Welcome to OffGridPT Off Grid Portugal

My husband and I purchased a little off grid place in Portugal to use as a vacation home in winter. He and I are going to be retiring in the next twenty years, and this is part of our long term plan.




To make this plan work, we wanted to purchase something we could enjoy now with our family and enjoy even more in the future.  When young, we were avid campers, doing backpack camping, bicycle camping, car camping, moving up to trailer/RV camping and now we have a camper van.

As we age, we find our needs changing. I can no longer hike several miles into a camp spot with gear, pitch a tent and sleep on the ground. Air mattresses are not enough for our aging bones. The children are young adults now and no longer interested in going hiking or fishing. The camper van works amazingly for us now with it's toilet, kitchen and soft bed, but moving every few days can also get tiresome.

So, our last trip to Portugal, we started looking at land.

Spain was also a consideration, with it's mild winters, but Portugal charmed us. Cheap costs, more trees and greenery, lovely people. It just felt like home.

So now I'm writing this blog to document our new project. It's not meant to be anything else but a documentation tool with pictures and descriptions, a way to remind ourselves of how far we have come.


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