for us. The lake house is in the county seat and has more amenities than the other townships in the county, but still, there is only one grocery store, two Dollar Generals, a hardware store, two gas stations, a farm store and that is about it. We have to travel over 20 miles to a Walmart but that town has no other shopping and a small emergency hospital, no overnight stays. Most of the time, we love the solitude; that is what we go for. It is under a hill in both directions so in the winter the people here are pretty much stuck. The lady next door was being treated for cancer and they moved into a rental closer to the capital so that she could get treatment on a regular basis because they were afraid they couldn't get out. It is a lot to think aobut.