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Through the years, washing clothes has lead to some interesting experiments. Kebrina Orth ended up in the washtub, using a homemade washboard to get the clothes clean with her cousin Charina Cook, who is waiting to wring them by hand July 13, 2015 near Hooper.

Lakota Douglas hangs her clothes after using a small rotating hand washer to get a small load clean on the 4th of July, 2017 near Hooper. There have been a few washing machines on the property but they rarely last more than a few months.

The family keeps well over 30 wolf-dog hybrids on their property. They feed them hundreds of pounds of scraps a week that a butcher in Alamosa saves for them. Here, one of the wolf-dogs digs in on July 26, 2017 near Hooper.

Rodney Cook feeds over 30 wolf-dog hybrids in one of the several pens on their property June 21, 2017 near Hooper. The wolf-dogs eat hundreds of pounds of scraps a week that a butcher in Alamosa saves for them.

Lakota Douglas tries out a broken satellite dish to slide down the cover hill at the huge burn pit for the families' garbage June 20, 2017 near Hooper. She made it to the bottom but, was happy with the one run.

Makayla Davis, the second of Charina Cook's four children is truly the princess of the family. The quiet and loving little girl is also a pee wee cheerleader and always dressed up, even as she is waiting to head outside to play in the morning light from the trailer's front door May 28, 2017 near Hooper, Colorado.

Charina Cook, right, comforts Dani Marheine-Stickell, left, as she is suffering from a stress seizure during their morning coffee in the Cook home May 28, 2017 near Hooper, Colorado. The Stickell family briefly lived on the property as the Cooks were trying to build an off-grid community, but have since moved on.

Rodney Cook makes dinner for the family while his wife and daughter make a trip into town Nov. 22, 2017 near Hooper. Rodney almost never leaves the property unless there is a true need or emergency, he much prefers the quiet of being home. "I'll die right here because I like being out in the middle of nowhere," says Cook.

The Cook family tried bringing in other families who shared their desire to live off-grid and build a community on their property near Hooper. At the height of the compound's population, there were three families all sharing resources, as seen here during dinner on Sept. 2, 2016. They shared community meals with everyone contributing what they could, but there were disagreements about who was paying their fair share in food and gas, and the community has since dwindled.

Lakota Douglas, the oldest daughter of Charina Cook, finds a quiet moment as the sun goes down Aug. 21, 2016 near Hooper. Being the oldest, her's is the name called out most during the day for gopher duty and babysitting her three younger siblings while the adults tend to their various tasks on the property.

Mistyery Robison watches her mom, Charina Cook, center, and her cousin Kebrina Orth sing along to their favorite songs they recently downloaded in Kebrina's room as the girls share a few beers on June 3, 2017 near Hooper. Neither have cars, there is only one vehicle for the family that is used only at need. Money is always limited, true breaks from life on the homestead are few and far between.

The early days of summer vacation for the kids on the property mean a relaxed bed time and a chance for sleep overs in mom's room, creating scenes like this one on June 3, 2017 near Hooper.

Charina Cook sleeps with Whispering Spirit, one of the more than 30 wolves on the property, in an old refrigerator used as a shelter for the 75% Canadian Gray Wolf. The wolf was close to whelping and seemed to be in distress, so she opened the door to check her and crawled inside to keep her calm July 3, 2017 near Hooper.

Rodney Cook tends the fire on Thanksgiving morning in one of the two wood-burning stoves in the home Nov. 23, 2017 near Hooper. Through the winter, Rodney will only sleep for a few hours at a time, keeping the fires burning and the trailers warm.

Splitting wood is a family affair. Lakota Douglas, right, carries off split wood on Nov. 22, 2017 near Hooper. The families on the property will burn over 25 cords of wood per winter, which they cut with permits from beetle kill trees or anywhere they can get permission to cut and haul it back to the homestead.

Charina Cook, left, and her cousin Kebrina Orth, dump out the huge butcher scrap bones left after the wolves ate their fill on April 2, 2017 near Hooper, Colorado. Cleaning up the bones is a never ending chore, along with caring for the wolf hybrids and their fences on the property.

Lakota Douglas calmly and quietly whispers to an escaped wolf, hoping to lure him in close enough to get a collar on him, March 31, 2017 near Hooper, Colorado. The wolves are diggers and will work under the fences until they find or make a weak spot to crawl out.

The power is down on the property because the 18 horse power propane engine on the homemade generator they bought two months ago, just stopped working March 31, 2017 near Hooper. Rodney worked for 5 days and could not get it running. He switched out the motor, that one died 2 hours later. They spent more money on a small generator to hold them over until he figured out a more permanent solution. He's still working on it.

On Thanksgiving morning, Rodney Cook picks a piece of stuffing from his wife Kay's hair as he warms up the barrel smoker for the turkey and the ham they will have for dinner in the afternoon Nov. 23, 2017 on Hooper.

Charina Cook hugs her daughter Lakota Douglas on a chilly morning, hiding near the stove pipe waiting for the heat to come March 31, 2017 near Hooper. The house is lit by oil lamps until the sun comes up and the generators will not be running until two in the afternoon.

Days start early on the property, even on holidays as Lakota Douglas and Makayla Davis try to wake up after hearing about their chores for the day July 4, 2017 near Hooper.

Charina Cook bathes her two youngest, William Cook and Mistyery Robison together to save hot water Oct. 8, 2017 near Hooper. She quite often will join them in the bath so she will not have to wait for more water to be heated on the stove.

Joshua Stickell, 17, practices his fighting skills with tires, sticks and anything he could make work June 3, 2017 near Hooper. Stickell and his family have since left the Cook's property in the San Luis Valley.

Rodney Cook places a citronella plant in the family's garden June 5, 2017 near Hooper. Using old tires as raised beds for his plants helps save on water but takes up a lot of space outside the trailer on their San Luis Valley property.

Members of the Cook family head home with a bed full of hay spilled from one of the commercial farms nearby, July 29, 2017 near Hooper. The closest paved roads are three miles away and the others are much further.

For the children on the property, most days can be magical. Lakota Douglas, left, and Makayla Davis walk under a rainbow with the morning sun shining on them at the start of a beautiful day July 29, 2017 near Hooper. Ready with their strong imaginations and a full day free to play, the possibilities are endless.

Winter is on the way and the sun is setting as children get home from school near Hooper in November 2017.

Early morning clouds block the sun as it rises and Lakota Douglas has some time to herself July 27, 2017 in Hooper. She has been a wrestler and is a volleyball player and wants to be an ice skater, a cheerleader, a track star and a singer and to be a famous movie star like some of her idols. Living with her mother and grandfather off-grid hasn't stopped her dreaming of fame outside the property, it's only fueled her imagination.