After Canadians Wayne Adams and Catherine King got fed up with city life and the constant hustle and bustle that came with it, in 1992 they picked up their awls and hooves with their two children and moved to the wilderness, more precisely to the coast near Tofino, British Columbia . There, they built a self-sufficient floating home on a raft on 12 platforms over 20 years, which is not connected to any network. Not electric, not water, not gas.
Wayne Adams (66) and Catherine King (59) are not a regular pair. An ordinary couple does not build a home and garden for 20 years on a raft. In all these years, they made a dozen platforms on which various things stand wooden structures. In this real little village we find living spaces, 5 warm shafts (various types of fruit and vegetables grow here), art gallery and studio, lighthouse (room for guests) and a chicken coop (which was abandoned due to the increase in predators), and the place was also used as a dance floor. The platforms are connected to each other by wooden walkways.
The facilities are covered in vivid colors and for that reason alone they attract attention, but a sharp eye can see that it is an extremely complex structure, a real floating paradise, an attraction that even Disneyland would not defend against. It is an anchored kingdom self-sufficient and with 40 acres of land to cultivate. Spouses get water from a freshwater waterfall, which is on the other side of the bay, and they help each other in winter by collecting rainwater, which they use for cooking and drinking. He gives them electricity photovoltaic generator, but before that 14 solar panels took care of it (they broke down recently). In addition to flowers, there are drizzles on the property clay vessels and their works of art (e.g. ivory statuettes) which are alongside guided tours around the world in small their main source of income. They sell them in Tofino, half an hour's drive away.
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It sounds like a dream, but so is this kind of life brings worries. Believe it or not, for Adam, who is also a sculptor, and Catherine, who is a painter, dancer, writer and musician, their gray hair is not caused by any large animals like wolves or deer, otherwise their neighbors, not even otters or birds. They are the biggest thorn in their side rats, who are starting the foundation of their home. Nevertheless, they have everything under control and will glad of your visit, if you ever end up on their end.
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