Sitting in my living room in Michigan in front of my Hearthstone stove watching your Hearthstone heat up! Thanks for sharing, I told my wife, pretty sure he left his motor in gear to keep it on the trailer. I've done this before.
Merry Christmas Brian to you and yours. We're having a Safety Meeting tomorrow, about stepping over cables while they're under a load and the Boss (Moutain Mariner) wanted me to make sure you were in attendance, front row and center.
Good job my friend. Damn when it blows it really whips em up. Be safe when your alone. And running a power saw by your lonesome ain't a good idea. Wait for your wife to come home. Living free.
Glad it worked out for you. In the very begining it looked like you had some cabin fever and were frantic to get out for a while. To bad you couldn’t teach Raven and Skipper to grab ropes and keep the boat on the trailer until you get out and secure it. I’ll be praying that Dianas’ mom heals and the month goes by fast so you can be together. In know it’s strange but i worry about the people i follow. I came across everyone because i was stuck in bed healing from my operation and couldn’t do anything. It’s one of the reasons i can say ended up as a good thing because i found a few channels that had great people that helped me make it through my hard times and i’m very gratefull i found your family. I always pray and wish for the best for all of you and wish i could do something to help you through your hard times as well. The first year i was in so much pain i didn’t even want to be here and you and Diana were a big part in helping me through it. So as i always say Thanks for sharing.
Glad to see you & the dogs are looking healthy & not letting to many minutes go to waste over yonder there. Can't remember if there were Bears on your island. But, I think not w/ your dog's & chicken's running `round the beaches there. Stay "cool' friend & look forward to a hopefully very bright year ahead ;- ]
I’m still amazed of the logistics just for you to go to town. I bet you can’t wait for the wifey to come home. Merry Christmas to both of you from Idaho! ⛄️🎄❤
Whoa, thank goodness you were able to get the boat out of the water when you got back. Putting a boat back on a trailer is always a little nerve wracking, even when you have someone else there. Looked like you handled that like a pro. Glad your mother in law is doing well.
I subscribed to your channel moments ago. Stumbled onto one of your videos last night. Enjoy your work very much. Thanks for taking the additional time to record and post. I will be following your adventures.
Looks like a great summer opportunity to build a small, raised platform next to your boat, accompanied by a utility shed for storage. Add tiered steps leading to the platform for convenient access rather than falling and a compound fracture when out alone. You might also think about adding a winching system that can operate independently of the tractor. Hope you two have a good Christmas up there.
Be careful being out there by yourself. I know you know how to handle things but being alone is not good and I know it’s just life. Good job launching the boat. Have a safe trip. Take care. Say hi to Diana. God bless you both✌️🇺🇸❤️❤️
Glad the boat trip worked out well. That looked a little nerve wracking but good ol' homestead resilience pulls through! Wow, some of those scenes of the ocean waves crashing in did look beautiful though. Merry Christmas to you, Diana and your dogs and chickens!
A remote cabin is something that I have always wanted to do. Well - all that action in this video was pretty intense. So having to boat to town once a month - depending on weather is something I would never even try - but you really got your work cut out for you. I'm amazed with the whole operation. So have a great holiday and I'll keep watching your videos. 😃
Our propane tanks last about a month and we two backups. So we could stretch it for two months but it’s best to go when there is a break in the weather.
Miss you guys a lot but I do understand how hard it is to get videos out especially in crappy weather I haven't got a video out in a year I put one out to day because I've been sick a lot this year and just all they could do was do the feed the animals so see you soon very good video very nice to see you take care of yourself this winter merry Christmas to you hopefully you're not having Christmas all by yourself like me always said Christmases for kids not adults the only one I got left right now is a granddaughter to worry about that's easy only two years old so she's easy to please quit liking Christmas long time ago because the so called wife always put us in debt and took almost a year to pay for it all about the money and that's not what Christmas is about I've always told my kids I prefer a homemade birthday card or Christmas card or a big hug then a bot present save your money put it in the bank
Looks like we will both need spending Christmas alone. We’ve spent several Christmas apart while I was in the military so it’s not something new. I When I worked at the mine guys were bragging about pulling a 5 week shift. Pffft try a 52 week deployment 😂 We wish you the very best over the holidays.
Greeting from Indonesia I found your 2 years old video of fishing 100 salmon in 2 hours( I be could be wrong ), now here to visit your latest video. Thanks for bring up your journey to show how people live out there. I like your accent 👍
Wow good job at launching that boat that must be really tricky leaving that motor running so it stays up on the trailer pretty hard to launch a boat by yourself I know because in big storms I used to drive my boat right up on the trailer but Dad was always in the vehicle when he came to pick us up and he would just clip on the winch cable and finish it up we'd shut it off and he'd pull us up while we're still in the boat but that was with two people and like 8 Or 12 foot waves you did an excellent job
Great vid, just an idea, a nice sturdy platform with none slip steps, and 2 small separate shoots to slide both gas bottles down etc, maybe made out of pallets, so free to make, a lot easier and safer for you, especially when unloading by yourself, stay safe and well to all, Happy New year , uk.
Have enjoyed watching you guys for a while now and have a thought....since we have the same tractor as you...maybe get the loader back on after winching the boat up and use it up and over the side of the boat to get your stuff out of the boat. Much easier than going up and down the ladder. Merry Christmas and be safe and free!
Your hoop houses stay up over the winter?? O.o i couldnt get mine to stay up over the summer at the community garden by west glacier…. A+ work right there!
Thanks for the response! Glad to hear it, with the soft winter i was really sad i didnt grow more winter crops. Figure itd be too cold and dark. Not to say it isnt, cuz i wouldnt say the couple kales and such i have are actively growing…but they are still alive in pots outside on the porch. When it comes to spring and seed starting soon, i hope yall do some gardening videos again, iv sure appreciated them! Head pats to the animals, thank yah for sharing your time and experience!
When I saw the title of this vid, my first reaction was, "well duh!" 😉 You take on the challenges best you can and do a great job. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
The island is beautiful, but as far as the tasks and jobs needed to be done to live there, I'll stay in Florida...lol 😂😅 Happy to hear mom is on the mend. That boat is still sexxxxxyyy...lol 😂😅 Love ya'll ❤️ Merry Christmas!😊
Hey big fella, just a thought wouldn’t it be easier to make a trail through the island instead of always working around the tides? Love the videos ALL THE BEST…
Wow muscle woman those tanks are heavy especially when they're full of propane I have a hard time moving those things around she just moved it like it was nothing oh she lifting weights while she's in town
A calm sea never made a skill sailor...tis season. I am just full of crap with that stuff today..putting in a new wood stove..hopefully I find my left nut after getting this 400 lb turd inside..lol Cheers from POW.
I didn't...lol.... half way thru.. I told the wife .." Well if you can do better you try !! "... Dang if she didn't just walk that stove right in side and set it up..lol.. Work smarter not harder..my friend...LMAO !😂❤ And Merry Xmas to you and all your family...except Stan..he is a jerk..jk ❤
I was thinking and would it not be a good idea to use your tractor and lessen the slope down to the water? It could be a little slower but controllable. Cheers from Ontario.
Sitting in my living room in Michigan in front of my Hearthstone stove watching your Hearthstone heat up! Thanks for sharing, I told my wife, pretty sure he left his motor in gear to keep it on the trailer. I've done this before.
That’s how we did it. Great stoves, we love ours.
Merry Christmas Brian to you and yours. We're having a Safety Meeting tomorrow, about stepping over cables while they're under a load and the Boss (Moutain Mariner) wanted me to make sure you were in attendance, front row and center.
😂😂😂 if it was a steel cable I wouldn’t do it but I’ll still come to the MSHA/OSHA meeting👍
Stop..that made me snort coffee out my nose...lol
Something beautiful about an angry ocean ❤
That’s the truth
Good job my friend. Damn when it blows it really whips em up. Be safe when your alone. And running a power saw by your lonesome ain't a good idea. Wait for your wife to come home. Living free.
Will do👍
Hope the chickens are okay.
Chickens are doing great. 👍
Glad you got the boat up safely.
It’s always “interesting and exciting” doing a 2 person task solo. 😂
Ha that’s the true.
Great video Brian My dog does not like going on the boat. She is sullen resistant. I like how yours are!
Skippers was reluctant at first but he’s getting used to it.
Glad to hear your mother in law is doing well.
Great job doing all that on your own.
Thank you. Hope you all are doing good.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Snow removal and working. It's like groundhog day around here. 🤣
Good to see you buddy. Stay safe out there. Looks like quite an adventure out there by yourself. Embrace your inner Dick Proenneke.🙂❤
😂Will do
Never disappoints again a corker of a video, thanks for taking the time i'm sure it wasn't easy with everything that was going on.
The 40 lb propane bottle!! How brilliant minds think alike!!
Ha easy to lift and last about a month. 100lbs is way too heavy.
Great job. The life isn't easy but that's the point. Way more rewarding for sure
You got that right!
Glad it worked out for you. In the very begining it looked like you had some cabin fever and were frantic to get out for a while. To bad you couldn’t teach Raven and Skipper to grab ropes and keep the boat on the trailer until you get out and secure it. I’ll be praying that Dianas’ mom heals and the month goes by fast so you can be together. In know it’s strange but i worry about the people i follow. I came across everyone because i was stuck in bed healing from my operation and couldn’t do anything. It’s one of the reasons i can say ended up as a good thing because i found a few channels that had great people that helped me make it through my hard times and i’m very gratefull i found your family. I always pray and wish for the best for all of you and wish i could do something to help you through your hard times as well. The first year i was in so much pain i didn’t even want to be here and you and Diana were a big part in helping me through it. So as i always say Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Mary. We are so happy to be apart of your healing process.
Good job on getting the boat launch and retrieval situation figured out.
Thanks
You made it just in time, great timing Brian.
MERRY CHRISTMAS Brian and Diana!
Merry Christmas 🎄
Glad to see you & the dogs are looking healthy & not letting to many minutes go to waste over yonder there. Can't remember if there were Bears on your island. But, I think not w/ your dog's & chicken's running `round the beaches there. Stay "cool' friend & look forward to a hopefully very bright year ahead ;- ]
Thank you. The bears come and go but they are all hunkered down by now.
Glad you were able to get the boat launched and then brought back up on shore.
Thanks guys.
Merry Christmas... hope you and the pups have a wonderful Christmas and stay safe from the storms.... Deb from South Dakota
Thank you Deb. Merry Christmas to you as well.
Living on the island is great . But on the water in winter that is touchy. Salt water is colder before it freezes.Be safe.
I’m still amazed of the logistics just for you to go to town. I bet you can’t wait for the wifey to come home. Merry Christmas to both of you from Idaho! ⛄️🎄❤
I can’t wait. Two more weeks to go before I pick here up. Hope you all had a good Christmas.
Cool video, I am set for the winter with wood, propane ect. Be safe and hope your mother-in-law make a full recovery.
Thank you. Stay safe and warm during the holidays
Whoa, thank goodness you were able to get the boat out of the water when you got back. Putting a boat back on a trailer is always a little nerve wracking, even when you have someone else there. Looked like you handled that like a pro. Glad your mother in law is doing well.
I do what I can😂👍 she’s doing great, thanks.
Great job moving the boat! You’re not kidding the wind blows, glad you made it safety! Merry Christmas to you and your family! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼🎄
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you too.
Nice new wheel chocks for the boat
Big ones
Be safe Brian, Love to and family
Thanks Leslie. 🇮🇹
new project build you a stair case to the top of the boat for easier access to unload boat on shore.
That’s not a bad idea
Stay safe & warm! 💜
Will do
Great job, trailering that boat by yourself was no easy feat. Stay safe out there. I wouldn’t want to be in town either
The further from town the better😂👍
Wow, lots of work to town and back. Merry Christmas. Live free!
Merry Christmas
I subscribed to your channel moments ago. Stumbled onto one of your videos last night. Enjoy your work very much. Thanks for taking the additional time to record and post. I will be following your adventures.
Thank you and welcome aboard!
👍👍Thanks Brian!!
Be safe brother from another mother! That was a lot of high winds!!
Will do. Take care.
Looks like a great summer opportunity to build a small, raised platform next to your boat, accompanied by a utility shed for storage. Add tiered steps leading to the platform for convenient access rather than falling and a compound fracture when out alone. You might also think about adding a winching system that can operate independently of the tractor. Hope you two have a good Christmas up there.
Hope you have a good Christmas too.
Stay safe B... that's scary stuff to be doing alone. Glad everyone is doing well. Happy Holidays and #keepitburning 🔥
Definitely makes things harder. Happy Holidays
Be careful being out there by yourself. I know you know how to handle things but being alone is not good and I know it’s just life. Good job launching the boat. Have a safe trip. Take care. Say hi to Diana. God bless you both✌️🇺🇸❤️❤️
I’ll tell her hello 👋
Challenging times for you, stay safe. One week until Christmas Eve and I hope you will be with family.
It would be nice but I’ll probably just stay put. Merry Christmas to you.
The weather turns on a dime there. It is great how you manage all of that. I'm sure its lonely. Have a Merry Christmas and be safe.
Thank you. Merry Christmas to you too.
Glad the boat trip worked out well. That looked a little nerve wracking but good ol' homestead resilience pulls through! Wow, some of those scenes of the ocean waves crashing in did look beautiful though. Merry Christmas to you, Diana and your dogs and chickens!
Thank you. Merry Christmas 🎄
You did good with the boat Brian. Never a dull moment eh? Lol I hope you guys have a Merry Christmas 🎅
Merry Christmas to you too and thank you for the nice card.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead your welcome for the card. 😊
I was like #777 very cool. Save that tree for your sawmill.
Definitely 👍
A remote cabin is something that I have always wanted to do. Well - all that action in this video was pretty intense. So having to boat to town once a month - depending on weather is something I would never even try - but you really got your work cut out for you. I'm amazed with the whole operation. So have a great holiday and I'll keep watching your videos. 😃
Our propane tanks last about a month and we two backups. So we could stretch it for two months but it’s best to go when there is a break in the weather.
Very impressive. Thanks for sharing Western NC
Our pleasure!
Hé Brian you doing just fine. I alway’s have respect how you guys survive the hars Alaskan weather. Take care👊🏼🙏🏼
Have a great week
Have a Blessed Christmas 🎄🎁🎄 and a awesome NER year!! 🎉
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you.
Miss you guys a lot but I do understand how hard it is to get videos out especially in crappy weather I haven't got a video out in a year I put one out to day because I've been sick a lot this year and just all they could do was do the feed the animals so see you soon very good video very nice to see you take care of yourself this winter merry Christmas to you hopefully you're not having Christmas all by yourself like me always said Christmases for kids not adults the only one I got left right now is a granddaughter to worry about that's easy only two years old so she's easy to please quit liking Christmas long time ago because the so called wife always put us in debt and took almost a year to pay for it all about the money and that's not what Christmas is about I've always told my kids I prefer a homemade birthday card or Christmas card or a big hug then a bot present save your money put it in the bank
Looks like we will both need spending Christmas alone. We’ve spent several Christmas apart while I was in the military so it’s not something new. I
When I worked at the mine guys were bragging about pulling a 5 week shift. Pffft try a 52 week deployment 😂
We wish you the very best over the holidays.
😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍@@AnAlaskaHomestead
Really tricky getting your boat out and back in by yourself 😮.
We make it work.
tuff to do these things by yourself good job!!be safe!!!
Thanks
I love that boat you have!
Me too
Brian that was a good video. Throughly enjoyed. Good work.
Thanks 👍
I know how it feels being on Alaska waters by yourself! Love the videos. I can wait to retire on an island down there
That’s a good retirement plan.
Greeting from Indonesia
I found your 2 years old video of fishing 100 salmon in 2 hours( I be could be wrong ), now here to visit your latest video.
Thanks for bring up your journey to show how people live out there.
I like your accent 👍
Welcome back and all the way from Indonesia. Awesome.
Happy holidays...itll be nice when Diana gets home. 👍😎🇨🇦💫🎄🐾🐾🕯
It sure will be. Happy Holidays to you too.
Hey guys wow what a blow but you at least have a great place but really incredible views I think that's wonderful
It does get windy here
Be safe!
Thank you Marilyn
Wow good job at launching that boat that must be really tricky leaving that motor running so it stays up on the trailer pretty hard to launch a boat by yourself I know because in big storms I used to drive my boat right up on the trailer but Dad was always in the vehicle when he came to pick us up and he would just clip on the winch cable and finish it up we'd shut it off and he'd pull us up while we're still in the boat but that was with two people and like 8 Or 12 foot waves you did an excellent job
Thank you 😊
👍👍👍👍@@AnAlaskaHomestead
Merry Christmas to you guys. Stay healthy and stay safe!
Merry Christmas
Great vid, just an idea, a nice sturdy platform with none slip steps, and 2 small separate shoots to slide both gas bottles down etc, maybe made out of pallets, so free to make, a lot easier and safer for you, especially when unloading by yourself, stay safe and well to all, Happy New
year , uk.
Good idea. Happy new year
Looks like you have a good working plain have though about a wick on the back of you tractor so you have more pulling power if you had mouth snow.
I have a 2”strap around a tree that’s attached to the tractor. If the tractor moves that means the trees coming down😂👍
Merry Christmas ! And a big nope from me every moving to snow country !
Happy 🎄 Holidays Brian & Diana 💫 Stay Safe ⚓️🛟⚓️
Thank you.
Thanks. 👊🏼✌🏻
No problem 👍
Merry Christmas to you and your wife, thanks for sharing the video, it shows what it takes to live remote.
Merry Christmas to you as well.
Have enjoyed watching you guys for a while now and have a thought....since we have the same tractor as you...maybe get the loader back on after winching the boat up and use it up and over the side of the boat to get your stuff out of the boat. Much easier than going up and down the ladder. Merry Christmas and be safe and free!
Great idea
I see a lot of timber for a portable sawmill.
Yes there is.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.🎄
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and HAPPY New years you
Merry Christmas 🎄
Live free!
😂😂wow you
@@greentourkhcalm down cow guy!
Live free
Praying everything is O.K. YOu and your wife are in out thoughts and prayers.
Thank you
E*V*R*Y*T*H*I*N*G is so much easier in the summertime!
Ha yes it is.
Your hoop houses stay up over the winter?? O.o i couldnt get mine to stay up over the summer at the community garden by west glacier…. A+ work right there!
I’m about to take it all down. Still growing a few things for the chickens.
Thanks for the response! Glad to hear it, with the soft winter i was really sad i didnt grow more winter crops. Figure itd be too cold and dark. Not to say it isnt, cuz i wouldnt say the couple kales and such i have are actively growing…but they are still alive in pots outside on the porch. When it comes to spring and seed starting soon, i hope yall do some gardening videos again, iv sure appreciated them! Head pats to the animals, thank yah for sharing your time and experience!
When I saw the title of this vid, my first reaction was, "well duh!" 😉 You take on the challenges best you can and do a great job. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Thanks and Merry Christmas to you too
The island is beautiful, but as far as the tasks and jobs needed to be done to live there, I'll stay in Florida...lol 😂😅 Happy to hear mom is on the mend. That boat is still sexxxxxyyy...lol 😂😅 Love ya'll ❤️ Merry Christmas!😊
Florida sounds nice this time of year 😂🧥
@AnAlaskaHomestead bring it on, we'll swap stories. 😎
Thanks for bringing us along your journey's!
Thank you Sandra
good job alone how about a bigger wind power turbine?
Maybe? 🤷♀️ Have a great week.
Hey big fella, just a thought wouldn’t it be easier to make a trail through the island instead of always working around the tides?
Love the videos
ALL THE BEST…
That would be awesome but part of the trail would have to go through muskeg.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead sorry to hear that, guess it too big to dig out and back it with soil,,, but you could make some wicked rum ;)
ALL THE BEST…
Wow muscle woman those tanks are heavy especially when they're full of propane I have a hard time moving those things around she just moved it like it was nothing oh she lifting weights while she's in town
😂 She has been lifting weights and swimming while in town. She’s lost 30lbs. So proud of her.
Wow that's excellent good for her pretty soon as you be able to pick you up and pack you over the threshold🤣🤣🤣@@AnAlaskaHomestead
Don't you have to lower the engines down on the boat to drain the water out of them when it's on the trailer
I do, but I raise them back up during these high tides just incase a big log gets pushed up on shore.
A calm sea never made a skill sailor...tis season.
I am just full of crap with that stuff today..putting in a new wood stove..hopefully I find my left nut after getting this 400 lb turd inside..lol
Cheers from POW.
😂 don’t strain you back old timer
I didn't...lol.... half way thru.. I told the wife .." Well if you can do better you try !! "...
Dang if she didn't just walk that stove right in side and set it up..lol..
Work smarter not harder..my friend...LMAO !😂❤
And Merry Xmas to you and all your family...except Stan..he is a jerk..jk ❤
Stay safe🫵
You bet
I was thinking and would it not be a good idea to use your tractor and lessen the slope down to the water? It could be a little slower but controllable. Cheers from Ontario.
The ocean determines the slope, we just have to deal with it. 👍
👍👍👍👍✌️
I missed something, why use the winch and not leave the trailer hooked up to the tractor all the time , thanks
The boat is to heavy. I have to strap the tractor to a tree so it doesn’t just pull the tractor to the boat.
What do you do to get the water out of your boat motors after you pull her up the beach?
I lower them and let the water drain out.
Do you lower your engines so all the water drains and doesn’t freeze?
I do
Such a kool boat!🛥
Thanks