The other possibility is "minimalist". We have a 2000 watt Honda, which works fine for us. If you have a wood heating stove and a Coleman cook stove, the only thing you really need to operate is your refer and freezer(s). We run the Honda outside, with an extension cord to the freezers and to the refer in the house. We only run one at a time, alternating among them, and then only a couple or 3 times a day, to keep the temp down. If you need power for water, get a big enough unit to run your well pump, but we don't bother with it- keep a couple cases of bottled water on hand, and dip out of the creek to fill the toilets. Just skip baths for a couple of days.
The key to all this is usually SWMBO- mine is used to rough camping in the woods on horse rides, so she's fine with roughing it. Your results may vary (boy, is that ever an understatement!).
What we do now is just move into the self-contained RV and act like we're camping. Run the generator if the batteries get low. Still have to keep the refer and freezers cold in the house, of course, but you could actually do that off the RV generator.
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