My bro used to live up near Couer D'Alene Idaho. He lived in a sort of compound with a large family. He had a trailer, and the adult kids had trailers or houses on the land. Bro's water came from a hose hooked up to their well, and his electric came from an extension cord from another trailer's generator.
His bathroom was outside his 22 ft Airstream trailer (not a trailer home, a travel trailer). It only had 3 walls. One year a bear ate the toilet seat, LOL! Luckily no one was using it at that moment. He hunted and fished, worked for the forest service during the season, and really loved that life. He never intended to move to OK. He came home one winter, the drinking got bad, he ended up having my parents move him out into a rental house because he was driving them nuts. Then he got some alcohol and gun related felonies. And then 2 weeks at the county jail (he calls it the County Betty Ford) and then went into a great rehab. Has been sober ever since.
He got his felonies expunged a couple of years ago, thank heavens. But he and his now ex had a daughter, and he can't move her out of state, and won't move away from her (she spends 1/2 the week with him and 1/2 with his ex). So he is stuck here for about 13-14 more years. And there isn't much homesteading around here.
It is a neat subject. he seriously tried to convince husband and I to go into a homesteading venture with him many years ago.
It was sad, but I laughed hysterically. I am very allergic to the sun, and don't tolerate either heat or cold very well. I don't think I would survive homesteading. I KNOW I wouldn't survive it with my bro! But I problem shouldn't have laughed hysterically at him. We are just very different.
You might find interesting info about it if you look up FoxFire. There used to be a set of books we had with a lot of back to nature/homesteading type stuff in it. My dad had them, then my bro did. Just a thought.