We were tired of suburban life, so we traded it all in for life in the wilds of northern Minnesota

We were tired of suburban life, so we traded it all in for life in the wilds of northern Minnesota

Kate Westlund Tovsen in Minnesota in winter.Courtesy of Kate Westlund TovsenWe left our house in the suburbs for a mobile home half the size in northern Minnesota.We were really interested in the 0.61 acres that came with the home, which needed a lot of TLC.We enjoy our lives in the wilderness much more than in the suburbs.We have a New Yorker cartoon magnetized to our fridge that features a bedraggled but happy couple crawling through a desert …