Idiots Wait For a Year to Stay in Electricity-Free Cabin

November 2, 2017 Keegs

Indian Lake, New York (CNN) — Imagine waking up to the sound of birds and waves from an adjacent lake gently lapping at the shore.

Instead of reaching for your phone to check Twitter or Facebook, you reach for a book. Your day begins in utter stillness: no television, no Wi-Fi and no electricity.

This is life at Timberlock, one of the oldest family resorts in the Adirondacks, where guests book a year in advance to unplug and unwind from late June through late September.

There is no electricity in the cabins, but guests 12 years and older can curl up with a book at night in the adult lodge, a large wooden cabin with a huge stone fireplace and lots of cozy corners. A wide porch on one end, with comfy rocking chairs and big, plump cushions, offers gorgeous views of the lake and wilderness area on the distant shore.

With no phones at the table, guests engage in conversation with family, friends and with total strangers, who aren't strangers for long. After dinner, co-owner Bruce Catlin or one of the regulars lights a campfire and guests gather to swap stories or sing songs. Those who have been to Timberlock before -- which is nearly everyone -- bring the fixings for s'mores to share.

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This is ridiculous.

Awww you want a break from your phone? You want to swap stories and songs over a campfire? You want a cabin with no power? I've got one for you. Go right to that circuit breaker and switch ‘em all off!

It’s the perfect fix because, as someone who has spent several nights in powerless cabins, it’s super fun (being generous) until it isn’t.

You really enjoy being one with the land until you realize your toilets don’t flush, and bedtime is when the sun goes down because you don’t know how to make a fire. And you know what, you shouldn’t be ashamed of that. You know why? Because we have electricity, and electricity heats our homes. So go to that circuit board and work your magic: open all the windows, turn off the phones, shit in a bunch of pots and pans and then, when it all becomes too much, turn it all back on. You can say you lived the Lord of the Flies lifestyle for a day and then you can fall asleep crying softly to that one episode of Parks and Rec. that you always do.

Being serious for a minute I do see the allure of getting out of the city and off the grid for a couple days. That being said, if you’re on a year long waiting list to got to fucking Timberland or whatever it’s called- you’re off your fuckin’ rocker.