Evan Cann has decided to take on ukpoppyberry's Lonely Island Land Lubber's Challenge, which can be downloaded HERE.

This is the second of the challenges listed. Evan will have to stay on this lonely island for at least a full year of SUMMERS ONLY!!! He will not be able to eat anything he hasn't caught or grown himself, and for the original version of the challenge, he won't be able to improve on his "house." Check it out at the above link (you make your own Sim). :-)

I'm using a desert roads override mod from MTS2 to make the challenges I do LOOK even harder (it doesn't really affect them one way or another). Lonely Island, as far as Evan Cann is concerned, is now a deserted, desert island!

Evan has clicked right into his role, and has begun fishing right away. Unfortunately, it's started to rain, even though it's summer all year in this challenge. Evan needs to plant something right away, to take advantage of the rain!

Unfortunately, by the time Evan got the fertilizing done, the rare summer rain had stopped!

So, knowing that he'd be pretty hungry by nightfall, Evan went back to the riverbank to try again for some fish for dinner.

Yessss!!! He caught...an old boot! Oh no! Well...if all else fails in the next couple of hours, at least that old leather will provide some sustenance (gag).

Fortunately, Evan has just caught his second (small) fish of the day. Dinner (for today at least) is assured!

When Evan started to eat his dinner, he realized he would need some more cash to buy seeds to plant in his now-fertilized garden plot, so he sold off the boot and the small catfish, for a total of $64. Since tomato seeds only cost $8 for each plant, he should have plenty to get that garden going soon.

After figuring that out, he grilled a nice bass and squash dinner, and sat down to eat.

He was just finishing up, when Shannon Bul walked by--the first humanoid he'd seen since moving to Lonely Island! Evan rushed out to greet Shannon and get in some social contact. He knew he'd be hurting for more of that before his self-imposed year was done!

While Shannon went up to the little loft to check it out, Evan began to plant his tomato seeds. It had again rained for a short period of time. Hopefully it would do that again after the seeds got planted, so that Evan could get some much-needed rest instead of spending all night watering his new plants!

After the seeds were all planted, Evan joined Shannon on the riverbank, and the two companionably fished for a while.

I'm SURE I heard Evan shout, "Ah ha HA! Not the BOOT!" when he caught this good-sized fish!

Since there would be fish for breakfast (or brunch, which would be more practical), Evan focused on getting Shannon to just talk to him for a while. Shannon wanted to know how Evan GOT to the island.

BTW--I FINALLY figured out why the "Grill..." command isn't always available, even when there are plenty of fish in a Sim's inventory. Sims DON'T grill their BREAKFASTS!!! The "Grill..." command will ONLY be available from noon to midnight!

"Yeah...I took a plane to get here," Evan agreed with Shannon. "Can't use any modern conveniences now, though...it's against the rules!" This puzzled Shannon a bit, but he was too polite to ask Evan just what he meant by that cryptic comment.

Before Shannon had to leave, the two just hung out together for a while. This was very good for Evan's well-being.

Having visited "the facilities," Evan climbs the stairs and quickly cleans up his mess from dinner, knowing that he'll sleep better because his environment is more friendly.

Oh no! This is something Evan hadn't counted on! He had befriended a stray cat earlier, and this is how the animal repaid him! Evan's trash can is completely in tatters! It's a good thing there's the big bin downstairs. Hmmm...you know...it might be worth it just to lug that thing right up here!

Well...tomorrow will be soon enough to remedy that problem.

First thing in the morning, right after making his bed (Evan is VERY neat), he lugged the the big galvanized can up to the loft, since most of his use of the trash bin would be right there, anyway.

Then he began to clean up the kitchen unnecessarily, since he couldn't yet fix a meal containing fish!

While the sun was still low in the sky, and while he was still in his PJs, Evan ran down and did some fishing in the shade of the loft. Pretty soon he'd check on the tomatoes.

Watering many tomato plants.

Tending many tomato plants.

Aahhh!!! Evan takes a much-needed food and shade break during the early afternoon. You'd think bass and squash would have lost a bit of their appeal already, but not for Evan!

Evan's eating his "blackened" bass (oops!), but it's a good reminder that he needs to get his cooking skills built up a bit, since there's no fire alarm in this place!

After studying for a while to good (cooking) advantage, Evan gets out his diary and starts to remember about the people he knows, which perks him up considerably, not having seen anyone in person the whole day!

The heat of the summer really hits during the night, and Evan has to get up and drink several glasses of water to cool himself down.

I'm SO glad this challenge lot has a SINK!!!

Feeling lonely, he also spends a bit more time writing in his diary, until the darned sink (which is totally necessary to him) springs a leak and has to be repaired!

Once the sink is fixed and the mess is cleaned up, Evan decides to try to catch a few winks in the early morning hours. This is when he discovers that it's actually COOLER to sleep then, than it is in the middle of the night!

While the sun is still fairly low in the sky, he's up tending and watering his tomato plants, though. Can't let them die! The fish seem mighty scarce, and it doesn't look as though the fruit trees are going to yield very much produce very quickly, either, so he may need the vegies for food, just as soon as possible!

After using the bathroom facilities, Evan gets a few more drinks of water, before finally giving in and grilling the last of his catfish. The water serves not only to cool him down, but it also takes the edge off his hunger...

...which is good, because before he can get the grill started, he spots Stephanie Farmer down in the dusty street!

Running down, he greets her and begins to make friends with her. He's DESPERATE for friendship by now!

Well, geez...FINALLY...the Social Bunny SHOULD have showed up a WHOLE long time before this! By the time he drops in, Evan and Steph have begun a water balloon fight--a good way to get to know each other, and keep cool at the same time.

They go running across the bridge, leaving the bunny hopping along behind, feeling left out! Should have gotten there earlier, stupid bunny!

Evan and Steph are having a great time at their play...

...when suddenly Evan sees the bunny and goes into paroxysms of laughter!

Suddenly he remembers he was going to grill that catfish, so he goes running upstairs and begins. Stephanie stays downstairs to use the facilities, but the bunny follows. Evan lays out plates for two. The Bunny doesn't seem like he's doing anything to help, but Evan's social score is rising by the second.

Then he calls Stephanie. "Steph! Come on up and have some blackened catfish!"

Thinking that Evan was inviting HIM to the meal as well, the bunny grabs a plate and sits down to eat, which leaves no place for Steph to sit!

That doesn't bother her. She just grabs her plate, digs in, and becomes part of the conversation group. Shortly after this, the bunny decides he's served his purpose, and ascends to his home in the sky.

Show off! Evan doesn't even has his bronze fishing badge yet. Not realizing that Steph has her gold badge already, he tries to show her "how it's done." SHE catches a fish, and he just falls all over himself! Oops! How embarrassing!

Steph catches about five fish while Evan doesn't even get a hit! Oh dear! What's going to be for dinner tomorrow? Unfortunately, there's no way (that I know of) to get Steph to give HIM a gift! Wonder why the game creators didn't think of THAT scenario!

Leaving Steph to her fishing, Evan gives it up and heads upstairs to get some sleep.

A couple of hours later, Stephanie is still fishing (and catching), but Evan wakes up grouchy and thirsty. He grabs a couple of quick drinks of water, cleans up the mess from dinner, and finally gets back to bed in the early morning hours...

...while Steph still continues to fish!

After a day or so, Evan gets the hang of things and learns to use his physical resources carefully, to fish in the shade, drink a lot of water, tend his plants carefully, and finally to harvest them, which gives him something more to eat and drink.

He also carefully watches the road for anyone passing by. Here he spends some time hanging out (in the shade) with Stephanie Farmer, who has become quite a regular visitor. Notice that he has moved his NEW garden plot out of the direct sun, as well.

He's halfway through the second summer season.

Oh, yeah! One more thing! He also sold the stupid, pesky fruit trees! He made nearly $1000 for the two diseased trees that gave him nothing but trouble, kept him up into the wee hours of the nights, spraying and tending them, with no harvest (do they need a fall season?)! Also, that money gave him enough to buy more seeds for planting tomatoes and strawberries in the new shady area.

Even with a bronze fishing badge, Evan still occasionally catches a boot. He has learned to keep the boots, just in case. Their food value is equivalently much higher than their resale value!

The more Evan has gotten acclimatized and organized, the chubbier he's gotten as well. He's thinking of buying a radio with some of the money he has left, which isn't as much as it was, because he was too lazy to repair his shower a couple of nights ago, and just bought a new one.

Aha! Instead of buying the radio, Evan discovered that one way to get other Sims to gladly stop to socialize for a while, is owning a dartboard. The other thing that really comes in handy ,is a small swimming pool. Perhaps in time, Evan will be able to increase the size of that pool...maybe after he harvests his next crops.

With the dartboard in place, Evan is probably never going to lack personal contact again!

Sure enough. The dartboard is a good draw, and Stephanie shows up early the next day (well...about noon), in time for a bass brunch.

Yup...love that dartboard!

Wow! It hailed in the middle of the summer...it was cold enough that the tiny swimming pool steamed!

Evan isn't yet halfway through his four-summer year, and he has just obtained his silver gardening badge, plus he got his silver fishing badge just a day ago.

Woohoo! That stinkbait really works! These days Evan is catching fish like crazy!

Wow! Two social contacts at once!!!

Stephanie and Evan are getting to know each other quite well. In fact, a romance is in the works. It's true, Steph is a little older, but...they've been through the same type of things in their (challenging) lives. They'd probably do well together as a couple!

Sharing another meal.

Having a good friend--especially a NEAT one, is really nice!

As tiny as that pool is, it even works for getting Evan back into shape. An added benefit is that it cools him off quite quickly! During the day, the pool is in the shade of the palm tree, so it works, even then. At night, when the bed covers get too hot, just a short dip works wonders!

Yup...after some midnight swimming and a good early morning's sleep, Evan is again fit as a fiddle...a little warm because summer is still upon him, but a couple drinks of water take care of that, and he's ready to face the day.

Finally! Evan has seen Caryl Roennigke pass by several times, but has never been able to catch up with her. After chatting for a bit, he starts a water balloon fight.

They were having a lot of fun, but suddenly Stephanie appeared. Immediately, Evan stopped the water fight to go and greet Stephanie. Aaaawwww!

Such loving greetings, hugs, and kisses!

I think it won't be long until Evan can convince Stephanie to move in with him. Maybe then she can make use of his pool to get HERSELF back in shape!

NOTE: Obviously, this is where I made the conscious decision to "hang" the challenge! :-)

There's definitely some chemistry going on here.

Mmmm...mmmm...MMMM! Stephanie has been convinced, and she moved in, bringing over $12,000 with her. I guess that old dusty lot where she was staying has now been abandoned!

Oh no! Stephanie has put the pool to good use, but Evan used his time to spray his precious plants...one time too many!!! Even in his new guise, he's headed downstairs to sneak up on Caryl with a water balloon, while Steph heads for the kitchen to fix dinner.

It'll be stuffed rainbow trout this time! Obviously Steph has a greater array of skills and experience than Evan. What a great partner she's going to be (even if the challenge IS officially over)!

Oh! All Evan needs NOW is sunlight, love, and water! I think he can do this (UNofficial challenge, now)...with Steph's help, of course!

Evan tended the plants again earlier in the day, but now he needs sunlight. Steph bought two lounge chairs and placed one in the shade for herself, and one in the sunshine for Evan. Then she went up to the loft to get some water to drink. She intends to put in a water supply in the yard, soon!

Ah! Now there's a handy sink down by the garden...

...and the swimming pool has been lengthened with a diving board added. Another palm tree added a little more shade, which meant moving Evan's chair a bit more, but now all is arranged for their mutual benefit.

Though he needs to get back into the sunlight soon, Evan takes a bit of time to talk to a sickly plant and spray the others.

What a nice guy Evan is! He no longer needs to eat, but he still fishes, to make sure Stephanie gets enough to eat! It will be a while until the sun comes out again, but he can also take care of his needs for both love and water, while the moon shines!

Steph slept for a while, but woke up hot and cranky. After a dip in the pool with Evan, they decided to relax on the bed. What a couple they make!

Now this is really true love, wouldn't you say?

Well! THAT filled up Evan's need for love in a hurry!

A little romping in the moonlight...and the rain! Aaahhh!!!

More improvements in the treehouse, thanks to Stephanie's funds!

A little lovin' to help pass the time until the sun comes out!!!

Whew! That sun came out just a LITTLE bit late for Evan's needs. Will it be soon enough? Steph isn't sure quite how this works!

Yup...even with the rain pouring down, the sun is enough to revive Evan.

Gathering what sunlight he can, Evan sits in his special chair, which Stephanie takes time out to rest while the air is cooler.

Aaaawwww! Harvesting their crops together! What a great team!

A routine is being established. During the day, Evan gets all the sun he can, and helps with the plants. At night he can do all sorts of things, but he MUST have his love! Steph is only too happy to oblige! It's just too bad she's too old to have little plant children for Evan! (sigh)

Evan fell asleep at the bottom of the stairs about 6:30 AM. When the sun comes up, he's in the shade. Somehow he needs to figure out where to be at what time, to get all the sunlight he needs, to make it ALL the way through the night!

By the time the heat of the day has arrived, Evan has caught a BUNCH more fish (standing out in the lovely sunshine), and he's now getting a nice dip in the pool, while Stephanie has doubled the garden size, fertilized it, and planted it (no strawberries or tomatoes this time). Now she's eating some stuffed trout.

Then it's time for another little love break!

After Stephanie went to bed to sleep, Evan discovered that watering the garden satisfied his water need. That was good to know! It didn't take long, though, and he had to wake Stephanie to satisfy more of his love needs. How long can this go on? It's probably a good thing that it's the last summer quarter of this year!!!

A bit hungry after their last little tryst, Stephanie decides to see what can be done huge supply of tomatoes with which Evan stocked the fridge after harvesting them. Sure enough, Even cereal can be made healthy and "natural" when you add a little tomato paste!

OK, then! Strawberry juice, at least, also satisfies Evan's need for water!

Mid-day routine.

Evan makes yet another discovery. Talking to the plants satisfies his need for love, and helps the plants flourish as well. This ought to give Stephanie a break in more than one way!

Though Evan really doesn't need to eat, sharing a meal with Steph helps fill his need for love, and her need for companionship.

Watching Stephanie finish her meal, Evan can't stand it any longer...

He proposes that they be engaged, and Stephanie accepts!

To celebrate, they have a midnight water balloon fight!

The year is almost over, and Evan has finally earned his Gold Fishing Badge!!! He earned his Gold Gardening Badge a LONG time ago (probably about the time he turned green).

Knowing that this special year is almost over, and head over heels in love with Stephanie, Evan brings their engagement to a close by proposing marriage. It's a quiet, lovely ceremony. He produces a ring and puts it on Steph's hand.

Then Steph produces a ring...

...and puts it on Evan's hand. Obviously they were well-prepared for this big event. As the second ring slid on, the ceremony was official.

May I present to you, Evan and Stephanie Cann--husband and wife?

As for the challenge...well...someone else will have to do it the right way. Evan is highly satisfied with the way things turned out for him and Stephanie.