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We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. And we're starting to think we may have made a big mistake. Watch our origin story about our journey from the big city of Columbus, Ohio, to a remote mountain forest where we raced winter to dig through 750 feet of forest to reach our property, followed by a harried and very flawed -25°F build of an enclosure around our RV, and our agonizing fight to survive two brutal winters off-grid with no utilities and frozen tanks. They turned-out to be the harshest winters Alaska has seen in a generation. 20 feet of snowfall led to a broken ridge beam and it broke our spirits. The loss of our kitty to a predator broke our hearts. With only 7 weeks of summer, and failing health, we enter our third winter in Alaska hoping for a milder winter, terrified and battle-weary. How much snow will we get this year? What toll does this winter have in store for us? Will we choose to sell come the Spring?
Doing laundry in -25°F. 🤣
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We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. And we're starting to think we may have made a big mistake. Watch our origin story about our journey from the big city of Columbus, Ohio, to a remote mountain forest where we raced winter to dig through 750 feet of forest to reach our property, followed by a harried and very flawed -25°F build of an enclosure around our RV, and our agonizing fight to survive two brutal winters off-grid with no utilities and frozen tanks. They turned-out to be the harshest winters Alaska has seen in a generation. 20 feet of snowfall led to a broken ridge beam and it broke our spirits. The loss of our kitty to a predator broke our hearts. With only 7 weeks of summer, and failing health, we enter our third winter in Alaska hoping for a milder winter, terrified and battle-weary. How much snow will we get this year? What toll does this winter have in store for us? Will we choose to sell come the Spring?
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We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. And we're starting to think we may have made a big mistake. Watch our origin story about our journey from the big city of Columbus, Ohio, to a remote mountain forest where we raced winter to dig through 750 feet of forest to reach our property, followed by a harried and very flawed -25°F build of an enclosure around our RV, and our agonizing fight to survive two brutal winters off-grid with no utilities and frozen tanks. They turned-out to be the harshest winters Alaska has seen in a generation. 20 feet of snowfall led to a broken ridge beam and it broke our spirits. The loss of our kitty to a predator broke our hearts. With only 7 weeks of summer, and failing health, we enter our third winter in Alaska hoping for a milder winter, terrified and battle-weary. How much snow will we get this year? What toll does this winter have in store for us? Will we choose to sell come the Spring?
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Your FAQs & our Morning & Evening Chicken Routine
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I take you guys along on our morning and evening chicken care routine, and answer just a few of your most frequently asked questions here on the channel, while taking a moment to help BG, our Blue Cochin Rooster, manage the rooster drama he's trying to avoid. 00:00 Our morning chicken routine 02:36 Greeting/Things have been a bit weird here lately 03:28 FAQ #1: Are we friends with Eric & Ariell...
Beans is Gone
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Beans, our sweet kitty-pie, is gone. 😨😥😭💔💔💔 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. We'd never even BEEN to Alaska. Come watch our our origin story about our journey from the big city of Columbus, Ohio, to the edge of a remote forest and our hurried dig through it to reach our property, followed by our agonizing fight to s...
Well Well Well
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Well, Hail Mary #17 has been installed. Will installing a well here on our Alaska homestead be enough to making living here more tolerable? Time will tell. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. We'd never even BEEN to Alaska. Come watch our our origin story about our journey from the big city of Columbus, Ohio, to the ed...
A Year of Our Lives: I think it's over, guys.
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Is life on our remote Alaska forest homestead over for us? From February 2022 through April 2023, we continued filming the metamorphosis of our homestead and our lives in Alaska. But record snowfall fell across parts of Alaska during the last couple of months of winter and early Spring 2023, culminating in 20 feet of snowfall on our part of the mountain, and its weight broke more than just our ...
The Weight of Endless Snow: Season 2 Finale
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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. We'd never even BEEN to Alaska. Come watch our our origin story about our journey from the big city of Columbus, Ohio, to the edge of a remote forest and our hurried dig through it to reach our property, followed by our agonizing fight to survive our first brutal winter in Alaska, wh...
Off-Grid Alaska Winter in a 250 sqft RV
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One of my more cringeworthy videos... a tour of our off-grid 250 sqft RV during Winter in Alaska. It's a side of our lives that feels very faux pas to share, but it is definitely part of life here. Everything that can NOT be frozen, comes into the RV during the winter. This is our lives about 8 months of the year. Other than no water for washing, or clearing 1/4 mile of 20' of snowfall, this is...
Everything Breaks All the Time, Every Day, All at Once
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Follow along with us on this one day of battling the breakage of like... EVERYTHING, as our equipment succumbs to the cold, all day, everyday, and all at once. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. We'd never even BEEN to Alaska. Come watch our our origin story about our journey from the big city of Columbus, Ohio, to th...
Pantsless in Alaska: It's just a little frostbite.
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Barb reveals a secret from behind the camera about her lack of clothing, and comes-out to Jordan about a little bit of frostbite she's sustained while working outside. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. We'd never even BEEN to Alaska. Come watch our our origin story about our journey from the big city of Columbus, Ohi...
Rationing Water, and Desperate for a Shower
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The indignity of being unwashed cannot be understated, and when both trucks take turns breaking-down, we're forced to ration water for months on end, and Barb gets desperate for a shower. Jordan works to help find a solution to the burden that brings her to tears. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. We'd never even BEE...
A Day in the Life of Jordan: Preparing to get water and heat fuel in an Alaska winter
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This Day in the Life of Jordan episode films what occurs in his daily life about every 2-4 weeks in the winter here in Alaska, when Jordan prepares the trailer and truck to get water, fuel for heat, and gas for the generators. This was just a typical Sunday here, when he headed outside to continue his work, and I asked him to put on the GoPro to record the work he does for our little family. I ...
December Serenity
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Put on your headphones... December Serenity is from my private collection of videos that I watch when I just need to saturate myself with serenity and calm, and I decided to share it with my youtube family despite its untraditional youtube pace. Intentionally slow, simple, and easy on the eyes and nerves, the beautiful scenery of our home, coupled with the nostalgic and flowing song, Covered In...
Ice Storm: Trees down and everything's a mess
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Continuing our harsh winter theme of the year, we had a blustery ice storm that deposited a thick layer of ice, knocked down trees across the property, and just generally made a mess of everything inside the enclosure. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ We're Jordan and Barb, and we bought a hefty chunk of remote mountain forest in Alaska, sight unseen. We'd never even BEEN to Alaska. Come watch our our origin story a...
The Filthy Truth about Life in Remote Off-Grid Alaska
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The Filthy Truth about Life in Remote Off-Grid Alaska
It's like one of those icebergy cavern things.
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It's like one of those icebergy cavern things.
How many grumpy bears does it take to screw in a fascia board?
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How many grumpy bears does it take to screw in a fascia board?
Barb's Lupus Flare is Here, and We Have No Idea What We're Doing
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Barb's Lupus Flare is Here, and We Have No Idea What We're Doing
Snowblowing in a T-Shirt at 0°? Seriously?
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Snowblowing in a T-Shirt at 0°? Seriously?
The Beginnings of a Roof, and the End of an Era
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The Beginnings of a Roof, and the End of an Era
When Things Keep Going Wrong, Tempers Flare
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When Things Keep Going Wrong, Tempers Flare
The First Walls Go Up on our Off-Grid RV Enclosure!
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The First Walls Go Up on our Off-Grid RV Enclosure!
More Snow, Unloading Supplies, and Building the Floor
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More Snow, Unloading Supplies, and Building the Floor
Unloading a Connex off a Truck that's Stuck in the Mud
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Unloading a Connex off a Truck that's Stuck in the Mud
Hey guys we mis your videos. I love your way of life I hope you guys are ok. ?
Scrolling through my subscriptions and wondering if you survived winter, sold up or re grouped to get back in summer. Hope all is well with you and yours ❤
Simple living Alaska is my other favorite channel ❤ they are real too and have done amazing things
Your story is real life which is what brought me here. You are in my dream place. Alaska My husband thinks I am crazy. 😜 My husband is not outdoors like me and as I have gotten older my mind wants to do things that my body won’t let me do And yes it does suck. You guys bring us joy because you are so real and transparent with us. That’s so hard to find on u tube Appreciate y’all
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Miss you guys
I miss you guys, too.
Hi Barb. It's been awhile. We've all been through that horrible polar vortex, and I hope you and the chickens survived unscathed. Looking forward to your next installment of homesteading in Alaska. Sending warm regards and best wishes your way.
Hi Barb! Thank you for your message! I'm glad you're weathering the vortex! It's been weird weather here again this year. I've been wanting to update you all on what's going on here, and thanks to your comment, I think I'll do that in the community tab. 💜
Hope u r doin ok! So glad to see u!! Pray for a video soon!! 😊
Eek!!! Must have been a task! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you both! I hope you are doing well! Stay warm & safe! 💜🙏2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣
Good to see you today. Been awhile. Hope you both are well. Happy New Year from Cape Cod🎉. Hope to see you again soon✌️🥰🇺🇸
Yikes! That’s funny. Good to see you. Happy New Years!
Barb, it was a joy to sit and watch this video. thank you for the Q&A and all the chicken talk! I hope ya’ll are doing well! Peace blessings for the new year!
Happy new years Hope to see a video soon Miss you guys very much ❤
oh my goodness lol
Excioting. So happy for you!
Happy Holidays and hope you all are doing well.
Hi, I just discovered your channel, and you do have a beautiful voice! Actually this my second video to watch - my heart breaks for you and your husband after watching your video about the snow. I so wish I could do something to help, something to make things better. Hope to see you again soon
Go home to family till the summer, it’ll be for the best especially health wise 🌸
Its never too late to put markers up, the snow will hold them up until April.
My condolences for your loss 😢. My worries were for your dogs but I didn't even think about Beans. It's so hard to lose a member of the family. I've lost so many over the years both fur babies and friends and family, but no matter how many you lose it never gets easier.
I looked up Willow and it said that they get an average of 87 inches of snow so that means that some years they get a lot more than that, some years less. Some areas of Alaska, like Tok, get much less on average.
When we didn't have running water we did our laundry in the bathtub. We lived quite a while like that. Hang in there guys 💪
I'm just wondering why you can't melt snow for water?
An equipment shed would be a good addition to the homestead. Kudos to Jordan for hanging in there. A couple of years ago it was bitterly cold for a few days and since my neighbor had to work we traded off cutting the ice for the cows to drink on his pond and mine. I would go in the morning and he would go in the evening after work. It was so cold it froze up the chain on the chainsaw so we had to use an axe. I'm getting too old for that kind of stuff. Stay safe and warm 🙏
I remember the first time I went to Alaska many years ago and how amazingly beautiful it is.
You can have your hot coffee and ice coffee all in the same cup 😊.
Eric and Arielle make it all look so easy but it's anything but that. That's why not many people live up there. Bless y'all!
It's a winter wonderland! But I would hate to be out there building in it, but you have to do what you have to do. Growing up we had to get out and milk the cows and put out hay regardless of the weather and it had to be done every day. It taught me not to shrink back from adversity and things that are hard. Good job and good luck 👍🤞
Most dreams are not easy. That's why so many people never see theirs come to pass.
I would be worried to death about an eagle carrying off one of those precious fur babies. Where we live I have counted 23 bald eagles sitting in trees not far from the house. We also have coyotes that will kill a dog in a heartbeat, we've had it happen. Y'all take care 🙏
What is that old saying? When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Not sure what that means but it might apply somehow 🥴. I'm sure you have a chainsaw by now but it would have come in handy back then.
This is like watching a scary movie, yikes! May God watch over you guys!
Good to see the progress 👍
I've used the bucket on my tractor to get unstuck using a method similar to what he did with the truck. Glad he was able to work his way out 👏👌
I've been catching up on your journey and the drama is about to give me a heart attack! I can't even imagine what was going through your mind right about now although I guess one option would be to pack up and leave. Kudos for staying with your dream.
Most of the time if you don't have a good base, the more you drive on it, the soupier it gets. We had a driveway like that and had to have many dumptrucks of rock hauled in to make it solid.
With all the trees that were pushed down making the road you could have made a corduroy road through the low spots. I've seen other homesteaders use them and they last for years.
Growing up we had about 20-30 acres that were just about as swampy as that driveway. So instead of driving down the road and throwing the hay bales off the truck, over the ditch and then over the fence and then crawling over or under the fence to put them out, I often opted to try and drive through the field which resulted in getting stuck quite often. It's always a gamble but getting stuck is not my idea of fun 🥴.
It would be scary to be facing a winter up there and have so much to do to be prepared. We know you survived so all's well that ends well 🥶
Where is Andrew Camarata when you need him 😊. Looks like the guys are doing a good job. It must have cost a fortune to put in a driveway that long 😳. Dreams don't come cheap but hopefully it will be worth it 🙏
I know! @AndrewCamarata taught me everything I know about excavating and making a driveway!
I'm a little confused. The video says February 2022 but the post date is August 2023. Am I missing something?
I tire pretty easily, so filming + editing I cannot healthily do. Alaska building/snow clearing + filming + editing = Barb is 🤕😵☠️. So I have seasons... seasons of work and filming, and seasons of editing and telling the story of what just happened and where we are now. We lived through 2021 and I told the story mostly as we went along until the build really began. 2022 was just hard. Not a lot of editing that year, but a lot of filming. In late 2022 and early 2023, my family was very confused about stuff here. My posts and pictures on FB didn't align with the videos I was editing and publishing. They were out of sync, and the family was very confused about logistics, our progress, or where things were... there was a bigger clearing, there wasn't a bigger clearing... so much confusion. So in January, I made the "pink video" (czcams.com/video/l-2blCk4Yxk/video.html), for my mom, because I wanted her to see the highlights of what had happened in the build, and to help alleviate some of the confusion of where we were situated and what we'd done so far. I had 118 subscribers. For the whole 2 years, I'd had basically 118 subscribers. Then that video kinda blew-up, and literally overnight, I had a couple thousand subscribers, all wanting to see what was here and now. But I had the whole story to tell yet. So I hustled, and I made videos as fast as I could to tell the story up until now. It took 10 months of non-stop work to do it. Right now, we're in a work/rest phase. If things can calm down here, and the work can be a bit more structured and less physically exhausting, that might be a different story for the whole system I have. I might be able to work/film/edit/release quickly. But right now. I come inside and I'm pretty catatonic a lot of the time after working. So the videos have dates stamped on them for everyone to know exactly where they are in our timeline of events. I hope that helps you understand why things are kinda weird with the time posted and the timestamp on the videos. :) Thank you for watching through them. I'm watching your journey through the videos via your comments, and I do enjoy them so much!
It took a lot of courage to make this video and you are so right, life is hard and unfortunately it doesn't get much easier as you get older. It is what it is and we need to be thankful for each day.
Did you have to get an easement to put in the driveway? Beautiful piece of property!
It already existed. 😊
@@homeatlaska thank you, I saw that you explained in another video or maybe in the comments of one of your videos 👍😉
Are you allowed to fish in the lake?
As long as we have a fishing license. But I'm not sure it would be much fun... I think the pond is only 2' deep and no fish. But I could be wrong there.
@@homeatlaska well that's a bummer, but there are good places to fish all over Alaska.
Fires are no joke when you live out in the country, especially if you live in the woods. We try to keep a perimeter clear but when it's dry it's still scary.
Every lightning strike... yep.
I don't think bears are picky eaters so you might ought to be looking out 😊
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