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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

Miss you guys

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.

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'm a little confused. The video says February 2022 but the post date is August 2023. Am I missing something?

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!

Are you allowed to fish in the lake?

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.

I don't think bears are picky eaters so you might ought to be looking out 😊