lolPam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-10712530557135595622015-06-16T12:33:19.101-04:002015-06-16T12:33:19.101-04:00Margaret, my mother and stepfather have a pull-typ...Margaret, my mother and stepfather have a pull-type camper, and they love it. They spend several weeks at a campground Missouri where they've met a lot of friends. Everybody returns every year for the bluegrass music, and the fun. It's like a big happy family of campers.<br /><br />I just saw her "new" camper yesterday. Okay, it's far from new, but it looked like it was, and it's her first one with a rollout (bump out?), whatever it's called. She's beyond excited and they're trying it out at a bluegrass festival this week.Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-63484548194823342662015-06-16T12:09:49.980-04:002015-06-16T12:09:49.980-04:00I can't settle on one location for a dream hou...I can't settle on one location for a dream house ... I'd need a few LOL. An apartment on the left bank in Paris. A beachfront on the Big Island. And the house I live in. Yes, really. I love my little 1890s Victorian cottage. As to loving the land ... I've just been researching the lives of a former Civil War soldier who ended up in Nebraska because of free land. He filed on 160 acres via the Homestead Act and was able to prove up because of his service in the war, which was counted toward the required 5 years occupancy and improvements. Stephanie Grace Whitsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442621477644235666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-58600950819962152782015-06-16T11:05:11.970-04:002015-06-16T11:05:11.970-04:00Hi Pam,
Loved your Evergreen Bride and congratulat...Hi Pam,<br />Loved your Evergreen Bride and congratulations on Stealing Jake.<br /><br />My second home is an RV which means I can be at the beach one day and the mountains the next. So my location changes at whim. That's how I like it.Margaret Brownleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12083440011924979594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-21978787752650547342015-06-16T09:55:54.693-04:002015-06-16T09:55:54.693-04:00Terri, sounds like an fascinating story. Did he al...Terri, sounds like an fascinating story. Did he already have a family or did he marry in America? The romantic in me wants to know!<br /><br />One guess what the Franco Prussian War was about. :)Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-34652360509901520062015-06-16T09:52:05.686-04:002015-06-16T09:52:05.686-04:00Sharon, that sounds SO relaxing! Throw in a nice w...Sharon, that sounds SO relaxing! Throw in a nice wide veranda, some comfy rockers and some beach chairs. Ahhh!!! My hubby is an on-the-go kind of guy and we like wide open spaces, though. Now if I could find an oceanfront cottage with no other houses for miles around, he MIGHT go for it. :)Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-5331296887109753202015-06-16T09:48:23.200-04:002015-06-16T09:48:23.200-04:00Excellent point, Deb. Border issues are always hug...Excellent point, Deb. Border issues are always huge. Think of the millions of people who flee their homelands in third world countries now due to their borders being overrun. can be on a large scale (a whole country in turmoil), or a smaller scale, like a city or state. And then there was The dustbowl. The potato famine. Goodness, and I think nothing will ever make me think of leaving my home. I can imagine millions before me have thought the same thing.<br /><br />Sometimes I wish I wrote Science Fiction because I could take a western theme/setting and transport it to a whole new time and place, like Star Wars. I've read that it's kind of a western set in outer space. Where they got the weird looking creatures, I'll never know. lol But the bar scene, and the calvary racing to the rescue, the ships are like forts, etc. I can see the similarities.Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-20252660145856612162015-06-16T09:29:09.683-04:002015-06-16T09:29:09.683-04:00Ocean property, definitely. Especially with a beac...Ocean property, definitely. Especially with a beach with lots of sea shell treasures to find.<br />My story locations are prompted by my family history (yes, write what I know). My gr-gr-grandfather came to America to get away from war. He'd fought and been wounded in the Franco-Prussian War.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061067970781919577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-18209939224564581282015-06-16T08:42:17.220-04:002015-06-16T08:42:17.220-04:00My dream house would be an oceanfront cottage.
My ...My dream house would be an oceanfront cottage.<br />My favorite picture was the last one with the ocean and beach. sm. wileygreen1(at)yahoo(dot)comsharon mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130208778591424260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-63530532504807101332015-06-16T01:08:49.774-04:002015-06-16T01:08:49.774-04:00Thank you for your thought-provoking post, Pam. Ma...Thank you for your thought-provoking post, Pam. Made me think how important settings are in both real life and in my novels. You're right, without my setting, my story couldn't take place as I deal with historical US/Canada border issues.Deb Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106792149109863243noreply@blogger.com