I live off the grid to get groceries, its a 300-mile commute that takes 2 days

Thought your Christmas shopping trips were grueling?A Canadian woman who lives off the grid has to drive ten hours round-trip to go on grocery runs, each of which costs her over a thousand dollars — but the intrepid gal enjoys the journey.“It feels [like] a privilege to make the trip,” Hilary Messer-Barrow, 30, told Jam Press of the jaunt, which she documented in a TikTok video with over 2.6 million views.Five years ago, the Canuck left her hometown of Vancouver, British Colombia — where she lived for 29 years — to move to Beaver Creek, a remote Yukon community with around 90 residents, Business Insider reported.

She resides there with her husband and dog, Chilli.Needless to say, the city slicker-cum-frontierswoman has embraced the rustic lifestyle, which involves enduring freezing days with only four hours of daylight, commuting via cross-country skis and supplementing her diet with wild game and berries.She frequently documents the trials and tribulations of her off-the-grid existence for her over 150,000 followers on TikTok.Understandably, living on the edge means Messer-Barrow can’t just pop out to the grocery store when she’s feeling peckish.

Instead, every six to eight months, she and her husband have to drive 300 miles in two days to buy groceries and attend appointments in Whitehorse, Yukon.“[We buy] groceries, food, dog food, and supplies, and just miscellaneous household items like toilet paper, cleaning products, garden supplies,” said Messer-Barrow.Before embarking, the couple has to draw up a comprehensive grocery/errand list via spreadsheet to ensure they get everything they need during these long-distance supply runs.There’s no driving back the next day if they forget toilet paper.Each journey runs them around $1,250 dollars, including food, gas, and potential accommodations if the pair stop overnight.

“In winter, we generally stay overnight as there is very little daylight but in the summer we tend to make the trip in one day...