Great video, thanks for breaking down the schematics of the pros and cons of living off grid, we loved hearing your reasons. Eric also enjoys the last pro listed, although he was doing that long before living off grid! :D
lol of course he was. I don’t remember if you guys had an outhouse or what. I’ll be glad when the back addition is don’t and we can get indoor shower and composting toilet. It’s all outhouse for us until then.
Shazam! Bigger boat would be awesome, a shrimp'n boat Lieutenant Dan lol. Peeing off the porch is in my top ten of prerequisites for buying property. Awesome video ya'll. Get to the chopper!
If you can’t pee off the porch, is it really your property? Not really. lol I talk to Mike with Zona holsters and he is throwing in a shirt per your request. 👍 It’s not a tumor! Who is your daddy and what does he do?! I could go on all day. Arnold has the best one liners.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead tell Mike, he's the shiz-nittle snip snap sam! That's awesome. I guess I can stop hacking your phone for a couples weeks now. Stay classy B.
Love you guys and your laughter. If I had extra money to spare, i would send you a large check to help out with your projects. If anyone out there would be kind enough to help them out, that would be awesome!
You guys are just the cutest, It’s so cool to see your having so much fun. I can tell you would be a hoot to hang out with. Thanks for sharing your lifestyle with us down in the lower 48. I live in Oregon and totally understand the winter weather. The grey skies are the hardest for me. But congrats on retirement and saying goodbye to the rat race. I too retired young 51. We are very blessed.
Cutest couple ever !! Loved the video . I'm new to the channel so I tried going through your play list but you don't have a lot of them and they start at the last video of the series , not the first . lol . still trying to catch up but I really do like them . Thanks guys , Keep them coming !! xo ( yes i give kisses and hugs , I'm Canadian , lol )
Great video, you two look like you are having a great time living off grid. Alaskans are so tough, and your perseverance shows that. Thanks for your perspectives!
This is the third video I've watched of yours. Not many people can talk about day to day life and keep it entertaining, let alone interesting. great stuff, subbed.
I've really enjoy your channel, keep on, keeping on. ;) A landing craft, that's what ya need...?! The boat vids? Anything that has got to do with boats...cranks me up, after all I'm building a boat (kayak) in my basement. And yes, many laughs, thanks.
Thank you. We are half heartedly looking at another boat. If we ever pull the trigger there will be tons more. Stabicraft have a influencer program and we’d love to get sponsored one day. Maybe if we ever become big time UA-camrs.😂
You can get an insurance plan with one of the air ambulance services for not much money. We have a remote place and getting up there in years. I never liked our wood stove until I put in fresh air intake because the cabin was too tight. There are many tricks to keeping a propane fridge going. One thing I find is the little screen on the burner gets dirty over time and needs cleaning. Also you can’t have the back where all the tubes are exposed to radiant heat. I actually had to extend a wall behind it about a foot because even though the wood stove was about 8’ away the radiant heat made it preform bad.
Love these wood stove Wednesdays!! You two have it going on over there no doubt. The daylight during the winter would be the worse con for me. Well not counting if ya got hurt that is the worse but we try not to think of that! Put that harness on man!! LOL. Very reason I live in the woods is so I can pee off the porch or anywhere for that matter also. Huge PRO!! Keep these coming my friends! Hope you have a great rest of the week!
A big hello to you and Rene. Thank you guys for watching. We will keep them coming. Yeah the darkness can get to people. But being able to pee where you want offsets the darkness. lol You guys have a great week.
The question is how much money do you need to be happy? I think you can be happier with less stuff! If you have less you realize that you do not need many things to be happy! Have a good week, best regards! Tom
Hello Tom, You are absolutely right. We don’t have a desire to have the latest and great tech gadgets or the fanciest clothes. We do buy quality stuff now just so we don’t have to keep buying things after they break. Time with family is more important to me. Thanks for stopping by Tom, have a great weekend.
Hello Brian! I think that things must serve their purpose, whether old or new! Offgrid I think also means away from the consumer society! The things have to work, and they do not have to be the newest!
Or Aliens.. LOL. I love the silence. My neighbors are the same. Not to close not to far away. The boat trip is a whole different story though.. That’s tuff. But fun at times too I’m sure. Getting hurt is my worst. Especially being here alone. Old got a go pee..LOL. All is old guys know what you mean. LOL. I’m 30 miles away from town. Can’t forget one thing in town right. No taxes that’s awesome. Do you have a PO Box? The change of it all. Good comment..it gets cheaper..! The more you get in place it will all pay off.....!!!! I know what you mean. I’m not rich either. It all takes money. It’s all in where you spend it. We still have 16 more re days with the sun dropping in the horizon. Then we’re on the uphill. I definitely mark my yard sometimes..!! Loving what you do. Good for you two.. Have a great night you two..!!
Aliens for sure. lol The summer is the best for traveling by boat, we hardly go out without seeing a humpback or orca. Right after we made this we went to town and I forgot to get battery post clamps. Errrrr We do have a PO Box. It’s listed way down in the description. It will get cheaper but not before it gets more expensive. lol yeah then we can sit back and reap the rewards. Thank you for watching and you have a great night as well.
Shawn, I love the boat videos too. I’ve been watching a lot of sailing videos. Like the guys that just hang out in the Caribbean, catching tuna and getting tan. That would be fun to do for a year or two.
I just wanted to thank you, for your channel. You have know idea how much your channel is helping us out. We live in Dallas, TX right now, and soon we are moving into Alaska. We thought about moving to Seattle, to retire but where is the fun in that, my husband is from Montana and he said he needs to go home, meaning the mountains. Thanks again, also do you ever see yourselves every moving away or are you staying forever?
Regarding loss of power in rough weather, check out sea drogues. Primarily used by sailors, but could possibly add some stability with a current (similar to drift sock)?
We had a impeller break apart (18' open bow Chaparral boat) while on a lake leaving us floating helpless. You can't just walk home if a boat breaks down. Can't imagine having a technical difficulty in the rough open waters. I traded that boat for a atv. So far so good with our Polar atv cart. Nice wide stance. I've had loads just flip to the side and dump with another brand cart.
Yeah when we are in the middle of the passage it’s miles to the nearest shore and that could really suck depending on the water. That’s cool you’ve had good successes with the polar atv cart. We just got an atv wagon by bosski and that thing is a little top heavy. Hope you have a great rest of your week.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead I've always liked the looks of the Bosski trailers. (Cabelas catalog) I wish I could magically transport all my stuff (atv, cart, wood splitter, chainsaws, generators, bullets, fishing boat, tools, snow blower, etc...) to AK without paying by the pound for hauling it. We have an opportunity to move to the SE. I have a brother-in-law living on Douglas. You both have a great week too.
Thank you, we enjoy each other’s company. At least I think she enjoys mine. lol We just started these wood stove Wednesday’s last month and we both are enjoying them. Thank you for watching and have a great week.
Hey..I know what might help you with taking your boat out at your place..I saw a trailer in a a harbor freight catalog for 250 dollars..it is made to move boat trailers..has an atv hitch that goes to a tongue and two wheeld..a ball is on the frame..so all you trailer weight and load goes on the two wheels..leaving your atv with only having to pull not bear the full weight..so just like hand boat dolly ..but with an atv hitch.. also you could just hook it to the trailer and winch the trailer and the boat up to your landing from the anchor tree keeping winch or atv out of the sea water..give it a look...shipping was 150 dollars..but I think it could be made from an old trailer too.
You have the right boat to get up on the sandy beach but your boat, as you admit, is NOT seaworthy. It should not be in high seas, waves, ever. Stay put or find a bigger, deep V and a marina. Our 30 ft KrisKraft had a fresh water cool engine ( Capt Greg installed) and so we could go out, off shore. Your stories are fun. Someday, I hope we meet and share more stories. LOL
You are correct. That’s the one thing I worry about the most is making trips back in forth in the winter time. The seas can get nasty real quick and they are unforgiving. I’ve found my next boat whenever we get the money. It’s a 2250 walkthrough Stabicraft. They my roll but they won’t sink.
You two are hilarious 🤣 I live in Australia and in a small town, you are right about peaceful this happens to be the most peaceful place I have lived. Every now and then I have to go to the city about 120ks away, babysitting duties when needed. I hate it, the smog the constant noise of motor vehicles, I travel up by train and in winter those train stations are like wind tunnels. Helicopters every darn 1/2hr, car horns police ambulances I can go on but won’t. I think our small town is like your Island, peaceful and home....
Your description of the city is the exact reason why I hate being in the. lol Small town living is the way to go. Australia is one of the places I’d love to go to but have not made it there yet. There is still time. Thank you for watching.
Ha that’s right. We don’t have property tax yet because no borough has annexed our island yet. I’m sure it will happen on day. I just hope Angoon does it instead of Juneau.
It is a compliment and yes pooh bear is awesome... we are planning on moving to Juneau sometime in the near future.. I have tried to look up how bad the mosquitoes are in the Juneau area. Do you guys have a video about that or at least an answer to that question maybe a wood stove Wednesday video I over looked about it??
JK Solutions I have an answer for you. Mosquitos are not bad here. Not like they are further up north. We do have no see ems and the can get annoying. We also have horse flies. At least on the island. Those guys will take a chunk out of you 😂 Moving to Juneau. Very cool. We wish you the very best on your trip up here.
Good information, thanks! If you want to dig a well for water can you? Water would be the biggest issue for my wife to be on board. Are there off grid areas in Alaska that are 10-15 miles from town?
You two put me in a great mood. I have to say I lmao at being able to pee off the front porch or any where you want!! We lived on a farm in Iowa and I think that’s the only reason my husband loved it lol.
That reminds me of a song, don’t pull the mask of the ol Lone Ranger and you don’t mess around with Jim. lol Maybe it was don’t spit into the wind? Same thing. 👍
Did you ever consider building a tiny home and just parking it on the property. Or do you think that process would have been more difficult/expensive than the route you took?
Being that you're remote, what do you do about trespassers? Anyone ever come steal from you guys? Of course, you know how it is in the rural/urban areas of the lower 48, it happens a lot. But in remote Alaska?
Yippee that's me caught up with your videos went on a brexit bender, hate seeing votes getting I ignored.. living on a small island looks lots better than a big one. Got a question for you are you building the deck all the way round the building ? As that fill cap for the fuel tank looks very high. Or have I missed the video explaining your decking plans. Your both getting more confident in front of the camera it's doing wonders for your videos keep it up
Are you guys right under the flightpath for the airport? Did you ever think about spear fishing in the summer? The bears don't swim like polar bears do they? Loving your vids. Hi from England 😀
We get bush planes and float planes that fly from Angoon on their way to Juneau. No commercial airlines though. I have not thought about spear fishing and yes bears do swim. I got some very poor footage on the video of us floating our trailer over to the island. ua-cam.com/video/ZaKXd4PL6Ak/v-deo.html Thanks for watching all the way from the other side of the pond. Cheers!
lol we do get those here too. I’ve seen sea lions get aggressive so I’m going to stay in the boat. My wife wants to start swimming for exercise out here next summer. If she does we will let you know how it goes.
I have a cousin that lives in Alaska he married a native woman and has like 8 kids ....I'm thinking in the wintertime there's not a whole lot to do....lol
Bears don’t really like to be around humans, especially black bears. Grizzlies are a little less intimidated but will typically leave you alone unless there is food near by or you are near one of their cubs.
It’s true. I did 21 years in the army and receive a retirement check for that. Area I got out of the army I worked at a gold mine and made good money. Paid off all my debt and had a nest egg. I’m 50 but a women never revels her age.😂 Thanks for watching.
Off grid living in Alaska con cutting splitting and stacking firewood lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of firewood and Frozen well pumps pretty much anything water-related and Frozen and in the summer you got mosquitoes big enough to carry away a small dog
😂that’s pretty much spot on. We don’t get mosquitoes to bad. We have a constant breeze off the water, I guess that’s what keeps them away. No-see-ems are worse for us here.
At 14:00 you say "it ain't right" for Juneau stores to charge you sales tax. When you shop in Juneau who paid for the dock you tie to? Or the road you travel on to go to those stores? Or the sewer/water/transportation infrastructure to enable the stores to serve you? You speak of maybe needing emergency services. Who pays for the infrastructure to support those emergency services? Or salaries to the EMTs rushing to help you? All the other towns have cooperation agreements whereby they don't tax each other's residents. You are not in a town per se; however, you utilize Juneau like those who live there. Remember an axiom: nothing in life is free; if you ain't paying for it, someone else is.
Hey Laurie, Yes there are other cabins here but there is just us and another family that live here full time. Our closest neighbor stays here all summer but spends their winters down south. Thanks for watching and have a great week.
Lol, “high seas” i don’t travel in anything greater than two foot seas... in my open, 18 foot skiff, thats a good way to practice my survival swimming skills... I hate being in cold water... My off grid property down on Cleveland peninsula i have plenty of neighbors, 41 of them, but most are only there for a month in the summer (like me until i retire). Smallest village in alaska. PRO: lots of good fishing. PRO: lots of good hunting. PRO: neighbors are few and quiet. PRO: no building permit (even though my village is claimed by Wrangell borough). PRO: no bills for power, water, etc. PRO: you can pee wherever you want CON: until bathroom is built, i crap in holes I dig and then bury it. CON: building supplies are a truck, boat, ATV ride away. CON: emergency response is an hour flight away at BEST (then they will put you on plane to seattle if its anything tough). CON: i have a squatter living on my property... a huge brown bear... he hasn’t bothered me yet (just huffed at me when i accidentally found his den), but he stole a deer out of my neighbor’s smoker...so he’s a squatter AND a thief. EDIT: why didn’t you use the new intro?
Ha we have a squatter too. Gunner tries to chase him off but his much bigger. You need to dig you an outhouse. It’s a lot easier than digging a hole every time. You don’t have any roads just trails right? We have summer cabins here too but they hardly come in the summer. It’s us and another couple all winter and the. There may be 4 more boats here on any given weekend. We went in two days ago to get some battery clamps I forgot to buy. The water was flat calm but on the way back we hit some 5 footers. You just never now when it’s going to kick up. NOAA called to 10 knots and 2 ft or less. They were wrong. 😂 The pros far out weigh the cons
My Alaska Dream Weather, stop using 1950s technology to get an “all days average” forecast when you can predict waves, wind, swell, rain by the hour with the right apps... i was told by Jena (smart friend in Ketchikan) to use windy.com app. She was right, go to the app store and grab it! TRUST ME ON THIS! damned squatters! lol, he never bothered my camp, even when i was away for days at a time, and he didn’t eat me when he had the chance, so I’m not gonna kick him off my land just yet. No roads, trail from dock is about 300m to my property along a legal Right Of Way. Use the notepad in your phone, make lists of stuff you need, don’t leave the dock without making triple sure you have everything on the list, and it has been packed i to the boat... Technology has a lot of stuff to make life easier, we can use the tools that they give us for an easier life off grid...
Very true. I’ll check out the app. We are lucky that we have a weather station on a reef to the east of us and a island to the west of us. We get real time wind speeds at the click of a button. Yeah our bear hasn’t given anyone an issue. It’s the dog and him that has an issue. Oh we make notes. We don’t always get everything on the list though or we forget to add something to the list.
Buy a sawmill and make lumber with your dead wood logs. Then start selling boards or trade them to neighbors for the things you need. Barter system. If you excuse is money! I know of a chainsaw mill for about $25!
Yall are too young to be retired. My husband like to just pee anywhere too. He doesn't care if the neighbor sees him. There is a general area in the back behind the barn that all of his friends that come over know to pee... yall are a hoot
No not fully retired. We live off my military retirement and got rid of all of our bills. No we live a simple life but get to spend more time with each other. Secretly all guys enjoy peeing outside. 😂 Happy New Years to you.
Happy New Year. I am in the process of binge watching your videos. Sorry for all the comments. I know you have better things to do than respond to me. :)
🤓Wow...lots of transporting supplies & that's just for🍺beer🍺😭.........💡(idea) how bout I build a small🍺 brewery / homested🍺 (kill 2 birds with 1 stone)😉👍........Brilliant 😁
As of right now we do not pay property tax. Juneau is going through the process of trying to annex our island. They’ve tried before unsuccessfully so we will see what happens. Angoon say the land is rightfully theirs and has no plans on annexing. There’s a lot going on right now.
I love this lady's laugh. It is cute. Both of them seem like a great couple together.
Thank you Shannon. I love her laugh too. Have a great day👍
Love these fireside chats... You guys have great chemistry and you always make me laugh.
This is what 25 years of being together gets you Lol.
Thanks Charles, have a great week.
I love this couple. So genuine and funny.
Thank you Tiffany
No problem. Hoping to do the same someday in alaska. Now the hardest part, finding someone who will go along with my plans.
Ha that is the hardest part. I lucked out.
That was fun, you two are great! Thank you for the shout out!
Thank you for commenting and for watching the dreaded boat videos. lol
Great video, thanks for breaking down the schematics of the pros and cons of living off grid, we loved hearing your reasons. Eric also enjoys the last pro listed, although he was doing that long before living off grid! :D
lol of course he was. I don’t remember if you guys had an outhouse or what. I’ll be glad when the back addition is don’t and we can get indoor shower and composting toilet. It’s all outhouse for us until then.
Shazam! Bigger boat would be awesome, a shrimp'n boat Lieutenant Dan lol. Peeing off the porch is in my top ten of prerequisites for buying property.
Awesome video ya'll. Get to the chopper!
If you can’t pee off the porch, is it really your property? Not really. lol
I talk to Mike with Zona holsters and he is throwing in a shirt per your request. 👍
It’s not a tumor! Who is your daddy and what does he do?!
I could go on all day. Arnold has the best one liners.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead tell Mike, he's the shiz-nittle snip snap sam! That's awesome. I guess I can stop hacking your phone for a couples weeks now. Stay classy B.
Lol just a couple of weeks.
Maybe at 5000 we’ll get some mentally off grid shirts made. lol
Take care
@@AnAlaskaHomestead YEAH!! that would be freaking awesome!
Hellz yes it would be.
I talked to my aunt tonight, she said freezing snow in Oklahoma tomorrow. 😂 be careful
I enjoy people also.
I enjoy people also; just not all people. Love it and agree! 😘
😂 it is what it is.
Y’all are living the dream!!
It’s a rough job but someone’s got to do it. lol
Thanks for dropping by Darrel.
It’s a rough job but someone’s got to do it. lol
Thanks for dropping by Darrel.
Love you guys and your laughter. If I had extra money to spare, i would send you a large check to help out with your projects. If anyone out there would be kind enough to help them out, that would be awesome!
Ha you are hilarious. Yes let it rain dollar bills on us😂
Thank you for watching.
fun vlog. your either happy or have hit the happy sauce. ill go with happy. enjoying your Q&A episodes
Ha I’d be scared to shot a video after hitting the Happy sauce. I think youtube would ban me. lol
Thanks for watching.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead lol
Your growth is fantastic,if you haven’t checked out the first programs ,your missing out, more boat programs,love the photography.
Thanks
You guys are just the cutest, It’s so cool to see your having so much fun. I can tell you would be a hoot to hang out with. Thanks for sharing your lifestyle with us down in the lower 48. I live in Oregon and totally understand the winter weather. The grey skies are the hardest for me. But congrats on retirement and saying goodbye to the rat race. I too retired young 51. We are very blessed.
Being able to retire early was one of the best things that we were able to do.
My Alaska Dream, having that connection with your Son is more important than being wealthy. I believe. Well done!
Waynepurchase,you two are great together.Love your easy manner.
Thanks Wayne
Cutest couple ever !! Loved the video . I'm new to the channel so I tried going through your play list but you don't have a lot of them and they start at the last video of the series , not the first . lol . still trying to catch up but I really do like them . Thanks guys , Keep them coming !! xo ( yes i give kisses and hugs , I'm Canadian , lol )
Thank you Cindy, you’re the best.
We hope you have a great day.
Great video, you two look like you are having a great time living off grid. Alaskans are so tough, and your perseverance shows that. Thanks for your perspectives!
We try to have fun. Thank you for watching.
This is great! Thanks so much for taking all the effort and sharing this information, your experience and knowledge!
Thanks for watching Perry
This is the third video I've watched of yours. Not many people can talk about day to day life and keep it entertaining, let alone interesting. great stuff, subbed.
BrawndoTheThirstMutilator thank you👍
I LOVE you guys! You're so funny and delightful!
Thank you. We try to have a good time👍
First time viewer. Love your channel. You just got a new subscriber. Love from Cambodia.
Thank you and a big hello to Cambodia. My sone visited their last summer.
LOVE your videos. You are a beautiful couple. Stay happy. Stay healthy. Stay warm in the winter and stay in love.
Thank you Monie.
You guys are having way too much fun lol. Always a hoot watching wood stove Wednesday.
Thanks Scott. Have a great weekend. Almost there. 👍
I've really enjoy your channel, keep on, keeping on. ;) A landing craft, that's what ya need...?! The boat vids? Anything that has got to do with boats...cranks me up, after all I'm building a boat (kayak) in my basement. And yes, many laughs, thanks.
Thank you. We are half heartedly looking at another boat. If we ever pull the trigger there will be tons more. Stabicraft have a influencer program and we’d love to get sponsored one day. Maybe if we ever become big time UA-camrs.😂
You can get an insurance plan with one of the air ambulance services for not much money. We have a remote place and getting up there in years. I never liked our wood stove until I put in fresh air intake because the cabin was too tight. There are many tricks to keeping a propane fridge going. One thing I find is the little screen on the burner gets dirty over time and needs cleaning. Also you can’t have the back where all the tubes are exposed to radiant heat. I actually had to extend a wall behind it about a foot because even though the wood stove was about 8’ away the radiant heat made it preform bad.
Thanks Chris
Wood stove Wednesday, WooHoo !! 🎇🎆🎊
That’s right 🙌🙌
Love these wood stove Wednesdays!! You two have it going on over there no doubt. The daylight during the winter would be the worse con for me. Well not counting if ya got hurt that is the worse but we try not to think of that! Put that harness on man!! LOL. Very reason I live in the woods is so I can pee off the porch or anywhere for that matter also. Huge PRO!! Keep these coming my friends! Hope you have a great rest of the week!
A big hello to you and Rene. Thank you guys for watching. We will keep them coming.
Yeah the darkness can get to people. But being able to pee where you want offsets the darkness. lol
You guys have a great week.
I would like the seclusion like you guy's have. Having good people living close would be great
It helps having great neighbors and community
Oh you just answered my question,thanks
No you have even more of an answer. 👍
What a great video, keep them coming
Thanks Matthew.
The question is how much money do you need to be happy? I think you can be happier with less stuff! If you have less you realize that you do not need many things to be happy! Have a good week, best regards! Tom
Hello Tom,
You are absolutely right. We don’t have a desire to have the latest and great tech gadgets or the fanciest clothes. We do buy quality stuff now just so we don’t have to keep buying things after they break.
Time with family is more important to me.
Thanks for stopping by Tom, have a great weekend.
Hello Brian! I think that things must serve their purpose, whether old or new! Offgrid I think also means away from the consumer society! The things have to work, and they do not have to be the newest!
Very true Tom.
This was a fun video guys. I have similar pros and cons. I love the boat videos. ..but I don't watch them. LOL!
lol you better get to watching. 😂 kidding
Hope you have a great week and thanks for watching.
My Alaska Dream I like all of the videos that you guys post. 😁👍🖖👊
I thought you might appreciate a good laugh this morning 😇😇😇
Michele Rucker thank you
dude,,i just ran across one of your vids,,,you guys are a hoot!,,,,love it ,keep up the good work,,,2 thumbs up :)
Hey Ib oogie boogie love the name.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching.
Or Aliens.. LOL. I love the silence. My neighbors are the same. Not to close not to far away. The boat trip is a whole different story though.. That’s tuff. But fun at times too I’m sure. Getting hurt is my worst. Especially being here alone. Old got a go pee..LOL. All is old guys know what you mean. LOL. I’m 30 miles away from town. Can’t forget one thing in town right. No taxes that’s awesome. Do you have a PO Box? The change of it all. Good comment..it gets cheaper..! The more you get in place it will all pay off.....!!!! I know what you mean. I’m not rich either. It all takes money. It’s all in where you spend it. We still have 16 more re days with the sun dropping in the horizon. Then we’re on the uphill. I definitely mark my yard sometimes..!! Loving what you do. Good for you two.. Have a great night you two..!!
Aliens for sure. lol
The summer is the best for traveling by boat, we hardly go out without seeing a humpback or orca. Right after we made this we went to town and I forgot to get battery post clamps. Errrrr
We do have a PO Box. It’s listed way down in the description.
It will get cheaper but not before it gets more expensive. lol yeah then we can sit back and reap the rewards.
Thank you for watching and you have a great night as well.
I luv the boat vids,I guess because im going to live on my boat,thanks for the vids
Shawn, I love the boat videos too. I’ve been watching a lot of sailing videos. Like the guys that just hang out in the Caribbean, catching tuna and getting tan. That would be fun to do for a year or two.
Love the videos, and he said doing Willie's all the way to the island 😂😂
😂thanks Adriel
I just wanted to thank you, for your channel. You have know idea how much your channel is helping us out. We live in Dallas, TX right now, and soon we are moving into Alaska. We thought about moving to Seattle, to retire but where is the fun in that, my husband is from Montana and he said he needs to go home, meaning the mountains. Thanks again, also do you ever see yourselves every moving away or are you staying forever?
Thank you guys for watching. I just sent you an email. 👍
Regarding loss of power in rough weather, check out sea drogues. Primarily used by sailors, but could possibly add some stability with a current (similar to drift sock)?
Thanks 👍
We had a impeller break apart (18' open bow Chaparral boat) while on a lake leaving us floating helpless. You can't just walk home if a boat breaks down. Can't imagine having a technical difficulty in the rough open waters. I traded that boat for a atv. So far so good with our Polar atv cart. Nice wide stance. I've had loads just flip to the side and dump with another brand cart.
Yeah when we are in the middle of the passage it’s miles to the nearest shore and that could really suck depending on the water.
That’s cool you’ve had good successes with the polar atv cart. We just got an atv wagon by bosski and that thing is a little top heavy.
Hope you have a great rest of your week.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead I've always liked the looks of the Bosski trailers. (Cabelas catalog) I wish I could magically transport all my stuff (atv, cart, wood splitter, chainsaws, generators, bullets, fishing boat, tools, snow blower, etc...) to AK without paying by the pound for hauling it. We have an opportunity to move to the SE. I have a brother-in-law living on Douglas. You both have a great week too.
That would be nice.
Lol you guys are Awsome... Great vids guys I love your outlook on life and especially your vids, keep up the Awsome work
Thank you, we enjoy each other’s company. At least I think she enjoys mine. lol
We just started these wood stove Wednesday’s last month and we both are enjoying them.
Thank you for watching and have a great week.
Hey..I know what might help you with taking your boat out at your place..I saw a trailer in a a harbor freight catalog for 250 dollars..it is made to move boat trailers..has an atv hitch that goes to a tongue and two wheeld..a ball is on the frame..so all you trailer weight and load goes on the two wheels..leaving your atv with only having to pull not bear the full weight..so just like hand boat dolly ..but with an atv hitch..
also you could just hook it to the trailer and winch the trailer and the boat up to your landing from the anchor tree keeping winch or atv out of the sea water..give it a look...shipping was 150 dollars..but I think it could be made from an old trailer too.
Yeah that’s worth looking into.
Really like yalls vids
Thanks James.
Just wondering if you can ever have your windows open? I would love to here all the nature. Thanks for a great video
We do have most of the windows open. I think you might like this video.
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i give you thumbs up for you not your videos content i love you guys.
Thanks bobafett
Like your hat bro
Thanks Michael
You have the right boat to get up on the sandy beach but your boat, as you admit, is NOT seaworthy. It should not be in high seas, waves, ever. Stay put or find a bigger, deep V and a marina. Our 30 ft KrisKraft had a fresh water cool engine ( Capt Greg installed) and so we could go out, off shore. Your stories are fun. Someday, I hope we meet and share more stories. LOL
You are correct. That’s the one thing I worry about the most is making trips back in forth in the winter time. The seas can get nasty real quick and they are unforgiving.
I’ve found my next boat whenever we get the money. It’s a 2250 walkthrough Stabicraft. They my roll but they won’t sink.
You two are hilarious 🤣 I live in Australia and in a small town, you are right about peaceful this happens to be the most peaceful place I have lived. Every now and then I have to go to the city about 120ks away, babysitting duties when needed. I hate it, the smog the constant noise of motor vehicles, I travel up by train and in winter those train stations are like wind tunnels. Helicopters every darn 1/2hr, car horns police ambulances I can go on but won’t. I think our small town is like your Island, peaceful and home....
Your description of the city is the exact reason why I hate being in the. lol
Small town living is the way to go. Australia is one of the places I’d love to go to but have not made it there yet. There is still time.
Thank you for watching.
Look up Dexter axles. 3K payload per axle and they are great.
Thanks👍
Omg..... no taxes..... I am on my way…………… 👍👍
Ha that’s right.
We don’t have property tax yet because no borough has annexed our island yet. I’m sure it will happen on day. I just hope Angoon does it instead of Juneau.
twins heck yeah
It’s all about the twins. lol
Has anyone told you that you sound like winnie the pooh Haha you guys rock and love your channel keep them coming
Ha no but I’ll take that as a compliment. I love Pooh Bear.
It is a compliment and yes pooh bear is awesome... we are planning on moving to Juneau sometime in the near future.. I have tried to look up how bad the mosquitoes are in the Juneau area. Do you guys have a video about that or at least an answer to that question maybe a wood stove Wednesday video I over looked about it??
JK Solutions I have an answer for you. Mosquitos are not bad here. Not like they are further up north. We do have no see ems and the can get annoying. We also have horse flies. At least on the island. Those guys will take a chunk out of you 😂
Moving to Juneau. Very cool. We wish you the very best on your trip up here.
Good information, thanks! If you want to dig a well for water can you? Water would be the biggest issue for my wife to be on board. Are there off grid areas in Alaska that are 10-15 miles from town?
There are several places like that in Alaska.
We get so much rainfall we just use a rain catchment. Thanks for watching.
You two put me in a great mood. I have to say I lmao at being able to pee off the front porch or any where you want!! We lived on a farm in Iowa and I think that’s the only reason my husband loved it lol.
Ha well it’s fundamentally inherent in our DNA to want to pee outside😂
Thank you for watching. Hope you have a great day.
Just as long as you don't pee into the wind...lol
That reminds me of a song, don’t pull the mask of the ol Lone Ranger and you don’t mess around with Jim. lol
Maybe it was don’t spit into the wind? Same thing. 👍
Did you ever consider building a tiny home and just parking it on the property. Or do you think that process would have been more difficult/expensive than the route you took?
Being that you're remote, what do you do about trespassers? Anyone ever come steal from you guys? Of course, you know how it is in the rural/urban areas of the lower 48, it happens a lot. But in remote Alaska?
No, we don’t have any issues with that.
army water trailer is tuff with big wheels
Yeah it is
ya I think you gotta find a new welder for the new trailer other than your tank guy and the last guy you used lmao ,
lol done
Yippee that's me caught up with your videos went on a brexit bender, hate seeing votes getting I ignored.. living on a small island looks lots better than a big one.
Got a question for you are you building the deck all the way round the building ? As that fill cap for the fuel tank looks very high. Or have I missed the video explaining your decking plans. Your both getting more confident in front of the camera it's doing wonders for your videos keep it up
Thanks Allen; yes that deck is going to wrap around eventually. 👍
Are you guys right under the flightpath for the airport? Did you ever think about spear fishing in the summer? The bears don't swim like polar bears do they?
Loving your vids. Hi from England 😀
We get bush planes and float planes that fly from Angoon on their way to Juneau. No commercial airlines though. I have not thought about spear fishing and yes bears do swim. I got some very poor footage on the video of us floating our trailer over to the island. ua-cam.com/video/ZaKXd4PL6Ak/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching all the way from the other side of the pond.
Cheers!
My Alaska Dream just thought about the prospect of coming face to face with an orca... To hell with the spear fishing haha.
lol we do get those here too. I’ve seen sea lions get aggressive so I’m going to stay in the boat. My wife wants to start swimming for exercise out here next summer. If she does we will let you know how it goes.
I have a cousin that lives in Alaska he married a native woman and has like 8 kids ....I'm thinking in the wintertime there's not a whole lot to do....lol
😂I almost peed my pants. Well I guess if your super board there is always that to do. lol
In Minnesota you can always tell when you had a cold snowy winter! 9 months later the maternity wards are full!
Btw, we are retired navy on a fixed income also.
That’s awesome. Thank you for your service to our country 👍 🇺🇸
🍺DAMN the amount of 🍺beer🍺i drink, u might need weeping tile & a drain system all around the house😁
Let me guess...Canada? Remember, I'm guessing here.
I would love to live in the mountains. I’m scared of bears lol. How do ya’l avoid being attacked
Bears don’t really like to be around humans, especially black bears. Grizzlies are a little less intimidated but will typically leave you alone unless there is food near by or you are near one of their cubs.
In real emergency god forbid if you have a heart attack time is of the essence every second counts. Your health is your wealth. Take care.
That is true. We are further away from a hospital. That holds true for most rural s as areas though.
Be safe out there.
If it can go wrong it will... usually at the worst possible time.
Very true
You retired? So interested in how old you guys are you look sooo young!
It’s true. I did 21 years in the army and receive a retirement check for that. Area I got out of the army I worked at a gold mine and made good money. Paid off all my debt and had a nest egg. I’m 50 but a women never revels her age.😂
Thanks for watching.
Dianna doesn’t worry because Brian is the sea captain.
😂
Off grid living in Alaska con cutting splitting and stacking firewood lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of firewood and Frozen well pumps pretty much anything water-related and Frozen and in the summer you got mosquitoes big enough to carry away a small dog
😂that’s pretty much spot on. We don’t get mosquitoes to bad. We have a constant breeze off the water, I guess that’s what keeps them away.
No-see-ems are worse for us here.
At 14:00 you say "it ain't right" for Juneau stores to charge you sales tax. When you shop in Juneau who paid for the dock you tie to? Or the road you travel on to go to those stores? Or the sewer/water/transportation infrastructure to enable the stores to serve you? You speak of maybe needing emergency services. Who pays for the infrastructure to support those emergency services? Or salaries to the EMTs rushing to help you? All the other towns have cooperation agreements whereby they don't tax each other's residents. You are not in a town per se; however, you utilize Juneau like those who live there. Remember an axiom: nothing in life is free; if you ain't paying for it, someone else is.
We don’t live on Shelter.
Maybe you could buy that cigar boat in Canada. Lol
😂ha that would be funny
@@AnAlaskaHomestead I just love the laughter. You and your wife help each other so well. Thank you
Is there anyone else living on the island where you homestead
Hey Laurie, Yes there are other cabins here but there is just us and another family that live here full time.
Our closest neighbor stays here all summer but spends their winters down south.
Thanks for watching and have a great week.
I wanted to ask you if you guys have heard of the theory of the nephalim building the pyramids? Genesis 6
No I have not heard of this. Now I’ll have to go and research a little. 👍
@@AnAlaskaHomestead check out LA Marzulli's channel. PPS report.
He’s got a ton of reporters on this topic.
Lol, “high seas” i don’t travel in anything greater than two foot seas... in my open, 18 foot skiff, thats a good way to practice my survival swimming skills... I hate being in cold water...
My off grid property down on Cleveland peninsula i have plenty of neighbors, 41 of them, but most are only there for a month in the summer (like me until i retire). Smallest village in alaska.
PRO: lots of good fishing.
PRO: lots of good hunting.
PRO: neighbors are few and quiet.
PRO: no building permit (even though my village is claimed by Wrangell borough).
PRO: no bills for power, water, etc.
PRO: you can pee wherever you want
CON: until bathroom is built, i crap in holes I dig and then bury it.
CON: building supplies are a truck, boat, ATV ride away.
CON: emergency response is an hour flight away at BEST (then they will put you on plane to seattle if its anything tough).
CON: i have a squatter living on my property... a huge brown bear... he hasn’t bothered me yet (just huffed at me when i accidentally found his den), but he stole a deer out of my neighbor’s smoker...so he’s a squatter AND a thief.
EDIT: why didn’t you use the new intro?
Ha we have a squatter too. Gunner tries to chase him off but his much bigger. You need to dig you an outhouse. It’s a lot easier than digging a hole every time.
You don’t have any roads just trails right?
We have summer cabins here too but they hardly come in the summer.
It’s us and another couple all winter and the. There may be 4 more boats here on any given weekend.
We went in two days ago to get some battery clamps I forgot to buy. The water was flat calm but on the way back we hit some 5 footers. You just never now when it’s going to kick up. NOAA called to 10 knots and 2 ft or less. They were wrong. 😂
The pros far out weigh the cons
My Alaska Dream
Weather, stop using 1950s technology to get an “all days average” forecast when you can predict waves, wind, swell, rain by the hour with the right apps... i was told by Jena (smart friend in Ketchikan) to use windy.com app. She was right, go to the app store and grab it! TRUST ME ON THIS!
damned squatters! lol, he never bothered my camp, even when i was away for days at a time, and he didn’t eat me when he had the chance, so I’m not gonna kick him off my land just yet.
No roads, trail from dock is about 300m to my property along a legal Right Of Way.
Use the notepad in your phone, make lists of stuff you need, don’t leave the dock without making triple sure you have everything on the list, and it has been packed i to the boat...
Technology has a lot of stuff to make life easier, we can use the tools that they give us for an easier life off grid...
Very true. I’ll check out the app. We are lucky that we have a weather station on a reef to the east of us and a island to the west of us. We get real time wind speeds at the click of a button.
Yeah our bear hasn’t given anyone an issue. It’s the dog and him that has an issue.
Oh we make notes. We don’t always get everything on the list though or we forget to add something to the list.
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I would want a coast guard boat to live out there😂😂😂
That would be cool to have one of those self-righting boats.
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Buy a sawmill and make lumber with your dead wood logs. Then start selling boards or trade them to neighbors for the things you need. Barter system. If you excuse is money! I know of a chainsaw mill for about $25!
This sounds like something you should try out for yourself.
Low Rider trailer
Y'all couldn't do drama cause y'alls got to comedy in ya
😂that’s true
You should definitely get amazon prime, you get everything in 2 or3 days😂😂😂
No way l am keeping my boat.
Pro and cons too Politics there all pro cons.
😂
Yall are too young to be retired. My husband like to just pee anywhere too. He doesn't care if the neighbor sees him. There is a general area in the back behind the barn that all of his friends that come over know to pee... yall are a hoot
No not fully retired. We live off my military retirement and got rid of all of our bills. No we live a simple life but get to spend more time with each other. Secretly all guys enjoy peeing outside. 😂
Happy New Years to you.
Happy New Year. I am in the process of binge watching your videos. Sorry for all the comments. I know you have better things to do than respond to me. :)
No we love the comments. Keep me coming. Happy New Years to you too.
Get a seahorse
M.D. Steele who wouldn’t love a sea horse.
🤓Wow...lots of transporting supplies & that's just for🍺beer🍺😭.........💡(idea) how bout I build a small🍺 brewery / homested🍺 (kill 2 birds with 1 stone)😉👍........Brilliant 😁
Buzz that’s genius.
😂 I don't like every person either!!
😂 you are preaching to the choir
Do you guys have to pay property taxes? I would love to find a place where you could live free of property taxes, am I just dreaming😂😂😂
As of right now we do not pay property tax. Juneau is going through the process of trying to annex our island. They’ve tried before unsuccessfully so we will see what happens. Angoon say the land is rightfully theirs and has no plans on annexing. There’s a lot going on right now.
You should definitely get amazon prime, you get everything in 2 or3 days😂😂😂
Ha we got it but 2-3 😂
More like 2-3 weeks for Alaska