@Tornado93 said
"Where were you living that you had to burn books for fuel?"
I understand that perhaps California is considered the land of eternal sunshine. For the most part 'tis true, but the woods and the canyons can be full of things unheard of to most Californians: like frost, and rain, and hunger. Only those with True Grit venture into the deepest confines of the California wilderness...
Seriously: I dwell in Palo Colorado Canyon, in Big Sur. (google it) My cabin is perched (semi-precariously) under a secluded ridge, in the thick of a chilly redwood forest. When I'm not killing rats with blunt household objects, I'm usually spending up to an hour gathering and lighting firewood, which is wet more often than not. Temperatures reach the lower 40's during winter. Not life or death, sure, but the genius who built my cabin decided to use thin, floor-to-ceiling windows and little insulation. The place is heated by a single wood stove, and when it's been raining for two weeks straight that wet kindling takes forever to light.
Vacation rentals start at $300 a week. PM me for details. 😀