>> Nancy: FINALLY, TONIGHT, CBS'S STEVE HARTMAN GOES "ON THE ROAD" WITH A YOUNG FAMILY THAT FOUND HAPPINESS OFF THE BEATEN PATH. >> Reporter: IF YOU TAKE A FERRY TO ISLE AU HAUT, AN ISLAND COMMUNITY WAY OFF THE COAST OF MAINE, YOU COULD VISIT THE GIFT SHOP, THE GENERAL STORE, AND, WELL, THAT'S IT. JUST THE GENERAL STORE AND THE GIFT SHOP. THERE ARE LITERALLY NO OTHER BUSINESSES ON THE ISLAND. >> SO PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT HERE ARE RESILIENT. THEY ARE CREATIVE. >> Reporter: AND THEY ARE FEW. TOO FEW. ACCORDING TO BOB OLNEY, PRESIDENT OF THE ISLE AU HAUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. >> AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO ATTRACT FAMILIES. >> Reporter: SO, LAST YEAR, THIS COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 50 YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS MADE A POST, HOPING TO WOO A NEW FAMILY. THEY WERE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERSELL THE PLACE. "THOUGH IT'S NOT EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA, WHO KNOWS, IT MAY VERY WELL BE YOURS." AND THEY GOT A TAKER. A YOUNG FAMILY FROM CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. >> READY? >> Reporter: DAKOTA WATERS, HIS SON, FLYNN; WIFE, HANNAH; AND THEIR BABY, AMELIA, MOVED HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO. >> OUR WHOLE FAMILY THOUGHT WE WERE PSYCHOTIC. THEY WERE LIKE, A REMOTE ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN? >> Reporter: HAD YOU BEEN ON AN ISLAND BEFORE? >> NOPE, NEVER EVEN BEEN IN THE OCEAN. >> Reporter: AND YET, HERE THEY LIVE, THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF A DYING BREED. >> UH-OH. >> Reporter: AT ONE POINT, THERE WERE ABOUT 300 COMMUNITIES OUT HERE ON MAINE'S MOST ISOLATED ISLANDS. NOW, JUST OVER A DOZEN REMAIN. AND KEEPING THOSE ALIVE WILL REQUIRE A NEW BREED OF FRONTIERSMEN.L REQUIRE A NEW BREED STARBUCKS. AND REALLY DON'T MIND A LITTLE ADVERSITY. >> PEOPLE HAVE TRADED THE GOOD LIFE FOR A CONVENIENT ONE, AND CONVENIENCE ISN'T ALWAYS THE BEST. >> Reporter: TO THAT POINT, THE WATERS RAISE SOME OF THEIR OWN FOOD AND WORK MULTIPLE JOBS. >> PET YOUR CHICKENS. >> Reporter: DAKOTA DOES PLUMBING, LAWN MAINTENANCE, THE OLD LANDLUBBER EVEN WORKS ON A LOBSTER BOAT. AND AS FOR THE CHILDREN, THIS YEAR, HIS SON, FLYNN, WAS ONE OF JUST TWO KIDS IN THE K-8 SCHOOL HOUSE. AND THAT WAS THE OTHER. THE PLACE IS JUST THAT SMALL. BUT DAKOTA SAYS THE TININESS IS MORE A BLESSING THAN A CURSE. >> THERE WE GO! >> WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE BONDING TIME WITH OUR KIDS. IT IS UNDESCRIBABLELY WHOLESOME. >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK YOU ARE HERE FOR A GOOD? >> YEAH. >> I'M NOT MOVING MY STUFF OFF THIS ROCK AGAIN. IT WAS TOO HARD TO GET IT HERE. [LAUGHTER] >> Reporter: COME FOR THE BEAUTY. STAY BECAUSE IT IS TOO HARD TO LEAVE. COULD BE ANOTHER SOFT-SELL AD. STEVE HARTMAN, WAY "ON THE ROAD," ON ISLE AU HAUT, MAINE.
