re: How do people who live out in the country do it with grocery shopping.

I lived up in the Rockies for a couple years (Central Idaho). There was a small grocery store in a tiny town, population 68, about a half-hour away. But for all other provisions, it was a 70 mile trip on winding roads. Got to the bigger town (population 1000) about once a month.

You learned to make very very good lists. When you forgot something (usually hardware of some sort), it was truly a pain in the arse.