You indeed made the best choice for your life and as you said, there are so many people that envy you. There's no greater feeling than being out in the woods admiring what the Lord has created. Thank you for all the great videos.
My favorite morning is Monday when so many folks are at work again and I kindle a fire in the stove and enjoy my morning coffee and decide what I will do with my own time today. Priceless!
I just love to go into our local forests and it is pure bliss not to hear any sounds only birds singing or to see wildlife here. Thanks for the video Jim.
I don’t have to tell you how great this time is that you spent out on your bush camp. What I do have to say is Thank You. Thank You for sharing this time with us.
That was the best ending!! Wow. ❤❤❤ I grew up making bush camps and find myself still out under the stars by a fire counting my blessings!! I learned much from you today. Thank you for these valuable videos! I appreciate all of them. 👍
Bbbbbbbah BEAR!!! Oh my Boss! A momma&her cubs! Boss you are so beautiful and precious and humble. For some reason I choked up a few times watching you. You have persevered through so many battles and still have such a kind soul. Yep, you&Lori are living the life so many wish they could. Love ya Boss. Stay safe&warm this winter. 🤗❤️🙏
You sum up the best part at the 18:16 mark. NOTHING more enjoyable than being out in the woods, up before twilight and getting a pot of coffee going. My mind is always so still and peaceful. The connection to the oneness of "all that is" comes so naturally and effortlessly. The gratitude too.....Quiet meditation without having to get in the lotus position and chant 'ohm' over and over. No better way to start a day, imho. Thanks, Boss.....great video. Just great!
JC, breaking away from the ‘norms’ of society, and living life, your way, makes no sense… to guidance counselors. It makes perfect sense to me! But hey, I was told I was crazy too! When my final day comes, may it be, I see it coming, and have the time to reflect, and be thankful. For my family & friends, for the experience and adventure. For the things that mean most. And even for well-meaning misguided people. Whose advice I’ve had a lifetime to think about… and happily ignore. Thank the Lord for that!
Hey, Jim, two things. In the early part of the film you drove up in the ranger and I automatically looked for Frankie in the front seat. I hope you get to bring the old boy out there. The other is when my brother and I were kids we built a small lean-to on the edge of a swamp nearby just to hang out at - greatest feeling in the world with a small fire in winter, some birch bark and balsam twigs to get going. You'd think your fingers would snap like those twigs it was so danged cold but we loved it.
Boss you are one lucky man. Brings back a lot of memories. I remember those times like that. It's like you get to visit heaven for a little while. Enjoy it while you can .
About my seventh year, my dad and his friends took all us young kids out into the woods to establish a base camp. We spent the entire weekend building something magical. Over the past seven decades, I have done the same thing - each time it is magical.
JC you brought back memories of my friends and I backpacking into the woods , and settings up tents in the middle of nowhere . One nite at 2am you could hear coyotes howling very close to our camp. Showing your face in the tent with light shining on it, listening to what was outside , brings out your primeval feelings of the unknown. Makes you feel alive. A great video, it had some Halloween moments. Thanks.
Ok boss…….. lol…….. I’ve wanted this all the way from when you left NY to NH….. Now you have your bush camp, CAN WE ALL PLEASE HAVE A DUTCH OVEN VIDEOO? lol 100k and more viewers from before just from cooking… let’s bump that up to even more. We all love the moose pics/videos but we would love the Dutch oven videos/ cooking like you promise!!!! lol. Your the man JC!! We love you.
Just watched this video after waking up in my log cabin I built on a 100 acre parcel in the foothills of NH white mountains and feel the exact same way. Thanks for your thoughts and videos on these topics !
Going backwards... Who was he to say that living a simple life is going backwards? Kinda like your art teacher that got all riled up over you coloring outside of the lines. You showed her! lol Great video and an awesome bush camp! I am sure you will make many great memories in that little peace of heaven!
I think this is one of your best videos yet !! only thing I missed was Frankie not sharing it with you. But I understand…..totally. Thanks for sharing your life. Wish me luck, I am going to look at a cabin tomorrow, it’s only on 6 acres….but that is all I can afford at this time. I just hope it passes MY “Boss’s List” she can be tough 🤣 wishing you best of health and life’s enjoyment ! Rick
I have the greatest respect for someone who understands where they live in the grand picture. Who understands and appreciates the fact ultimately, it is a circle of life. Not this pyrimid shaped belief where we are at the top, and have "domain" over all living creatures. We don't. We're part of the greater whole. Cheers Boss!
Everyone thought I should get married right after high school, my parents didn't push it though, I'm sure glad! I wanted adventures and I did have some, more then most young women, but nothing like I wanted though! So follow your heart and settle for what others want for you! Here I'm at 70yrs old a widow, I have one Son and thank God a Christian, so I have great memories and great life!
How sweet it is...talking to the Trees and God's green Earth. Oh Lordy, was that from your trail cam ??? Mama Bear with two babies...I"d call that more than exciting !!! Thank you, JC, for sharing!
AWESOME! What a cool place. Before you began speaking about going back to your childhood I was already thinking about my times as a child playing in the woods and creek dire one hundred our house. Great stuff Boss. You have motivated me to begin my own “Bush Camp” project I have been thinking about since we moved out to our small farm 2 1/2 years ago! Blessings my friend!
I really feel that doing more of the things you loved doing when you were a kid will keep you younger longer. I need to go fry some bologna in an iron fry pan now LOL. God Bless.
Boss, you inspired me 10 years ago to build my cabin in the woods, while I don't live there full time, I stay with my 95 year old mother for now, when she passes , I will definitely be there at "the cabin "
I have been watching you for a long time that has to be one of the best videos that you have put out I could see you said in there sketching and drawing your beautiful pictures especially other mama and her two babies you are totally awesome
Dick P. Of Twin Lakes is looking down Smiling thinking that there are those out there that still get it. Thank You for one of the best videos of the year.
That U-shape wood pile with roof is perfect! Love the poop-loo; with the shape and the brown tarp it looks like a turd, lol :)) Seriously, you made a great bush camp, a cozy place anyone one of us would love to hang out with you at. Enjoy your thoughts of reflection and you are living a genuine rich life.
Been following you for many years I feel like we're brothers. Mom had three sons I'm the oldest at 61 other two an mom gone. I look forward to your videos , much appreciated for your time and creativeness.👍🤓
You sir, are doing what we all should be doing! I live off grid but I have a generator but that's it for convenience. A little extra work never hurt anyone!! Bless you and your wife and frankie.
Howdy Doody friend! 🤣😂😉LMAO!! Thanks for the destresser. There is an unparalleled Truth to being in nature and all its glory, when you can hear "nothing" but the sounds and whispers of the earth. It is truly life affirming.. So glad you didn't run into momma bear with her cubs, but what a hell of a great photo! Love and light.. Caroline
Like a little slice of heaven Boss. I hear you when you say bringing yourself back to what you enjoyed as a kid. I don't know if anything feels better. Bless you sir. Thanks for sharing this slice of perfection with me. Very inspiring and gives me my own ideas and goals. Cheers to health and happiness.
You hit home with me when you talked about your childhood. I feel the same way. If you want happiness you have to do things you like to do as a kid. I always felt that. As a kid I played in the woods building forts and I still enjoy it. Unlike you I can’t seem to get to the point where that’s all I have to do.
I'm struggling with that point as well. To do things like this, I have to make time to do it and that means taking time away from other things. This is a constant struggle and why we are making radical changes in our plans. Updates to follow.
@@thebossoftheswamp It takes fine tuned management to get the best out of life. Looks like you are doing pretty good in that department. Good luck with your endeavour. Ps I sure enjoy your channel.
Mornin Boss, Lori, Frankie ,Tildy and Lady Layers ☕👋🏻. Thanks for another awesome video Boss 👍🏻👍🏻. I've been living in a tent for about 10 years now. Love it. I make due with what I have. Separated in 2013, Divorced in 2016 and wanted to be close to nature. Lived in a nudist resort for 9 years ( was awesome). Now taking it one day at a time floating around here and there. Thankful for family and friends who let me set up camp in their yards. God has put me where I'm needed all my life and going to continue with my faith in God's plan. I don't consider myself homeless, I think I am free from the stress of owning a house. Been there, done that. I was told by a friend that the Nomad life seemed to make me happy and smiling more than they have seen in years😊. Love your bush camp👍🏻👍🏻. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Stay safe. God Bless y'all and the homestead 🙏🏻✌🏻❤😊
I love the way you take a problem and turn it to your advantage like with that amazing woodpile! Thanks for sharing your awesome camp and life with us.
This was awesome, thank you so much for this. I get to live vicariously through you! I would absolutely love to spend my days camping out in the woods. The ending was great!
Thanks for sharing that was very entertaining and enjoyable you are always a bright spot in my week thank you boss I moved from NC to the wilderness of Northern Pennsylvania and I love it life is simple life is easy but I find myself reflecting on my past a lot more than usual being in the wilderness has brought me full circle I’m 47 hopefully I have another 30 to 40 years to enjoy this God bless see you on the next video be safe stay healthy
Backwards isn’t always backwards especially if it’s your desire and dream ! I’ve always heard and also referenced the phrase “ those that ignore history are destined to repeat it “. You as well as a few others helped me to realize that statement is wrong or at least very flawed ! The backbone of a simpler human existence is how we ALL got to where we are as far as the longevity of the human existence and that should never be overlooked and absolutely IS WORTH REPEATING ! I thank you for that realization and I’ve adjusted my life over the past several years working BACKWARDS ( according to some lol ) towards the very goal that you’ve always had and envisioned for yourself ! Thank you JC ! I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU !
Thank you Tony. When I have time, I'm going to make a video on this subject. I had a real eye opener last year when i learned of my ancestors, who they were and what they did. I finally learned where my interest comes from.
Thanks for sharing. What a nice bush camp. Lots of work, but it’s not really work if you are having fun doing it. Glad you got to get out and enjoy the peace and quiet.
I remember telling my guidance counselor in high school that I wanted to go live in Alaska after I graduated high school and he tried to tell how wrong my idea was, well in 1980 I move to Fairbanks Alaska where I lived for 15 years, you did the right thing for you.
You always impress me with your ideas and your ability to make your dreams come to life. Your an inspection to us all. Thanks for sharing your life with us. We are all better for having you in our lives even with just your videos. Thank you❤
Love the sound of the wilderness. Birds, bugs and wind! I have a camp up in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. It makes me feel young and reinvigorates me within a day of being there.
JC.. you make me go back to my childhood! You remind me of my Dad and Brothers. My Dad made sure we always had a camp. He'd make things like you do .He was aways rigging up something. My brother 's followed in his tracks. I had a wonderful childhood!!.
Absolutely a great trip with you, appreciate your putting it together for us Boss. Very enjoyable and so beautiful. Your work is great. My friend, another fine time. GOD Bless you all.
That could have ended differently. Mother with cubs - not good. And you are very young. I am 71 & feel like 60. Vitamins work when food don't supply what the body needs. You do the work 30/40 year olds can't. Thanks for your video, we enjoy them.Good Day to you & Lori
We both enjoyed your video. It's always good to see them. The woods are beautiful. You've made awesome camp. I hear my husband talking about camping as a young boy with his friends. He still talks of those days. A simpler time, he had great parents to allow him those opportunities. Take care, looking forward to your next video. Blessings
Hope this message meets you in good health? What a beautiful and radiant smile you got. Pardon my guts for intruding into your comment how are you doing
This video lifted me up and inspired me just when I needed it most. If you can do this at my age then maybe I can too. I'm female, but I'm not about to let that stop me. Thank You for sharing your lifestyle. God Bless You and Lori. Praying for her full and speedy recovery. 🙏🏼❤
Reflecting on your frame of mind when you were a young teen...I thought you would find this interesting... In Green Bay, the local tech and some area businesses put together a program for pipe fitters to fill the need. They make $18 an hour while sitting in school and school is paid for. Our local news went there to check out the program and there were 3 students there in class. Now this has the potential to pay $100 an hour after 4 years experience. We need people to work with their hands. We need gas pipes, water pipes and all kinds of pipe fitters. Everyone wants to be a keyboard cowboy. Glad you lived in the woods and worked with your hands and your art. It is sooo good to see you happy out there. Sometimes your joy is so volumous, you remind me of a kid in a candy store with that nice, happy smirk on your face. Love it boss! Although I have to admit, the bears spooked the crap out of me. Don't know what my hubby would have done with me in that case, for I would be frantic!!!! And unconsoleable. Yes. I love the woods. I hope as a country we can maintain the right to own some woods for the sake of our next generations.
The way things are going, to my observations anyway, there won't be any woods left. The forest is dying off and I don't think the younger generation will ever have what we once had.
Loved it , I've been camping alot and I don't know why but I never thought about bears , moose , elk or what ever , guess I was to into the experience lol .
Love it, my favorite videos are your awesome outlook on life, just happen to be at my cabin for a week, first time I could get away for a whole week all year, perfect timing to watch this video love the Bush camp thanks for taking us along
by the way, we are noticing our pine trees turning rusty as you have described before. You are a household name here. I told hubs the other day, that the trees were doing what you once described. Boss said ....boss had a video....boss and lori did this, remember? That is your super power. I loved the wood stack. One of my projects I want to accomplish is a cordwood shelter, perhaps no bigger than a 10 by 10. Not sure if it would be a reading nook, a prayer hut. ~juanita mae
Pine trees will shed needles in the fall so it's normal for them to turn now but ours were turning brown in the spring and summer. Some of those are bare now ;-(
Oh my gosh, Boss! When you were talking about hearing the noise and The Twig snap the first thing I thought about was a moose. And then I thought well you've talked about a bear that had been around the house before and I thought maybe it was a bear and then I thought well it could have just been a deer. When you showed the shot of that mother bear and her Cubs I almost fell out of my chair! I am so glad you did not have any fresh food so to say that the bear might have smelled! I'm sure you know better than I a mother and her Cubs?!... I wish that I had my own land out in the woods as do I'm sure thousands of your viewers do if they don't already. Just recently I was camping in the Talladega National Forest in the Choccolocco Wildlife Management Area. I have a van that I converted into a tiny cabin on wheels. I have all of the conveniences but love cooking outside having my bathroom outside taking a shower outside Etc. It was the most peaceful and wonderful time. To not go anywhere to not have to run any errands to not have to see any people or hear any people or talk to any people. Like you to listen to the sounds of the Woods of the creatures walking through the leaves and cracking sticks with their Hooves or feet. To see the deer running across the Forest Road. To listen to the hoot owls at night and the birds chirping! I should have turned my phone off but being a female alone and 63 years old and having some disabilities I thought it was probably not a good idea. However when I did receive some phone calls I quickly hit the dismiss button look to see who it was and if it was a good friend I text them back and said I'm in the woods I'm unable to respond at this time but I am fine! It was no lie it was some of the finest moments of my life- the peace and the tranquility and calmness or something that was much needed. I was hoping to try and stretch my stay to two weeks and tried to make sure that I had enough supplies from me and my two dogs. Sadly I have been watching the weather and there was a kind of ugly storm coming our Direction and I've seen people get stuck in the very place that I was and then have the tow truck get stuck trying to get them out! Since I'm not in a four-wheel drive and it's a old conversion van and I'm pulling a cargo trailer with my solar panels on it, I decided it prudent to get the heck out of Dodge and head on home. However I will be departing again soon and deploying a SUV tent that looks much like the tent you pitched but it just attaches to the back of my old Suzuki Sidekick and head back to the woods hopefully in Tennessee. Thanks so much for sharing boss I think you and Lori and the pups would have been one of very few people or two of very few people that I would have enjoyed sharing the experience with because you both appreciate it so much. As you would say best to you and Lori and the pups and God bless you!
What a sweet spot BossMan. Thanks for sharing the process. The bears at the end are the icing on the cake. They were just passing through. I must confess, that it was good to learn that even you, at times, are wigged out by the sounds of the night. The sounds are magnified and our imaginations can take off. I am starting the get the urge to backpack again. Going solo to face those fears. We stretch ourselves when we get out of our comfort zones. It really is worth it. I need to get in shape for those adventures, but at least hiking is on the agenda in the days ahead. All the best to you and Lori and the pups. God bless.
You're so right my friend. Facing your fears and conquering them makes you unstoppable. I will live life for as long as I want to and will get old when I'm forced to haha. God bless ;-)
What is killing the balsam? Do you think that moose was peeking at you when you were working? That was one big-arse bear! And babies! I think this may be one of my favorite videos of yours, because you look so happy. It reminded me of a summer where the neighbors fostered their 15-year-old nephew who was falling in with a bad crowd in L.A. So they sent him to the country. He was just appalled, which we thought was pretty funny. I had 2 teenaged girls staying with us and they never lacked for amusement. One day he asked us what we did all the time, when there was "nothing to do." Well, we had a working farm, so we did work every day (and the girls did, too). I told him "I like to go out in the woods and sit there very quietly. If I can hide from the dogs, wild critters will sometimes come out and I can watch them doing their things." He thought I was joking. Nope, it was my favorite thing to do. Then I said "And for real entertainment, we watch the ground crack." Oldest joke in the world, but he'd never heard it.
We think alike Peggy. It's always city folk who ask what we do to keep from getting bored. Ha!!! I wish I had time to get bored. I treasure every moment where I can take some time to just sit and do nothing. Maybe I'll take some time today for it, after I run to the dump, editi some video footage, split firewood, do maintenance to the tractor and give the dogs a toe clip :-)))
Hi Boss my husband RJ and I think you have a great setup for your bush camp. Looks like you have everything you need. Oh so is was a bear and her cubs outside your tent. We hope you have many memorable moments in your special place.❤
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You indeed made the best choice for your life and as you said, there are so many people that envy you. There's no greater feeling than being out in the woods admiring what the Lord has created. Thank you for all the great videos.
My favorite morning is Monday when so many folks are at work again and I kindle a fire in the stove and enjoy my morning coffee and decide what I will do with my own time today. Priceless!
That's the way I like to start off too :-))
I'm sure momma bear brought her cubs along just to see if the man craps in the woods! You're living the life Boss.
Good one :-D
I just love to go into our local forests and it is pure bliss not to hear any sounds only birds singing or to see wildlife here. Thanks for the video Jim.
When you cannot put a price on your happiness. You are truly free. Mama bear and the kids were just stopping by to say Hi to the new neighbor.
I don’t have to tell you how great this time is that you spent out on your bush camp. What I do have to say is Thank You. Thank You for sharing this time with us.
Glad you enjoyed it Richard and I hope you'll share it with others.
Awesome comment.
I love it! I'm going to do that too! Camp on my own land!😉 The silence is priceless! A moma bear and cubs! Oh boy! 😜
I thrive on silence :-)
That was the best ending!! Wow. ❤❤❤
I grew up making bush camps and find myself still out under the stars by a fire counting my blessings!!
I learned much from you today.
Thank you for these valuable videos!
I appreciate all of them.
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Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for your comment :-))
Bbbbbbbah BEAR!!! Oh my Boss! A momma&her cubs! Boss you are so beautiful and precious and humble. For some reason I choked up a few times watching you. You have persevered through so many battles and still have such a kind soul. Yep, you&Lori are living the life so many wish they could. Love ya Boss. Stay safe&warm this winter. 🤗❤️🙏
Thank you for your heartfelt comment and the smile you put upon me. Many blessings :-)
Mommy Bear to the Cubs .... "There goes the neighborhood"
You sum up the best part at the 18:16 mark. NOTHING more enjoyable than being out in the woods, up before twilight and getting a pot of coffee going. My mind is always so still and peaceful. The connection to the oneness of "all that is" comes so naturally and effortlessly. The gratitude too.....Quiet meditation without having to get in the lotus position and chant 'ohm' over and over. No better way to start a day, imho. Thanks, Boss.....great video. Just great!
I could speak volumes about meditation and all that you said about it. We think alike.
JC, breaking away from the ‘norms’ of society, and living life, your way, makes no sense… to guidance counselors. It makes perfect sense to me! But hey, I was told I was crazy too!
When my final day comes, may it be, I see it coming, and have the time to reflect, and be thankful. For my family & friends, for the experience and adventure. For the things that mean most. And even for well-meaning misguided people. Whose advice I’ve had a lifetime to think about… and happily ignore. Thank the Lord for that!
We think alike. I'm so thankful that I didn't do what I was told :-))
Hey, Jim, two things. In the early part of the film you drove up in the ranger and I automatically looked for Frankie in the front seat. I hope you get to bring the old boy out there. The other is when my brother and I were kids we built a small lean-to on the edge of a swamp nearby just to hang out at - greatest feeling in the world with a small fire in winter, some birch bark and balsam twigs to get going. You'd think your fingers would snap like those twigs it was so danged cold but we loved it.
I love camping, can't do it now, i am on oxygen. But watching you, makes be feel like i am on the Adventure 2
Frankie will be joining me there but he's waiting for the dutch ovens to come out :-))
Boss you are one lucky man. Brings back a lot of memories. I remember those times like that. It's like you get to visit heaven for a little while. Enjoy it while you can .
About my seventh year, my dad and his friends took all us young kids out into the woods to establish a base camp. We spent the entire weekend building something magical. Over the past seven decades, I have done the same thing - each time it is magical.
Thank you for sharing this., my grandchildren are experiencing this same thing now.👍🏻🏕
Magical !🏕
No one can define 'success' for anyone else. That bush camp is fantastic! I love the wood stack/kitchen!
Your opening statement says it all. You would make a good school teacher :-))
You brought tears to my eyes seeing the pleasure you gleaned from your bush camp. No more appropriate words than "labor of love".
You're the best!
Awe thank you my friend. This project has been a labor of love indeed ;-))
JC you brought back memories of my friends and I backpacking into the woods , and settings up tents in the middle of nowhere . One nite at 2am you could hear coyotes howling very close to our camp. Showing your face in the tent with light shining on it, listening to what was outside , brings out your primeval feelings of the unknown. Makes you feel alive. A great video, it had some Halloween moments. Thanks.
i love the stones you placed around your campfire. Nature cut them for you so your design looks intentional.
Thank you. I found the perfect fits :-)
Ok boss…….. lol…….. I’ve wanted this all the way from when you left NY to NH….. Now you have your bush camp, CAN WE ALL PLEASE HAVE A DUTCH OVEN VIDEOO? lol
100k and more viewers from before just from cooking… let’s bump that up to even more.
We all love the moose pics/videos but we would love the Dutch oven videos/ cooking like you promise!!!! lol.
Your the man JC!! We love you.
Just watched this video after waking up in my log cabin I built on a 100 acre parcel in the foothills of NH white mountains and feel the exact same way. Thanks for your thoughts and videos on these topics !
Going backwards... Who was he to say that living a simple life is going backwards? Kinda like your art teacher that got all riled up over you coloring outside of the lines. You showed her! lol Great video and an awesome bush camp! I am sure you will make many great memories in that little peace of heaven!
Agreed. So many discouraging words thrown at me when I was young.
I think this is one of your best videos yet !! only thing I missed was Frankie not sharing it with you. But I understand…..totally. Thanks for sharing your life. Wish me luck, I am going to look at a cabin tomorrow, it’s only on 6 acres….but that is all I can afford at this time. I just hope it passes MY “Boss’s List” she can be tough 🤣 wishing you best of health and life’s enjoyment ! Rick
You can do a lot with 'only' 6 acres! I hope it all works out for you and your boss. 🙂
@@louellen7271 Thank you 👍
That's awesome. Hope it has what you're looking for :-)
I have the greatest respect for someone who understands where they live in the grand picture. Who understands and appreciates the fact ultimately, it is a circle of life. Not this pyrimid shaped belief where we are at the top, and have "domain" over all living creatures. We don't. We're part of the greater whole.
Cheers Boss!
Very well said.
Everyone thought I should get married right after high school, my parents didn't push it though, I'm sure glad! I wanted adventures and I did have some, more then most young women, but nothing like I wanted though! So follow your heart and settle for what others want for you! Here I'm at 70yrs old a widow, I have one Son and thank God a Christian, so I have great memories and great life!
How sweet it is...talking to the Trees and God's green Earth. Oh Lordy, was that from your trail cam ??? Mama Bear with two babies...I"d call that more than exciting !!!
Thank you, JC, for sharing!
AWESOME! What a cool place. Before you began speaking about going back to your childhood I was already thinking about my times as a child playing in the woods and creek dire one hundred our house. Great stuff Boss. You have motivated me to begin my own “Bush Camp” project I have been thinking about since we moved out to our small farm 2 1/2 years ago!
Blessings my friend!
I really feel that doing more of the things you loved doing when you were a kid will keep you younger longer. I need to go fry some bologna in an iron fry pan now LOL. God Bless.
Boss, you inspired me 10 years ago to build my cabin in the woods, while I don't live there full time, I stay with my 95 year old mother for now, when she passes , I will definitely be there at "the cabin "
you are a soul admired, take care of mom and live guilt free after
I have been watching you for a long time that has to be one of the best videos that you have put out I could see you said in there sketching and drawing your beautiful pictures especially other mama and her two babies you are totally awesome
yes, one of the best....!
Thank you Lee. Hard to believe but it took 3 days of editing so I appreciate your comment.
Can't wait to see your future adventures and Dutch oven cooking at Camp Boss!
Dick P. Of Twin Lakes is looking down Smiling thinking that there are those out there that still get it.
Thank You for one of the best videos of the year.
And thank YOU Tom for an outstanding comment. after 3 days of editing this content, your kinds words are appreciated.
That U-shape wood pile with roof is perfect! Love the poop-loo; with the shape and the brown tarp it looks like a turd, lol :)) Seriously, you made a great bush camp, a cozy place anyone one of us would love to hang out with you at. Enjoy your thoughts of reflection and you are living a genuine rich life.
Thank you kindly. :-)
Nice to see your camp coming along.
Stay strong, healthy and happy!
Thanks for taking your precious time to share with us your experiences!
Been following you for many years I feel like we're brothers. Mom had three sons I'm the oldest at 61 other two an mom gone. I look forward to your videos , much appreciated for your time and creativeness.👍🤓
Thank you James. I always enjoy your comments.
Stay strong and healthy my friend.
A little heaven in heaven . Great 👍👍 thanks Boss
You are living the life we all would like to have !!!!!!!!!!!!!! enjoy..........
I wish my old guidance counselor could read that haha :-D
You sir, are doing what we all should be doing! I live off grid but I have a generator but that's it for convenience. A little extra work never hurt anyone!! Bless you and your wife and frankie.
We only have 400 watts of solar but what a game changer that's been for us. I only run the genny when i need my power tools now.
Howdy Doody friend! 🤣😂😉LMAO!! Thanks for the destresser. There is an unparalleled Truth to being in nature and all its glory, when you can hear "nothing" but the sounds and whispers of the earth. It is truly life affirming.. So glad you didn't run into momma bear with her cubs, but what a hell of a great photo! Love and light.. Caroline
Yes indeed. They appeared to just mosey on by without taking time to sniff around. Nice to see but nicer to see go haha
LOVE IT! There's nothing like being out in the wilderness with no sounds of man around! And I love the ending to your video!
I thrive on silence :-)
Like a little slice of heaven Boss. I hear you when you say bringing yourself back to what you enjoyed as a kid. I don't know if anything feels better. Bless you sir. Thanks for sharing this slice of perfection with me. Very inspiring and gives me my own ideas and goals. Cheers to health and happiness.
Thank you kindly :-))
Love the Adirondack outdoor kitchen!!!! J. C. , YOU are like a friggin packmule, haulin and choppin and movin rocks!!!
YOU DA MAN!!!
Don't use it - you lose it :-)
You hit home with me when you talked about your childhood. I feel the same way. If you want happiness you have to do things you like to do as a kid. I always felt that. As a kid I played in the woods building forts and I still enjoy it.
Unlike you I can’t seem to get to the point where that’s all I have to do.
I'm struggling with that point as well. To do things like this, I have to make time to do it and that means taking time away from other things. This is a constant struggle and why we are making radical changes in our plans. Updates to follow.
@@thebossoftheswamp It takes fine tuned management to get the best out of life. Looks like you are doing pretty good in that department. Good luck with your endeavour.
Ps I sure enjoy your channel.
Mornin Boss, Lori, Frankie ,Tildy and Lady Layers ☕👋🏻. Thanks for another awesome video Boss 👍🏻👍🏻. I've been living in a tent for about 10 years now. Love it. I make due with what I have. Separated in 2013, Divorced in 2016 and wanted to be close to nature. Lived in a nudist resort for 9 years ( was awesome). Now taking it one day at a time floating around here and there. Thankful for family and friends who let me set up camp in their yards. God has put me where I'm needed all my life and going to continue with my faith in God's plan. I don't consider myself homeless, I think I am free from the stress of owning a house. Been there, done that. I was told by a friend that the Nomad life seemed to make me happy and smiling more than they have seen in years😊. Love your bush camp👍🏻👍🏻. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Stay safe. God Bless y'all and the homestead 🙏🏻✌🏻❤😊
That's awesome Sandra. One day at a time is a good way to go for sure. Wishing you the best on your journey :-))
In my opinion, you chose the path that has the most peace of mind! Which is priceless!
"...livin' life happy and free..." You're damn right he is. Cheers, Boss
Cheers :-))
Sleeping in the tent couldn't be any scarier than when mickey & the boys turned on the lights of your Chevy suburban !!! 😂🍺👍🐭🐭🐭
Especially when you hear banjo music haha
I love what you’ve done! What a great set-up. I really enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing 🕊
I love the way you take a problem and turn it to your advantage like with that amazing woodpile! Thanks for sharing your awesome camp and life with us.
This was awesome, thank you so much for this. I get to live vicariously through you! I would absolutely love to spend my days camping out in the woods. The ending was great!
Thank you Sandra :-)
Thanks for sharing that was very entertaining and enjoyable you are always a bright spot in my week thank you boss I moved from NC to the wilderness of Northern Pennsylvania and I love it life is simple life is easy but I find myself reflecting on my past a lot more than usual being in the wilderness has brought me full circle I’m 47 hopefully I have another 30 to 40 years to enjoy this God bless see you on the next video be safe stay healthy
Good for you Boss and long may it last. Thank you for another great video and for your words of wisdom.
Now I want a bush camp! love spending time in the woods.
I have watched a lot of your videos. This is without a single doubt the best.
Thank you for saying so :-))
Backwards isn’t always backwards especially if it’s your desire and dream ! I’ve always heard and also referenced the phrase “ those that ignore history are destined to repeat it “. You as well as a few others helped me to realize that statement is wrong or at least very flawed ! The backbone of a simpler human existence is how we ALL got to where we are as far as the longevity of the human existence and that should never be overlooked and absolutely IS WORTH REPEATING ! I thank you for that realization and I’ve adjusted my life over the past several years working BACKWARDS ( according to some lol ) towards the very goal that you’ve always had and envisioned for yourself ! Thank you JC ! I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU !
Thank you Tony. When I have time, I'm going to make a video on this subject. I had a real eye opener last year when i learned of my ancestors, who they were and what they did. I finally learned where my interest comes from.
@@thebossoftheswamp looking forward to that for sure !
Perfect Thursday Morning
Watching from the uk 🇬🇧 👍👍👍👍
Everything you build and put together is amazing.
Thank you :-)
Thanks for sharing. What a nice bush camp. Lots of work, but it’s not really work if you are having fun doing it. Glad you got to get out and enjoy the peace and quiet.
Definitely a difference between working and playing ;-)
Hi Boss. We too are pecking away at our homestead.
Good luck with your journey.
I was thinking a bear or a moose but wasn't thinking a mama with cubs 😲...camp looks cozy & peaceful...love the firewood hut
You are not only a great artist and builder but you are also a great story teller!
Thank you :-)
Another great video. When you own the land, you need recreation opportunities to relax.
I remember telling my guidance counselor in high school that I wanted to go live in Alaska after I graduated high school and he tried to tell how wrong my idea was, well in 1980 I move to Fairbanks Alaska where I lived for 15 years, you did the right thing for you.
Thanks for sharing the bush camp with us! I love how your firewood "shelter" turned out, and i really like that tent, you've got a great setup!
Thank you :-)
You always impress me with your ideas and your ability to make your dreams come to life. Your an inspection to us all. Thanks for sharing your life with us. We are all better for having you in our lives even with just your videos. Thank you❤
Thank you for your kind words ;-)
Know what you mean Boss loved those forts in the woods
Love the sound of the wilderness. Birds, bugs and wind! I have a camp up in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. It makes me feel young and reinvigorates me within a day of being there.
That's an area I'd like to see someday.
Good one Boss, Glad momma bear and her cubs were well fed before passing by! Lol Blessings to You friend!
Ya aint kidding there my friend. I was like :-o when i saw the footage.
I miss wandering around in the woods, building camps, and having fires.
Thank you for your words of wisdom. God bless!
God Bless.
You've been such an inspiration to me over these years Boss; thank you; bless you.
Thank you for saying so ;-))
JC.. you make me go back to my childhood! You remind me of my Dad and Brothers. My Dad made sure we always had a camp. He'd make things like you do .He was aways rigging up something. My brother 's followed in his tracks. I had a wonderful childhood!!.
Could be Daryl, the Sasquatch...lol ..best be carrying out there ! Just saying..lol
Nice camp, nothing like the peace and quiet and a nice fire. Your visitors were pretty awesome too! Glad they kept going lol
Yeah me too Jerry :-)
When in need of a break from the crazy world out there, I always cherish a video from the Boss. Enjoy it all buddy!
Happy to hear this :-))
Incredible perspective my friend, been watching for years and your adventures never get old.
Absolutely a great trip with you, appreciate your putting it together for us Boss. Very enjoyable and so beautiful. Your work is great. My friend, another fine time. GOD Bless you all.
That game cam footage is awesome.
Thank you.
Get the popcorn it's bushcamp time👍
I love your ‘playing’, it’s seriously good stuff and good for you👍.
Your visitor was probably a nosey moose 😃
Edit: ooo a pair of bear teenagers?? 👀
That could have ended differently. Mother with cubs - not good. And you are very young. I am 71 & feel like 60. Vitamins work when food don't supply what the body needs. You do the work 30/40 year olds can't. Thanks for your video, we enjoy them.Good Day to you & Lori
We both enjoyed your video. It's always good to see them. The woods are beautiful. You've made awesome camp. I hear my husband talking about camping as a young boy with his friends. He still talks of those days. A simpler time, he had great parents to allow him those opportunities. Take care, looking forward to your next video. Blessings
Hope this message meets you in good health? What a beautiful and radiant smile you got. Pardon my guts for intruding into your comment how are you doing
A simpler and safer time indeed. Nobody ever heard of OFF GRID haha
This video lifted me up and inspired me just when I needed it most. If you can do this at my age then maybe I can too. I'm female, but I'm not about to let that stop me. Thank You for sharing your lifestyle. God Bless You and Lori. Praying for her full and speedy recovery. 🙏🏼❤
there is nothing like a proper camp. i like the woodpile kitchen. it's probably a good thing you didn't scare that mama bear.
Love the suspenseful music, then the bears waltz in, great ending!!
Thank you :-)
Awesome! Love it!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸
Reflecting on your frame of mind when you were a young teen...I thought you would find this interesting...
In Green Bay, the local tech and some area businesses put together a program for pipe fitters to fill the need. They make $18 an hour while sitting in school and school is paid for. Our local news went there to check out the program and there were 3 students there in class. Now this has the potential to pay $100 an hour after 4 years experience. We need people to work with their hands. We need gas pipes, water pipes and all kinds of pipe fitters. Everyone wants to be a keyboard cowboy.
Glad you lived in the woods and worked with your hands and your art.
It is sooo good to see you happy out there. Sometimes your joy is so volumous, you remind me of a kid in a candy store with that nice, happy smirk on your face. Love it boss! Although I have to admit, the bears spooked the crap out of me. Don't know what my hubby would have done with me in that case, for I would be frantic!!!! And unconsoleable. Yes. I love the woods.
I hope as a country we can maintain the right to own some woods for the sake of our next generations.
The way things are going, to my observations anyway, there won't be any woods left. The forest is dying off and I don't think the younger generation will ever have what we once had.
Loved it , I've been camping alot and I don't know why but I never thought about bears , moose , elk or what ever , guess I was to into the experience lol .
Love it, my favorite videos are your awesome outlook on life, just happen to be at my cabin for a week, first time I could get away for a whole week all year, perfect timing to watch this video love the Bush camp thanks for taking us along
Enjoy your cabin time :-)
Excellent! Keep moving forward on top of the world! Love the bush camp!!
Always ;-)
by the way, we are noticing our pine trees turning rusty as you have described before. You are a household name here. I told hubs the other day, that the trees were doing what you once described. Boss said ....boss had a video....boss and lori did this, remember? That is your super power. I loved the wood stack. One of my projects I want to accomplish is a cordwood shelter, perhaps no bigger than a 10 by 10. Not sure if it would be a reading nook, a prayer hut. ~juanita mae
Pine trees will shed needles in the fall so it's normal for them to turn now but ours were turning brown in the spring and summer. Some of those are bare now ;-(
Oh my gosh, Boss! When you were talking about hearing the noise and The Twig snap the first thing I thought about was a moose. And then I thought well you've talked about a bear that had been around the house before and I thought maybe it was a bear and then I thought well it could have just been a deer. When you showed the shot of that mother bear and her Cubs I almost fell out of my chair! I am so glad you did not have any fresh food so to say that the bear might have smelled! I'm sure you know better than I a mother and her Cubs?!...
I wish that I had my own land out in the woods as do I'm sure thousands of your viewers do if they don't already. Just recently I was camping in the Talladega National Forest in the Choccolocco Wildlife Management Area. I have a van that I converted into a tiny cabin on wheels. I have all of the conveniences but love cooking outside having my bathroom outside taking a shower outside Etc. It was the most peaceful and wonderful time. To not go anywhere to not have to run any errands to not have to see any people or hear any people or talk to any people. Like you to listen to the sounds of the Woods of the creatures walking through the leaves and cracking sticks with their Hooves or feet. To see the deer running across the Forest Road. To listen to the hoot owls at night and the birds chirping! I should have turned my phone off but being a female alone and 63 years old and having some disabilities I thought it was probably not a good idea. However when I did receive some phone calls I quickly hit the dismiss button look to see who it was and if it was a good friend I text them back and said I'm in the woods I'm unable to respond at this time but I am fine! It was no lie it was some of the finest moments of my life- the peace and the tranquility and calmness or something that was much needed. I was hoping to try and stretch my stay to two weeks and tried to make sure that I had enough supplies from me and my two dogs. Sadly I have been watching the weather and there was a kind of ugly storm coming our Direction and I've seen people get stuck in the very place that I was and then have the tow truck get stuck trying to get them out! Since I'm not in a four-wheel drive and it's a old conversion van and I'm pulling a cargo trailer with my solar panels on it, I decided it prudent to get the heck out of Dodge and head on home. However I will be departing again soon and deploying a SUV tent that looks much like the tent you pitched but it just attaches to the back of my old Suzuki Sidekick and head back to the woods hopefully in Tennessee.
Thanks so much for sharing boss I think you and Lori and the pups would have been one of very few people or two of very few people that I would have enjoyed sharing the experience with because you both appreciate it so much. As you would say best to you and Lori and the pups and God bless you!
Thank you Jeana. And you're right about the tranquility. I thrive on silence too :-)
Hi Boss you are as stone ritch as we are in the north of the landskap Skåne in Sweden! 🕊🇸🇪
What a sweet spot BossMan. Thanks for sharing the process. The bears at the end are the icing on the cake. They were just passing through. I must confess, that it was good to learn that even you, at times, are wigged out by the sounds of the night. The sounds are magnified and our imaginations can take off. I am starting the get the urge to backpack again. Going solo to face those fears. We stretch ourselves when we get out of our comfort zones. It really is worth it. I need to get in shape for those adventures, but at least hiking is on the agenda in the days ahead. All the best to you and Lori and the pups. God bless.
You're so right my friend. Facing your fears and conquering them makes you unstoppable. I will live life for as long as I want to and will get old when I'm forced to haha. God bless ;-)
The happiest day of my life was when I got my cabin on one acre in n.mi. rock on boss.
What is killing the balsam? Do you think that moose was peeking at you when you were working? That was one big-arse bear! And babies! I think this may be one of my favorite videos of yours, because you look so happy. It reminded me of a summer where the neighbors fostered their 15-year-old nephew who was falling in with a bad crowd in L.A. So they sent him to the country. He was just appalled, which we thought was pretty funny. I had 2 teenaged girls staying with us and they never lacked for amusement. One day he asked us what we did all the time, when there was "nothing to do." Well, we had a working farm, so we did work every day (and the girls did, too). I told him "I like to go out in the woods and sit there very quietly. If I can hide from the dogs, wild critters will sometimes come out and I can watch them doing their things." He thought I was joking. Nope, it was my favorite thing to do. Then I said "And for real entertainment, we watch the ground crack." Oldest joke in the world, but he'd never heard it.
We think alike Peggy. It's always city folk who ask what we do to keep from getting bored. Ha!!! I wish I had time to get bored. I treasure every moment where I can take some time to just sit and do nothing. Maybe I'll take some time today for it, after I run to the dump, editi some video footage, split firewood, do maintenance to the tractor and give the dogs a toe clip :-)))
Hi Boss my husband RJ and I think you have a great setup for your bush camp. Looks like you have everything you need. Oh so is was a bear and her cubs outside your tent. We hope you have many memorable moments in your special place.❤
Thank you Cathy. Glad you enjoyed this and please share it with others that may enjoy it as well.
The bush camp... where you have all the bear necessities of life! Literally!
Love it ;-))
Nuttin like a good camp site, comfy and cozy.
You rock, my HERO
Just awesome!!!looks great 👍
Thanks 👍
One of your better video Boss.
Love it!!!!!!
Have a Jesus filled day everyone
Greg in Michigan
Glad you enjoyed it Greg. Many blessings to you :-))