Privacy

One thing that has taken a little getting used to is the assumption of privacy when you live out in the woods. At the cabin, the nearest neighbor is about a mile away and there were no blinds on the windows. No need, right? Surrounded by trees and no external lights save the moon. When there is no light of the moon, there is no light period. For city dwellers, this assumption is still a little disconcerting. My mother-in-law did cave and add blinds for us city folk in the rental unit, but her living quarters are still open to the world. I guess that's why she moved there in the first place, though. Wouldn't make sense to move 11 hours away from home to be in the mountains that you love and then block them out for 1/3 of her life.