Category: Retreat Locales

Relocating To A Safer Place, While The Opportunity Still Exists, by MWA

For many reasons, my wife and I, along with our four children, left behind the city life in Florida two years ago. Crime, ranging from home invasions and break-ins to vehicle vandalism and car-jackings, which had spilled outward from the inner city into the suburbs where we owned a home, was increasingly being caught in the crosshairs of criminals. Mobs of rioting teenagers were occurring on the weekends at the local malls. If you were a female, alone, it was not safe to go grocery shopping at night. Locally, the public high schools, where our children were planning to attend …



News From The American Redoubt:

Trike flyer TTABS recently posted two great narrated flying videos that show some fantastic scenery deep in the American Redoubt: Spokane WA to Polson MT – Part I and Spokane to Polson MT – Part II – The Cabinet Mountain Crossing o o o Chuck Baldwin’s son under corrupt local Gov’t attack in MT article quote: “According to the recorded voice of the drug task force officer, the reason the prosecutor’s office doesn’t like Tim is because he is a “constitutionalist,” his dad (me) ran for President in 2008 as a third party candidate, and Tim doesn’t just “go along” …




Ten Ways that Purchasing an Older Home is Helping Us to Prepare, by C.F.

When we first purchased our home less than three years ago, it was a charming four bedroom, two bathroom, Dutch colonial bungalow, built in 1920. It was a complete flip, featuring laminate flooring, faux granite countertops, and some, shall we say, interesting additions and subtractions. What I mean by this is that we had a few new walls where there used to not be any and a few original walls that were taken down or partially removed. The home advertised new carpeting, flooring, windows, and siding. Most importantly for us, though, it came with new plumbing, electricity, and mechanicals. The …



News From The American Redoubt:

Kevin Miller’s program airs 5am-9am Monday- Friday in the Boise market on AM 580 KIDO. He is an extremely conservative and politically-active radio host. – KROQ/Los Angeles Wins Three Awards At Marconi Dinner. – RBS o o o If you are looking to move to the American Redoubt, you might want to look at this job posting: Telecommunications Assistant (Boise, ID). – RBS o o o Wyoming: One Shot hunt has had many great moments. Hmmmmm? Why doesn’t California’s governor host a similar event? o o o Fatal bear attack confirmed in Wyoming o o o News from Montana: Flathead, …


News From The American Redoubt:

Here is a new site dedicated to finding new homes for families who yearn for freedom: The Liberty Lover’s Guide To Life o o o Discuss Proposed Gun Laws in Idaho at the Star Meet & Greet. Ada County (Idaho) Tea Party is hosting a Star Meet & Greet on Wednesday, September 10th @ 7:00pm at Sully’s Pub & Grill. (Link to map) – RBS o o o Explosion burns demolition worker at former Frenchtown pulp mill o o o Yellowstone NP hits 2.7M visitors, on track for record year o o o Idaho’s gay marriage case before federal appeals …


Letter Re: What I Like and Dislike About North Idaho

Hugh, I thought I would write a note for those who are planning on moving to the American Redoubt about what I like and dislike about North Idaho. I wasn’t sure if I should start with the good or the bad but have decided that because the good far outweighs the bad, I’ll start with the bad. There are only a couple things that really come to mind that I don’t like. The first is kind of a bigger one, though, and that is that work has been hard to find. I bring this up only because I don’t want …


News From The American Redoubt:

Coal industry dealt another setback as Oregon blocks export plan – will feds help?– H.L. o o o Albertsons data breach involved 3 states – RBS o o o When RightNow sold to Oracle for $1.8 billion, who got the money? o o o Sentinel High principal, vice principal suspended o o o Bison hunt starts slowly in northwest Wyoming o o o Paging Sheriff Longmire! Investigation into decapitated body progresses (Powell, Wyoming)


News From The American Redoubt:

Idaho to distribute predator deterrent money o o o For Once, Republican Candidates Aren’t the Ones Embarrassing Themselves. We love the American Redoubt, but they are not immune from “crazies”. A Google search reveals this candidate’s vlog, and you can see for yourself why 90 percent of communication is body language rather than words. o o o Child Falls to Death in Yellowstone Canyon o o o Federal ruling points to differences over grizzlies’ survivability


News From The American Redoubt:

John Kitzhaber’s Jihad. – RBS o o o A look at Idaho’s campus gun law from a liberal, higher educator’s view. I find it interesting that they are questioning the constitutionality of the law. Outgunned, for Now o o o GOP Boosts Libertarian ‘Spoiler’ in Montana o o o Montana felons can’t own firearms after serving time, probation How, exactly, is a convicted felon, who has served his time and probation going to defend himself? Or, is the court suggesting that the state will maintain guardianship and guarantee his protection? Or, is a convicted felon who has served his time …


News From The American Redoubt:

Idaho gun rights advocate Clayton Cramer has heart attack – T.H. o o o It’s not an uncommon occurrence in the west, but: Rattlesnake found in Oregon TV station parking lot – RBS o o o Survival bootlaces made in Idaho: flint laces – K.P. An article on these laces: Shoelaces That Include Everything You Need To Start an Emergency Fire. I love the second comment, too. o o o Idahoans spend big chunk of income on essentials – RBS


Letter Re: Two Thousand Miles Into the American Redoubt

Dear Hugh, For the benefit of your readers allow me to comment on the author’s list of top 15 locations in the Redoubt. By way of disclosure, I do not live in any of those communities, but I am ten miles away from one of them. Also, my business travels in the region over the last fifteen years has taken me to most of those locations many times. All of those towns are wonderful places, with wonderfully solid people living in them and around them. Any disparaging remarks I have about the location is solely based on our assessment of …