Todd & Rachel
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Step by Step | a 1-Day Cabin Project
In this video, we take on a rewarding DIY project at our cabin! The old landscape steps leading from our cabin to the riverside trail were falling apart. With some leftover 6x6 treated timbers from a previous project, we decided to revamp the steps. The transformation was incredible, and it took surprisingly little effort. Using treated 2x4s and sturdy rebar posts for added security, we created a set of steps that are not only more durable but also much more attractive. Join us to see the process and the stunning result!
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Mailing Address:
Todd & Rachel
P.O. Box 179
Newport, MI 48166
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✅ Connect with Us 🐐
Our other Channel: youtube.com/@1870s
EMAIL: toddrachelmedia@gmail.com
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We Hauled Water Buckets for 8 years | a Huge Cabin Upgrade!
zhlédnutí 18KPřed měsícem
In this episode, we return to our cabin in the woods after a month away and, of course, we're greeted by a massive oak tree blocking our path just 50 feet from the driveway - because what's a trip to the cabin without a surprise workout? Watch us wrangle this beast, proving once again that nature loves to test our resolve. We also embark on an exciting project - installing a 275-gallon IBC tote...
Our Cabin in the Woods | What's For Dinner?
zhlédnutí 86KPřed měsícem
🌲Welcome back to our cabin adventures! In this video, we share what we cook and eat for dinner during our trip to the Off-Grid cabin in the woods. For this week's menu we have the following: 00:00 NY Strip Steaks 06:45 Stuffed Pork Chops with Grilled Zucchini 13:55 Adventure / Story Time 21:45 Pinwheel Steaks To learn more about our Himiway e-bikes click here: bit.ly/3jLQaRT 🛒 Some of the gear ...
The Cabin "Feels" Different Now | Campfire Cooking
zhlédnutí 20KPřed 2 měsíci
🌲Welcome back to our cabin adventures! In this video, Todd and I share our last full day at our cozy retreat after spending a few serene days here. This time, we’re excited to try something different with our new Lodge 5-quart Dutch oven, cooking over an open fire with freshly split oak logs. We whip up a hearty meal of sirloin beef tips simmered in our homemade French onion soup, seasoned with...
Opening the Cabin for Spring | Planting in a Forest
zhlédnutí 11KPřed 3 měsíci
Welcome back to the cabin! It's been four months since we last visited, and winter really did a number on the place. While the cabin itself is fine, the heavy snow and strong winds caused significant damage to our pine trees. We had previously hired someone to clean up the dead and downed pines, but now we have another mess on our hands. This trip, we brought up 40-50 white spruce trees from ou...
Picnic in the Pines | Exploring our National Forest
zhlédnutí 2,1KPřed 4 měsíci
It's Rachel's Birthday - at the Cabin! In this video, we'll share our morning breakfast with you guys, that includes our first time trying out the bacon we canned a few weeks back. If you missed that video, here's a link: czcams.com/video/l-D96pNy2Pg/video.html After breakfast we're going to set off and adventure and do some exploring the forest. We found some awesome trails, and a mesmerizing ...
Spring at the Off Grid Cabin | Hiking & Harvesting
zhlédnutí 3,7KPřed 5 měsíci
We try to get up to visit our Cabin every year around Easter. The forest is starting to come to life, there are no bugs, and it's just a great time to be in the woods. We'll hike off to a new area and check some of the work being performed by the local beaver population. It's also a great time to harvest trees from the forest, to bring home and plant on our homestead. This video was originally ...
Disconnected | a Full Day at the Cabin
zhlédnutí 3,4KPřed 6 měsíci
It's been a while since we've posted a full on "Day at the Off Grid Cabin" video. Today, we'll take you along with us for nearly our entire day at the cabin - minus breakfast. We'll split up some kindling for the woodstove, trim some more pine trees, have some lunch, dig up a few more pine trees to take home to the homestead, cook some pizza in a cast iron dutch oven pot, and head down to the r...
Never too OLD to have Fun | a WINTER Cabin Adventure
zhlédnutí 4,2KPřed 7 měsíci
It's not very often we are able to make it to our off grid cabin in the winter. The trails that lead back to the cabin aren't plowed or maintained by anyone. So if there's significant snowfall, it becomes almost impossible to get back there even in our 4x4 truck. This trip however, things weren't too bad. Winters in Michigan aren't what they used to be it seems. We'll spend a couple of days hik...
Off Grid Cabin Tour | Manistee National Forest
zhlédnutí 16KPřed 7 měsíci
Welcome to our Off Grid Cabin. We purchased this cabin with about 10 acres of land back in 2015 as a place for us to get away from everything. We've made a few minor improvements over the years, but nothing really too major other than adding and testing various portable solar solutions to power everything. The purpose of this video is just to get all of you familiar with the space - not to expl...
Salmon Fishing on the White River (Michigan)
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 6 lety
Filmed back in the Fall of 2016 - Fishing the White River in Hesperia, MI with "crank baits". It was definitely late in the season, and many of the fish were zombies, mostly black with white fins. But catching one has been on my Dads bucket list for a while now. He fulfilled his goal, and we had a good dinner afterwards! I filmed a lot this day, but of course had no camera running, when action ...
Cabin Time: Fishing & Firewood
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 7 lety
Weekend trip to our off-grid cabin. Processed some firewood, and spent some time fishing the river. Was hoping for salmon, but the trout was nothing to complain about - and it tasted great! Sit down and relax, and see how we spent our weekend. Majority of video shot on an LGV10, and processed with Adobe Premiere. This was my first time using Premiere - very intimidating at first, but very power...
Cabin Time - May 2016
zhlédnutí 715Před 8 lety
Compilation of clips from two cabin visits - end of May and beginning of June 2016. Lot of time fishing, hiking, campfire cooking, and working around the cabin. Another 1/2 cord of wood cut and ready to season, outhouse maintenance completed, and all the leaves from last fall have been moved out into the woods. The exhalations of the forest are medicine. We breathe them in, as we have been buil...
Trail Camera Footage - Best of 2015
zhlédnutí 28KPřed 8 lety
OliveSheep River Retreat - Best trail camera footage of 2015. Camera model used is a Stealth Cam G42 No-Glo, It's tree mounted about 60 feet from the back of our cabin, deep within the Manistee National Forest. Music via the Free Music Archive. Artist Tate Peterson. freemusicarchive.org/music/Tate_Peterson/Blues_Guitar/Improvisation_In_D freemusicarchive.org/music/Tate_Peterson/Blues_Guitar/Ken...
Easter Weekend Cabin Trip - 2016
zhlédnutí 1,2KPřed 8 lety
Our first CZcams video! Filmed during our 2nd annual Easter weekend trip to our off-grid cabin. Happiest among the trees. More videos to come.

Komentáře

  • @deeblessed1588
    @deeblessed1588 Před 6 dny

    Baking Food in Aluminum Foil is sooo bad for you, you are eating all those metals that leech through use unbleached parchment papaer.

  • @user-xo9ij5du5n
    @user-xo9ij5du5n Před 7 dny

    I would be afraid someone would kill me way out there in the middle of nowhere I don't like big cities either more of a small town person

  • @deborahashaw6044
    @deborahashaw6044 Před 8 dny

    Stairs looking good.Dinner looking good too. Had you thought about catching the rain water for your tank under the porch? 🫂🫂

    • @toddrachel
      @toddrachel Před 2 dny

      Yes, we discussed that towards the end of the video. The water tank video that is.

  • @rachelle6448
    @rachelle6448 Před 9 dny

    The steps look beautiful. Great Job! I had a little chuckle to myself at the end when Rachel said she piddled and put the moss out. In Australia that is a word often used for urinating, especially when dogs get excited and piddle on the ground or floor. I am sure that is not what Rachel did 😆 😂. For the little job Rachel did of putting the moss out we would say something like "I pottered around placing moss........".

  • @muscle2087
    @muscle2087 Před 9 dny

    Love the cooking and cabin videos. Keep up the good work guys!

  • @JonOffgrid
    @JonOffgrid Před 9 dny

    Cool I was born in Michigan

  • @mothernature8893
    @mothernature8893 Před 11 dny

    I wouldn't leave ice chests full of food sitting on the deck...that's bear bait. Beautiful cabin!

  • @shektarafdar5694
    @shektarafdar5694 Před 12 dny

    Thank you for everything you did for me. Papa Todd and Mama Rachel.

  • @JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx
    @JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx Před 12 dny

    well said.great couple.

  • @shektarafdar5694
    @shektarafdar5694 Před 14 dny

    You Changed my life. If it Wasn’t for Todd & Rachel, I Wouldn’t know Where I Would be Today. I Can’t never Thank you Guys Enough. I’ll be forever Indebted to you Guys. If I don’t See you Guys in this Lifetime, I’ll Definitely See you in the Next Life.

  • @karleem3473
    @karleem3473 Před 16 dny

    Idk how I found your channel but it was such a welcome relief from some of the yt channels you 2 are so cute and calm you make the sweetest couple!❤

    • @toddrachel
      @toddrachel Před 10 dny

      Thank you so much!! Glad you found us

  • @janwagner7818
    @janwagner7818 Před 17 dny

    Hello from Nebraska. Just found your channel and really enjoyed watching . Thank you for sharing❤

    • @toddrachel
      @toddrachel Před 10 dny

      Glad you found us, welcome ♥

  • @missourigirl4101
    @missourigirl4101 Před 18 dny

    Very nice Todd!

  • @tommy1620
    @tommy1620 Před 20 dny

    Hi Tod and Rachel, Great Show, I live in mid Michigan. Onondaga. Thanks for sharing!

  • @dionnemitchell1683
    @dionnemitchell1683 Před 20 dny

    I would love to retire in Michigan. I am originally from Detroit but I would love to be in Traverse City. ❤

  • @tracyzabelle
    @tracyzabelle Před 21 dnem

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @billdoty6438
    @billdoty6438 Před 21 dnem

    Love the video and the Napoleon Dynamite quote 😀

  • @billdoty6438
    @billdoty6438 Před 21 dnem

    Great video, do you guys worry about ticks at all?

    • @toddrachel
      @toddrachel Před 10 dny

      Not too much at the cabin. Tho there are some around. We're pretty used to doing checks often.

  • @amlach6148
    @amlach6148 Před 21 dnem

    I like that mini chainsaw…would love to clean up the way overgrown bushes in front of my house 👍

  • @amlach6148
    @amlach6148 Před 21 dnem

    I wish this video had smell o vision so I could smell those yummy steaks 🥩😋❤️👍

  • @JeffryJoaquin
    @JeffryJoaquin Před 21 dnem

    Good morning

  • @billdoty6438
    @billdoty6438 Před 23 dny

    Just found your channel. Really enjoyed. I live in Wisconsin, but grew up in Lake Odessa, Mi. Our high school team played Fremont every year. Love all videos from the great state of Michigan! Go Blue!

    • @toddrachel
      @toddrachel Před 10 dny

      Glad you found us, welcome ♥

  • @sujathajuarez3298
    @sujathajuarez3298 Před 23 dny

    🙌💓💖💓😻👍

  • @user-lj8mq6cv3b
    @user-lj8mq6cv3b Před 23 dny

    Appalachian mountains South Eastern Kentucky ❤

  • @Donnie75
    @Donnie75 Před 23 dny

    I'm from Muskegon Michigan.

  • @petlover071
    @petlover071 Před 24 dny

    I remember some of these stories from your main channel. It's fun to see the extended versions.

  • @comeconcon569
    @comeconcon569 Před 24 dny

    My dream home is an A-frame in the woods of either Oregon or Washington in the Pacific Northwest.

  • @kimberlee2469
    @kimberlee2469 Před 25 dny

    So magical

  • @user-np6tk7kt4n
    @user-np6tk7kt4n Před 25 dny

    Simple life and yum.

  • @lisarosebud6404
    @lisarosebud6404 Před 25 dny

    Great job on those steps and steaks

  • @kathypopp531
    @kathypopp531 Před 25 dny

    Up north. Hey 51 and US 2 !!

  • @kathypopp531
    @kathypopp531 Před 25 dny

    Nice socks Todd.!😄

  • @luanngilkison5260
    @luanngilkison5260 Před 25 dny

    So satisfying. It will be even prettier when Rachel's moss fills in. Will help with erosion also. Your soil is sure sandy (Glacial?). When we travel, I miss the fertile black dirt of East Central Kansas but we also have our share of clay below it. Every location has its own beauty. You have forested areas and we have the beautiful green rolling Flint Hills.

    • @toddrachel
      @toddrachel Před 25 dny

      Large portion of Western Michigan is all sand. Was all dunes long ago.

  • @renitameares3838
    @renitameares3838 Před 26 dny

    Those stairs aren’t going anywhere! Nice, Todd.

  • @wereadalot
    @wereadalot Před 26 dny

    Looks really nice!

  • @kimberlee2469
    @kimberlee2469 Před 26 dny

    Seeing you two holding hands is so touching. You are blessed 🙏

  • @lisavb5237
    @lisavb5237 Před 26 dny

    Perfect just the way it was. Great work.

  • @LittleHomesteadOnHinerPond

    Nice video

  • @TheSquirrel49721
    @TheSquirrel49721 Před 26 dny

    Cherry’s!? Traverse city area or close bye!!

    • @toddrachel
      @toddrachel Před 10 dny

      Michigan west coast, at least and hour south of Traverse.

  • @TheSquirrel49721
    @TheSquirrel49721 Před 26 dny

    Tip of the mitt here!! Happy cooking!!

  • @Deninex
    @Deninex Před 26 dny

    ♥♥♥

  • @nancyrasmussen2016
    @nancyrasmussen2016 Před 26 dny

    Looks wonderful had an idea when you put those small twigs at the end you could put a small. Hole in the wood and put a light so your path is lit. Great job! Nancy from Nebraska

    • @toddrachel
      @toddrachel Před 25 dny

      I've thought about adding some solar lights outside, but for some reason I really like the natural darkness when the sun goes down.

  • @HollyBlair-wf3px
    @HollyBlair-wf3px Před 27 dny

    Weenies !