Girls in Nature

<p>A woman lives in a place so remote that she has to travel 10 hours to do her food shop every eight weeks.</p><p>Hilary Messer-Barrow, 33, had always been a city girl living in Vancouver, Canada, until she had to move out to remote Yukon, Canada, for her husband, James *, 28, job.</p><p>After initially being 'gutted' by the extreme lifestyle change she has now fallen in love with her new home - despite the trek to the supermarket.</p><p>It takes the couple days to prepare for the supermarket trip, to insure they have enough food to last them six to eight weeks.</p><p>Their house is surrounded other houses in a little community of around 100 people, which is located on the traditional terriority of the White River first nation.</p><p>There are no street names and the village has a gas station which has a only couple of provisions. </p><p>The nearest hospital is in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, about a five hour drive away, but the community has a health centre with one nurse.</p><p>Hilary, a teaching assistant, from Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada, said: "I had been used to walking to the shops and living the city girl life.<br></p><p>"I had never really cooked before but now I make everything," Hilary said.</p><p>"At first cravings were hard as I couldn't fulfil them but now, I anticipate them."</p><p>"I spend as much of my day outside.</p><p>"I do a lot of cross-country skiing and walking my dog.</p><p>"There isn't a day when I'm not outside."</p><p>The couple even eloped and had married in a remote location with a cabin and their dog, Chilli, a labrador retriever cross with a blue heeler.</p><p>"I would never have thought how good this would be," Hilary said.</p><p>"It's made me confront my anxieties and learn so much about myself.</p><p>"I have such a deep connection with the beautiful landscape around me."<br></p>