Living in an Off Grid Cabin On a Mountain Through The Winter. How We Handle The Task and Stay Happy
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Is living in an off grid cabin, on a mountain in the winter worth the risk and challenges? Follow our journey and see how we handle the adversity we are faced with.
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I agree, Boss. The amount of "clickbait" on youtube is disturbing. I have unsubscribed from a couple of channels that are always complaining about how tough their life is, or that over dramatize everything. And I just skip the ones who use their wife or girlfriend's body to get views. That's so low-life. I love your videos! You and Lori and the pups are the real deal. Thanks for all you do!
I've had to do the same. Click bait & "Homesteaders" depending on the generosity of others to help out in one way or another.
Thank you for saying so :-)
@@fourdayhomestead2839 Exactly!!!!! They are just greedy!!!!!!
Same here.
I agree with you. I just unsubscribed from a channel & told them it was because of his language in front of their children, & I don't want my grandchildren hearing it!! I realize it doesn't matter to them, but good to know I'm not alone in that belief!! Yay for you 💞
I gave up mainstream TV due in large part of “reality” TV. Those types of shows glorify the destruction of marriages, focus of total family discord and encourage negative child rearing. All for our entertainment and the “success” of a show. NO THANKS......I enjoy watching your channel that proves you don’t need all the crap that modern life throws at us. Our path is that...It’s ours and we can make it what we want. Thank you for choices to live your life as you see fit.
I feel the same, don’t listen to politics as well. I know who I’m voting with. I’m just done with the whole system.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts :-)
Amen
@@thebossoftheswamp Thanks for sharing your life! Wish you the best of health and God bless
I put my tv in the closet in '94.
I agree totally about all these channels crying about all the things going wrong. Pimping out there wives on thumbnails to get views. UA-cam has changed a lot since we started 5 years ago. We just suck it up an get the job done. Great news about your blood work. You and Lori stay warm and safe.
Thank you buddy and all the best :-)
"Pimping out their wives on thumbnails to get views." Absolutely spot on.
Amen brother...Amen...
If only our wives had the looks to attract men through their thumbnails.
There was an off-gridder that I quit watching due to pimping his woman in the thumbnails. Tacky. Reality TV is mostly scripted. Therefore it's not reality. Great news on the Cancer status.
"What trouble?"
She's a keeper!
How many other guys out there wish they could find a lady like Lori?? C’mon , she even shops at the dump... talk about low maintenance! And she cleans and knows how to cook! To me, that’s a real woman.
The Bossman is the OG of off-grid youtube homesteading. If it was another creator the title of the video would have been 'Man Almost Starves To Death on Mountain After Catastrophic Vehicle Failure.' The other amazing thing about the Bossman is that he is an incredible craftsman and builder, as compared to the slap-jobs done by unskilled youtubers, this man is a Picasso.
Yup! Seen it all for many years! Years ago the homesteaders and preppers were great! None of this garbage today! But, somewhere along the line things changed and how sad and disgusting! I deleted tons of channels over the years! The older channels were actually there to teach and share not to rob the people!!
@@songbird7777777 Agreed. It has devolved quite rapidly. It used to be real woodsman and preppers, like the BossMan and a few others. Guys who had been doing it longer than most of us and who we could all learn a thing or two from. Now it is thumb nailing your girlfriend's T and A to sell your Yurt videos. And watching them build is painful, they don't know the first thing about construction or how to run a saw or anything, yet they are 'teaching' everyone. Oh Lordy. Well, at least there's OG Boss still!
That’s great news cancer free! Yours and everyone else prayers have been answered! Give both of the pups a hug from us! Frankie is looking for old man.
Love the Jeremiah Johnson reference, "Was it worth the trouble? What trouble?" Great video. Thank you!
Wow! a 25 year old "onesy" and you still fit into it !!!! I wish I could say the same.
That’s exactly what I was thinking, wow, he is in great shape!
I like how you frame life issues as "challenges" rather than "tragedy"! Like you I watched movies, read books as a kid, that set the stage for my dream of living in Alaska.
Life is full of challenges and that is what makes it worth living. Some days a diamond, some days a stone......
So glad to hear your cancer test results. I love your show, especially with the addition of Lori. You work well together.
Thank you :-)
Awesome video as always. You still got the best channel on The whole UA-cam. Have an amazing weekend, Andreas 🇸🇪
Thank you very much!
This is in my opinion the best utube channel even though I don't drink coffee and pass over anything to do with coffee and a good portion of Jim's vegetables I don't eat and told my mother that is rabbit food and I ain't gonna eat it. The dog videos, the bow hunting videos and field dressing and processing white tail deer are top notch. The canning and cooking videos I try to watch on with some food in my belly, otherwise I get hungry, real hungry. The tree cutting and firewood videos are pretty much how I do it.
thats great news !!!!!!!! so glad to hear your bloodwork came back good. im in the same boat. every day is a gift. enjoy.............
Yer channel is one of my favorites. You're "earthy" with no B.S.. You and yer clan simply do what needs to be done. And yer woman has more backbone than most of those, "livin' off grid" (mountain men) that spend most of their time pissin' & moanin'. We ain't personal chums and I know I'm just a, "thumbs up"; but I just wanted to let ya know I'm proud to know yer ilk.
Thank you for your kind words Dave. I appreciate that :-)
And I always want extra B S ......Boss of the Swamp that is
I did 6 months off-grid when this pandemic hit. I ended up having to come back home in the fall because I broke my leg. Working on going back by this spring or summer. I loved it the entire time I was there. I looked forward to every set back, good day and chore.
Ahhh memories of New England snowstorms growing up !!! Still remember the wooden snow shovel that just got heavier and heavier LOL Bare ground and 60 today on Colorado's front range.
Great news on the cancer update !!! God Bless and stay safe my friend.
God Bless :-)
You nailed it. 90 percent of the " off grid " channel thumbnails are soft porn. One even had ' she went wild on her birthday " clickbait at it's worse. Glad to see you are healing up.
Attitude is everything and you two have the right attitude!! Keep on keeping on ok. I enjoy watching your videos and you make me laugh because you are real and put your life out there as just that... Real!! Be well and safe.
Thankful for the entire community of boss fans, good to know we are not alone in this crazy world
Iam glad to hear iam not the only person with the same thought on these "thumbnails" I've unsubbed to about 3 or 4 of them just for their tasteless ignorance. Love watching your channel pal you remind me of my grandfather. Have a blessed day from NW Pa.
"Tasteless ignorance" Very well said. One couple drives me insane as they do nothing but lie to their viewers, then she's holding a nail gun in her bikini. She's a mom of a young child... she should act like one.
@@thebossoftheswamp yes the only ones that they are drawing are perverts and they have a young girl living there.
I always wait to the end of your videos to hear my favorite song! Frankie and the Boss! LOL!
That is one of my favorite parts.
Hey buddy loved the video me and Lashonda and watching it atm. Laughing our butts off over the tragedy on the mountain. Keep keeping it real my friend.
Your medical news put a warmth in my heart.
I wish you future health, so that you may continue is inspire us with your daily life.
Thank you :-)
I totally agree with you, I hate the click bait. Great to see your doing well.
This should be required video for our young kids to watch. Stop looking to government and everyone else
Life is what YOU make it
God bless and keep up the awesomeness!!
Amen!
Rather be stuck in the woods instead of in town LOL
She's Defiantly a Keeper!
You are so right!!! Glad to hear you are doing well. My husband and I live 4500 feet up in the Rocky Mountains off Grid in a tiny unfinished cabin since 2,5 years while building our home. It turned out to be the best time of my life, even at being 69 and 61 years age. Wouldn't want to miss it for any kind of money.
"Hardship" is a perspective. I too have been disturbed by the sensationalized ways many on UA-cam made of a choice in living one's life? No one notice others, cared about others or chose such a life style a few decades ago. I feel the advent of social media has given some people a tool used to exploit others and self. It's all about playing off the emotions of others for financial gain or to satisfy one's ego. I happy to hear the good news about you test.
Well said.
That is what I witnessed for many years!Yuck!
Praise the Lord for your good Dr. Report.
I also got a good chuckle when you were mocking the off grid shows.....
we're all going to die
we'll never make it
we'll starve to death
Too funny 🤣
Have a Jesus filled day everyone
Greg in Michigan
God Bless :-)
You’re not only surviving you’re thriving! Great health news!
Thinking of you all. And sending wishes of many good things for you in the year to come. :)
Thank you my friend and the same to you and yours ;-)
Boss as far as I am concerned You're the Original! Hang in there this winter, You and the Family!! God Bless You All!
God Bless ;-)
Thank you for keeping the circus out; this is the reason why I keep coming back.
We’re loving our Off Grid life. Challenges yes but we spent our first Christmas in our cabin and loved it.
Ya did good Boss. I had 36 1/2 " here at my new homestead,,,the "High Mountain Homestead" and I just didn't let it bother me at all,,it's going to do what it's going to, no biggie IMO. I was snowed in for a couple days but it gave me a chance to do some other things that needed to get done. Half way through the storm I broke trail to the road with the 4 wheeler and after the storm so I could at least get there if need be. I'm not off grid, but I might just as well be as during hevey wet storms or wind storms the power normally goes out but I can work around that pretty easy too. I heat with only wood too and have other options for power if need be and am stocked to the gills with chow. I get a laugh out of some of these channels too when they piss and moan about simple little stuff,,Hell, I'm 70+ disabled and live on my own other than my pup and still manage just fine, even if it does get a bit lonley here sometimes. I live in Central VT @ a bit over 2000 ft ASL and about 5-6 miles from the nearest black top and am next to the last of only 4 houses on the entire road where it gets closed for the winter just past me. I LOVE IT THAT WAY to be honest. I guess us "old timers' just have a bit of a different mind set compaired to other folks. My car was totally covered and it was just a snow bank with absolutly nothing of it showing at all,,and 2 days later with the same rains you got , the ground was almost bare again and I found the car. Ya know what,,I didn't cry about it one little bit and just dug a path to the patio and enjoyed having a camp fire outside next to the river and sitting on the patio on a cast iron park bench having an adult beverage and enjoying the winter wonder land all around me and listining to the river flow by with the dog sitting next to me with her head on my lap. Life is good my friend,,,,,, if you'll only take the time to experiance it and not fret about lifes little challanges. Merry Christmas to you guys and God bless,,,,,
From your comment i can see you'd make a good neighbor. You aint kidding about us having a different mindset lol.
Here's to a wonderful 2021. Happy New Year brother.
Fine woman, Fine dogs, Fine attitude!
You are truly a Blessed Man Boss!
Stay safe, stay warm my friend.
Thank you kindly :-)
and no butt filling the camera needed!
Good evening Boss from the other side of the pond don't think anyone in the western world hasn't heard the saying Houston we have a problem. All the best to you and yours.
The one I always dreaded was putting the key in the ignition and the grrrr or clicking noise.
Great news on the tests, we need you around for many years to come. God bless.
God Bless ;-)
Just wanna say, thank you for your words.... you always seem to deliver the exact message I need to hear. Great video, awesome couple, beautiful footage ♡
Edit: we've been off grid over 5 years now.... I have seen even in my short time exactly what you're talking about with the trendy off grid click bait. The butts and boobs couples make me cringe.... tbh feels like prosituting your woman for click cash .... smh. It seems like tbh these channels only go "offgrid" to make enough cash to build homes that are basically in grid or to pay for hooking up to the grid. Disappointing to me, but ppl sure have been taken in by it.
Very well said and so spot on. I think we watched the same channel haha. Off grid dream come true-off grid makes no sense- moving out- It wasn't our dream, just thought we'd save money -moving in - off grid dream come true again- goodbye to the grid - hello to the grid... click here to see mommy in her bikini...
Welcome to the circus :-/
Ever notice that car/truck crap seldom breaks in the summer. It’s always when it’s freezing cold and miserable. Snow, ice, and water dripping in your face. That’s one just one of the things I don’t miss since moving to Florida many years ago.
In Texas it waits until the hottest day of the year.
That’s exactly why this is the only off grid that I watch (because of the honesty) Y’all make it look so easy and fun. Always looking so forward to the next video. And same thing here when it gets cold I want ice cream. I thought I was the only crazy one with that. I’m a bird lover. I’m gonna make me the peanut butter spoon. Thanks for showing that. Glad ur getting back good test results. God is good.
Thank you Robin and I've got some good bird projects coming up soon.
So glad to hear your "wellness" reports have been good! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thank you my friend and a happy new Year to you too.
Id much rather have the off grid challenges than inner city uban sprawl 9 to 5 challenges any day of the week !!😊👍
I ran out of firewood ..it was cold ..slight misty rain..windy but I was happy chopping and bow sawing my wood and once i got my place roasty toasty the sense of contentment was palpable!!😊💪 (keeps the muscles in trim too)
Id much rather have the off grid challenges than inner city uban sprawl 9 to 5 challenges any day of the week !!😊👍
I ran out of firewood ..it was cold ..slight misty rain..windy but I was happy chopping and bow sawing my wood and once i got my place roasty toasty the sense of contentment was palpable!!😊💪 (keeps the muscles in trim too)
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I love seeing you and the missus together. It's like a match made in heaven. God has blessed you in many a way. Rejoice and let God take the wheel. He'll get you home.
I think that was a Jeramiah Johnson quote, "what trouble", :) ha ha . great update on life and times in the mountains . Loved it . always a joy to catch up with your family wisdom , humor and get er done progress.
I like watching you do what you do! There ain't no problems, only solutions! Stay well...
That trip down in the snow, (with the Ranger) was beautiful!! Merry Christmas!
I like the fact you don't condone the click bait that people use to draw people to the channel. Live on brother!
Thank you for saying so :-)
You talking about the things you need to do to enjoy your lifestyle is spot on. I live in town now, but grew up in Wyoming, Dad would park the truck at the main road, then we would snowmobile to and from the house to the truck. Never missed work due to wether. Now in town people are late with 2” of snow. I just shake my head. Glad about your blood test my friend. I went thru that in 2005. The woods are so quite after a good snow. Love it.
I'm right there with you about having to have that ice cream. You are so spot on about how some of those channels use the thumbnails.
Glad to hear you are doing good! Love watching your channel! You have quite the challenge to get down the road!
Thank you so much!
I just love watching videos about you two working "as a team." I love it that you are just regular people living a wholesome life. I'm glad that you share the good times and the hard work, and times when things didn't quite go as expected. I love your positive attitudes! And I am so happy that your post cancer blood work is good!! Keep it up!
Thank you for your kind words ;-)
Love you guys. Your attitude toward life in general is just what a lot of malcontents need. I also have no use for those that piss and moan about every thing in there life. most times a good healthy attitude toward life is the best medicine. I think therefore I am.
Praise the Lord that your off to a good start and your channel is real and clean.
Thank you so much!
No Cancer!!! Keep up that Clean livin..... Yes Sir!
"What do you think Momma, was it worth the trouble? HUH, What trouble"! Gotta love it! JC, I remember a line from Quigley. " I said I didn't like em, I didn't say I didn't know how to use em"!! You are a better mechanic than you give yourself credit!! I know first hand, Worked on School buses and many other vehicles for over 30 years! You have both come far pilgrims!! God Bless.
God Bless :-)
First and most important, I'm glad to hear that your health is looking great - prayers to you that all future checkups are all so positive! That storm was also light fluff in southern NH - was a lot easier than the earlier heavy snow we got. You live a great life - thanks for sharing and Happy New Year Boss! Cheers!
Thank you and the same to you :-)
I would like to wish you and Mama a very merry Christmas and a better New Year God bless my friends
Thank you and the same to you Thomas.
Well, what does not kill you makes you stronger. Bless you brother.
Respect brother and I just love “mother’s” attitude.
Life is like a boulder. You can use it for a stepping stone or a stumbling block. Good to see you overcome brother.
That wads the Lord taking care of you--He showed you that leak BEFORE you took off to town.
Think he's eyes did that.
You really live in a winter wonderland. Lori is a real trooper, and you're right, she could use longer legs. Merry Christmas & Happy Year. Love your channel.
Mama asks “what trouble”? Wonderful attitude. Glad to hear positive report on your medical situation. When an obstacle occurs we can either scream or chuckle.... it’s our choice.
One thing at a time.
So enjoy your videos.
And keep taking care of Frankie. Great dog.
Merry Christmas.
n cheers.
For all that post negative comment on the boss know this your not doing it like raw dawg so shut up and keep your comments until you got balls enough to do it all independent
I just replaced all the brake lines on my truck, (dam salt eats them up) But having a shop really makes the diff.! Outside in the winter sucks! Replace them with stainless lines, they last! In Pa., we got 24" out of that last noreaster!
As ever a fantastic video.
Seasons greetings to you mama Frankie and Tildee.
Happy holidays!
all these other youtubers and homesteaders need to watch your channel. most of them are click bait and drama queens. they dont stay interesting for long.
That's great news about your bloodwork! We watch your videos because what you show us is real and not embellished and dramatized, and we appreciate it!
Thank you so much!
Love your can do attitude! Merry Christmas 🎅
Awesome news on the blood work coming out clear !!! All the best to you and the Mrs. and the pups.
Awesome is right. The snow is so beautiful. You and mama & Frankie have done a fine job acclaimating to all the circumstances you've faced. A true mountain family👍👏👏
Boss we are the same age and I have found that anything you do is a struggle, it’s not so much the chores that we battle and the things we do, but it’s more of age we are fighting. I have just spent the last two weeks down in my back for reasons I have no idea why? Just part of gettin older I think? I love this video because it’s life and life has enough drama without adding a thing to it Lol. I live in the woods of southern Indiana and it’s all worth it when we sit back with a good meal, hot coffee or tea and look at what we have accomplished in living life on our terms!!!
We think alike. Good luck with your back my friend.
I watch your videos because its real, not "drama". Keep doing it your way, Hope you had a blessed Christmas, have a great New Year!
Thank you and HAPPY NEW YEAR :-)
Merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year!
Same to you Kathy :-))
I love how you live. The good thing is that the right equipment for the right job and you have it.
I am so glad to hear that you are showing cancer free. My heart glowed hearing that wonderful news. You two got hit with a massive amount of snow. Snow is so beautiful. I greatly miss it but my shoulders are so bad I just couldn’t shovel anymore. I moved to Texas and I have not had to shovel snow since 2005. But I do enjoy watching somebody else do it .😁 I must admit I was glad to hear you talking about other off grid channels with people that are complaining about The issues that come with that lifestyle. I wish people would understand what you see on UA-cam is not glamorous. It is something your body, mind, heart and soul desires. As always it was nice to see you just jumped in and fixed the brake line issue without complaining about it. It’s one thing at a time if you look at everything all at once it’s overwhelming. Your plants are awesome and I just love the way you and Laurie work so well together. I must say I was surprised Tilly and Frankie we’re not out there running around like mad dogs in that snow. But I guess as they get older the snow bothers them too. I hope you and Laurie both had a wonderful Christmas and may the new year bless you both with great health, peace and freedom and so much more love.
Thank you Bailey and I wish the same for you and yours :-))
As some of the little old ladies down here in NC say.... “ don’t forget yer bread and milk!” Lol hope y’all had a great Christmas and have a great new year!
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
We did and hope you did too Larry :-)
It is NEVER too cold for Ice Cream !!!!! LOVE your channel, I have for over four years or more.
Hey Boss, congrats on your 6 month blood work that’s amazing news right before Christmas. Your property and buildings are a thing of beauty and the life you both live is a happy and free one from what I can see. Merry Christmas to you all 🎄🎄🎄🎄
Thank you and the same to you Joanne ;-)
Lots to do even in a snow storm.
Geeeeeez you wore me out! You are one energetic guy. When Poop hits the fan I'll try my best and roll with it like you said. I'm glad you are doing better! 🙏
I think reality shows have really put a highlight on offgrid living.Living rural in any northeastern state or canadian province has its set of challenges,let alone off grid.What people don't see are the chores that never end,summer and winter,I've seen many people leave the country and head city bound within 5 yrs.You need drive,ambition and equipment.Dreams are great,reality can be an eye opener.Take care,im filling the rest of the wood room.
Very well said ;-)
Better than any half-hour TV show. Thanks.
I’ve lost count how many rusted out brake lines I’ve had to fix over the years🤣 Glad to see you’re doing well been watching you a long time
One day at time! Happy New Years!
Happy new year!!
I am not into clickbait and drama. Great new on the checkup! And the whole offgrid living like they are superman.... just how most ppl lived back in the day. My mom lived with no electricity till 1954.
Got 24" in Hillsboro, NH. After the rain, maybe 4" left, I like it! God bless!
Happy to hear that. I'm jonesing for some Sampan :-)
@@thebossoftheswamp Sampan or Ming do, yum!
Boss be happy only 2 feet, my home town in Vermont 48 inches out of that storm.
Congrats on your good news! Hope you had a great Christmas. I agree with you on you tube becoming a circus, most of the channels are like the drama queen reality shows. I have unsubscribed from quite a few because of it. Life is lived one day at a time, one challenge at a time, face it and move on to the next. Have a great day, stay safe and healthy, and may God bless..
GOD BLESS :-)
You have a good demeanor sorry to say little things set me off sometimes. Plumbing being at the top of the list.
In 1975 I went "off-grid" in the Pacific Northwest. Wood cook stove & kerosene lamps. An old Airstream trailer with a lean-to built onto the side for the kitchen & a loft for sleeping built above the trailer. Outhouse, lots of wood chopping, and once-a-month trips to a small town on Highway 101 for supplies. For income, we dug up & bucked up old cedar logs buried in the ground and sold the blocks of cedar to a local shake & shingle mill. Sometimes I get to wishing life could be that simple again.... Merry Christmas, you guys and a Happy New Year.
We think alike Charles. Happy New Year to you.
Awe Merry Christmas Boss and Lori, and kids!
I had break line go but being a standard I was able to gear down and emergency brake until I got to the shop. Sucks but that's life.
The zoom in to show the dirt was amazing
Liked the reference to "Jeremiah Johnson" at the end. "Were it worth the trouble? Eh, what trouble?". Happy for the good 6 month report too.
Lets all hope this new year is better than the last one. Great to hear about your health improving. Happiness runs deeper than any snow storm and your smile seem broader when there's adversity.
Thank you :-))
Hey boss it looks like you need some bubble wrap to lay on stay toasty warm
That's a great idea, I'll have to try that.
Thank you for keeping your lifestyle real. I agree the hype on those other channels sucks. Keeping you and mamma in my prayers
Good on ya about your comments about off grid living and how they make money out of that lifestyle you live. I like sitting down with my cuppa and watching you live your life on the mountain.