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MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME
Preparing to hunker down for
months required more than stocking
up on toilet paper. Planning their
food options was one of the most in-
tensive projects, and it was often up to
Rebecca to pull together the supplies
as David finished buttoning up the
hotel and property for the winter. This
required multiple trips to Kalispell, a
three-hour drive away, to fill the three
freezers and gather everything they
needed before winter closed their
access to the outside world.
"In the beginning we made a few
mistakes," he said. "We were eating
meat and flour-based food for a long
time." They also ran out of frozen
vegetables, which might not seem like
a big deal until a big bowl of broccoli
Preparing hunker down for mons
REQUIRED MORE THAN STOCKING UP ON TOILET PAPER.
