And by the time you run a water line three-quarters of a mile from the county road to your camphouse, you'll gain a new respect for plumbers. If you think electricity is expensive at home, think again. That's why I don't have store-bought electricity at the camphouse. Personally, I've never had one that would do that on a predictable basis. You haven't lived till you've administered first aid to a mamma cow with a new baby, a bad attitude and a cervical prolapse.
Good fences make good neighbors, all right.
And good fences are expensive. Cleaning and fixing up an old fencerow in a heavily wooded area can run half that much. And an ice storm like we had in Red River County last Christmas can drop enough limbs to leave you right back where you started. You don't have to have horses to pen your cows, but it's nice to know somebody who does. But there will always be a couple of suspicious hussies who won't.