I am by no means an expert in bitcoin or steemit and I am one of those southern BC dudes who live in a city.

I played around with bitcoin some years ago but somehow lost track of my wallet. I can see the coin but can't use them. So whatever you do keep track of your wallet.

I had some cash in Pay Pal and finally found a way to buy some bitcoin with that cash. Users in the following site will trade all kinds of things for bitcoin but will charge you for it.
I also signed up as an affiliate so I will profit a bit if you use this link or just search google for Paxful.

https://paxful.com/roots/buy-bitcoin/index?affiliate=AZ3k3KwykbE