Thread by @gauravsabnis

Another Sunday at the #OurWawar and @k_rupal is making a hyperlocal breakfast with eggs, butter, sourdough from within a 5 mile radius. And a fire using wood within a 5 meter radius. 😇

A worm just fell off a tree into my open mug of gin and my weird brain goes, abeyaar worm, that's not tequila! 😂😂😂

Bootlegger gin, in case you're wondering

Every visit to #OurWawar is like a new science field trip. ID-ing so many different ferns & trees this time.

@k_rupal & I are sitting by the fire discussing how our summer project could be documenting our land adventure as a vlog+book for vicarious followers of these tweets.

This is an ongoing impromptu adventure for us, as regular followers know.

We never actually set out to buy land. We initially wanted to buy a cabin or chalet. Even made multiple offers. But got outbid every time by a huge margin cos of the ongoing real estate boom. So then...

So then we thought, like crimemaster gogo, kuchh to leke jaunga 😂😂.

Land was astonishingly cheap! Less than a cabin down payment in fact. And we camp out almost every weekend in the summer. So we thought let's just buy some land and then see what to do with it.

Indeed, the initial plan was to do just that.

Buy land, hire a contractor to build a cabin on it.

But then we actually saw this land, #OurWawar. And walked it. And spent time on it.

And we both agreed, this is a natural cabin already!!

https://twitter.com/DonJonF1/status/1520855724448010244?t=LwM-TG2DX-iHxyZK3sVxeg&s=19

I'm not even exaggerating. The plentiful hemlocks, oaks, elms etc on the land have already kinda created natural "rooms". This has become our living room for example, where we have entertained multiple guests.

It's shaded & comfy & mostly insect free all year round.

So our vision for the land changed to, let's just leave it as it is, treat it like our own personal 4 acres forest or campsite.

And the response to our tweets about the land every weekend has been so overwhelming positive and curious and loving. Like y'all are with us here.

That's why I'm thinking that if we start documenting our visits here in video plus text form, it could actually create "content" that people find interesting as well as useful.

We both have a personal "No monetizing social media" policy.

So it'll all be free content. 😁🤗

No. Never.

Because it is already perfect. And the world has enough cabins already.

https://twitter.com/ConradkBarwa/status/1520856151721664516?t=LwM-TG2DX-iHxyZK3sVxeg&s=19

I feel like if we just structure our posts and thoughts and learnings about this land adventure, it could end up being a nice video documentary and maybe a Bryson-ish book that everyone will enjoy. Either to live vicariously through or even as a DIY for your own land.

Once we decided that we are definitely NOT building any cabin here ever, it opened up sooooo many amazing "sustainable" avenues to spend time here.

Take this fallen tree for example. If we were to actually build something, it's an obstacle to be removed. Expensively, I might add

But since we aren't building anything here, every fallen tree is basically nature's seating!

Just put a cloth or cushion on it, and it is "sustainable" furniture with zero carbon footprint. In fact it's ersatz carbon credits, cos there's so much carbon trapped in there.

And then recently, I was rewatching #Norsemen for the umpteenth time.

While I was thinking, the only inconvenient thing about camping on the land is the 💩 part. Squatting isn't comfortable after a certain age.

And then epiphany!

These natural seats can also be toilet seats!

So while our initial plan for overnight camping was to drive to a 24 hrs gas station 5 minutes away for 💩, now there's a carbon neutral solution! Even if someone is uncomfortable squatting and doing their business, the many fallen trees are nature's commode!

So there's a perfect eco friendly solution to poop whenever we want on our land, without driving anywhere.

- Find a fallen tree with privacy
- Dig a hole with a trowel
- Put a cloth/tarp on the log
- Sit on it
- Do your business
- cover up the hole

So simple!

If you find these poop based tweets distasteful, I don't give a shit 😂

P.S. @nilsjkaalstad, please see above tweets let your show's team know that the shitting log storyline was extremely useful for us and has saved the world the carbon emissions from us having to drive to a toilet. 😂🤗💩