Any advice on what I need to know about country living/owning property?

If working on cars in the country either plan on buying all the parts to completely rebuild the assembly you are working on or plan to make multiple trips to get that part that you weren't planning on replacing but find it is bad once you get it torn apart. I live about 30 miles from the nearest parts store, took me 3 trips to town to get all the parts when doing rear brakes on my Dakota.