Off-grid living in Colorado

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
  • Rodney Cook and his wife Kalin live with their two daughters, six grandchildren, a niece and a son-in-law on 40 acres of land in Colorado's San Luis Valley. The family gets their electricity from generators that they run just eight hours a day. They haul water in from a nearby artesian well. If they want a hot bath they have to boil their water on a gas stove. The Cooks have lived off the grid for 10 years and finds it difficult to imagine living anywhere else.
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Komentáře • 355

  • @MusicFandom
    @MusicFandom Před rokem +15

    I've lived poor, I've lived homeless, I've lived off-grid, I know for a fact you don't have to live trashy in any of those scenarios. All those poor kids being raised to believe it is ok to trash your property up, respect the land, all the junk can be scrapped, burned and buried.. Other than that, these people have it right.

    • @imaspier3
      @imaspier3 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Valid comment. Most of this people is a drug junkies unfortunately, sadly and poorly.

    • @undercoverbird8592
      @undercoverbird8592 Před 9 měsíci +2

      I would have the cleanest card board box with flower curtains! 😂

    • @dhand34
      @dhand34 Před 5 měsíci

      You saw all the liquor bottles too

  • @marcbranker5314
    @marcbranker5314 Před 4 lety +14

    I think this family is awesome! They will survive the chaos this country is heading towards while most will be crying and losing it. I just purchased land in San Luis Valley. I hope I get to meet them some day. I think veterans understand living without and making things work better than most, but look how most us the world treats us. The Cooks have the family values we all should have. God Bless them.

    • @charinacook6746
      @charinacook6746 Před 3 lety +1

      Marc Branker... that is the truth.. most people dont understand.. we are a big family we love each other.. and help each other all the time

    • @curtisgrace2389
      @curtisgrace2389 Před rokem

      I agree! As my brother and I are looking into buying land in San Luis Valley as well. Have some questions for you if you're still around.

    • @jimclark7233
      @jimclark7233 Před rokem

      MARC - are you going to dig a well, or haul water from town?? I'm going on the road full-time in a 30-foot trailer, but thinking about land that I can 'land on'. I have huge solar, but water is the problem. Your thoughts??

  • @rodtshoody506
    @rodtshoody506 Před 4 lety +64

    they have a life most people wouldn’t understand. They are FREE.

  • @Jackleonardbirt
    @Jackleonardbirt Před 3 lety +26

    I’ve watched this around 200 times and love it. Made me fully want to live off grid. Just about to in May. Been a 3 year journey & the tiny house is about to be built.

    • @kaneshap.6146
      @kaneshap.6146 Před 3 lety +1

      Congratulations!! Do you have a particular place in mind? I'm thinking Colorado when I get my money right.

    • @brymstoner
      @brymstoner Před 3 lety

      @@kaneshap.6146 Doesn't take much. There's land in most high desert towns for ~$5k that range from 1-5 acres. This trend is definitely not unique to CO. You'll find them from NV to TX and everywhere in between. Should probably act quickly though. Billionaires like Gates are snatching up land quicker than ever before.

    • @kaneshap.6146
      @kaneshap.6146 Před 3 lety +1

      @@brymstoner yeah I know. As if they don't already have too much. 🙄 My main concern would be my safety though, so I'd have to research an area then act. I've been looking around and the prices for some places are so so cheap. But then I'd have to worry about water constantly, or depend on having a store nearby which I wouldn't want to do. Thank you! :)

    • @brymstoner
      @brymstoner Před 3 lety

      @@kaneshap.6146 SLV is pretty good for that. Gas and food supplies are available relatively nearby. Maybe upto an hour each way depending on where you're located. And they see decent enough rainfall in the valley. But iirc, there are restrictions now on how much you can collect. rowing in the ground is a bit futile though. best to grown in large tubs / containers / barrels. And specifically to the valley, avoid using the Rio Grande - it's contaminated by litter pollution and probably more.

  • @mad_gotti8868
    @mad_gotti8868 Před 4 lety +10

    Wow I used to work at valley meat the butcher shop and I remember Kevin picking up all our scraps for his pack of dogs this is mind blowing!!!

    • @mad_gotti8868
      @mad_gotti8868 Před 3 lety

      @Miguel Cortez for free scraps he did

    • @TheBenrogue
      @TheBenrogue Před 26 dny

      Wolf dogs need a lot of protein. If not, they'll find it on their own. I wouldn't want to live next to a wolf-dog pack being held in with four-foot ag fence.

  • @suzycowan5072
    @suzycowan5072 Před 5 lety +25

    There are a lot of things that worry and bother me about this video. This family lives more of a forced off-grid living than they do prepper style off-grid living. With all of those people living there, they should not be living in so much filth, what I mean to say is that there are plenty of them to get the place cleaned up a bit for those children.

  • @zerokool-2058
    @zerokool-2058 Před 5 lety +74

    Nothing wrong with them living the way they want.. they look at peace.!
    With that being said, I would say just clean up the place a bit and that’s all.

    • @damonrobles149
      @damonrobles149 Před 4 lety +5

      ZEROKOOL-20 they are definitely meth heads

    • @christinacalloway7114
      @christinacalloway7114 Před 4 lety +5

      Most people are scared of other people who live differently than most. I see Nothing wrong with living off the grid our ancestors lived off the grid because electricity, toilets, plumbing, computers and the internet weren’t around back then. These people live one with the earth in a modern society. These people are probably smarter than most because they have to do whatever it is that is needed with limited access.

    • @nalimikari6936
      @nalimikari6936 Před 4 lety +1

      And what about there children? Dont they have right to meet somebody and make there own familys ? What kind of life is it?🤔

    • @danterosales9392
      @danterosales9392 Před 4 lety +1

      @@nalimikari6936 the kind where when you grow up, you grown. if they wanna leave and make their lives elsewhere, theyre allowed to. they just dont, it seems.

    • @roonbare2769
      @roonbare2769 Před 4 lety +9

      @@damonrobles149 at least you get it lol. No particular reason an off grid situation has to look like a demilitarized zone after world war three. There is enough ppl there to keep that place spotless ....build sod houses or dugouts like the pioneers did...but nah....just cram 12 ppl into trailers and get yo meth cookin .

  • @kalincook8151
    @kalincook8151 Před 4 lety +11

    Everyone of u commenting thought we were crazy for living like this.....look at what us hapoening right now.....we have enough food to feed our family for a year+.....what do u think now huh

    • @traciiv504
      @traciiv504 Před 3 lety +1

      I live in San luis!♡ I absolutely love it here, I've lived here all my life!

    • @kalincook8151
      @kalincook8151 Před 3 lety +1

      We actually didn't know they were doing meth at the time.....when we found out we kicked them off the property.....we have 6 grandkids living out here, we couldn't have them out here......we don't do drugs

    • @JewelzFin
      @JewelzFin Před 3 lety

      Not everyone thinks that. I bought 36 acres out there a year ago; literally months before Covid became an emergency situation. I love it out there. I'm glad the county chose to enforce codes that will steer away what the adults in this family chose to engage in. I feel bad for the children.

    • @elleburnett3766
      @elleburnett3766 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kalincook8151 ... I get your lifestyle, don't listen to the nay sayers... their problem will be huge when the coming storm catches them by surprise. Keep canning and drying food, get those water storages filled, expand that. All hell is about to break loose. Blessings to those who walk in light footsteps.

    • @kalincook8151
      @kalincook8151 Před 3 lety +3

      @@elleburnett3766 since this video was done by our friend who used to work for the Denver Post we have had a water well drilled, so we have water on the property and we have solar power now so we have come a ways since this was done on us
      Julian Overton my grandkids love it out here they do not want to live anywhere else....my grandkids have been taught how to survive....now with the STORM that is coming with the idiot that is our president they will survive this where so many children are going to perish because their parents didn't teach them the stuff we taught these kids out here....you should feel sorry for those kids that aren't going to survive the storm coming not my grandkids

  • @jjoliver813
    @jjoliver813 Před 2 lety +8

    I lived like this for a year and a half, moving this month. Some people can do it and are truly happy. I just can't! It's hard. I'm a city girl and used to having running water from the city and electricity. And be able to take as long as showers or baths as I wanted. This life is hard especially with children. My son is 3 now and it's not a life I want for my son. The isolation is very hard. I'm used to seeing people and hanging out and going to malls restaurants go see a movie ect. Their is none of that when you live so secluded like this. Me and my family live in the mountains in Colorado. I moved out here because of my fiance and he waned to be close to his dad. I was a bit uneducated and unaware of how hard it be. I feel like a fish out of water especially for a black girly girl. It's scary at night! Bears terrify me! I did it for my fiance, but I can't do it no longer!

    • @ShebaPhD
      @ShebaPhD Před 2 lety

      I’m headed off grid very soon from the city. I will miss the baths the most.

    • @TheBenrogue
      @TheBenrogue Před 26 dny

      You've got my respect for moving out to the middle of nowhere for your fiancé. I hope he appreciated it. I can't imagine being a "black girly girl" who likes the benefits of city life being at home out here. I hope you didn't run into any racial discrimination, but I'm sure you caught some flak for being a "city girl" or "outsider." I'm old and retired and originally from a town of 250, so I'm comfortable here, but if my grown kids come to visit we usually make arrangements to meet in Taos, which has much greater options for dining and shopping and enjoying the conveniences of modern life. I hope you found a happy place for you and your son.

  • @bigern9092
    @bigern9092 Před 6 lety +42

    WOW unbelievable I can't believe the comments I'm reading who are you to judge how people live BIG THANKS to Rodney and his family for allowing us to see different ways to live off grid and you sr. are right not many could do what you do

    • @kebrinacook8247
      @kebrinacook8247 Před 6 lety +2

      Josh u are right I was watching kids all the time and this is not right saying shit about my family.. Brandy about died and u were a big help out here.. And my dishes are clean.. And yes my uncle gets mad but he loves all of us.. U guys have no idea what it is to be like to feel like ur family don't love u...

    • @kalincook8151
      @kalincook8151 Před 5 lety +4

      Ernie some of the comments being made by James johnson, MMAfighting warrior, jungle skunk, etc are people that used to live on our property....they were living in their car so we gave them a place to live, we treated them like family, which they trashed....as for the meth comment by them, we do not do meth, make meth or sell meth....as a matter of fact there was no meth out there til they brought it onto the property.....as so as we found out we had the sheriff come remove them.....it was their actions that got them kicked off the propery

    • @Sammy-qz3os
      @Sammy-qz3os Před 3 lety

      You think it's ok to be poor and struggle because you are a low achiever, lazy with no belief system within yourself. I hope to God you don't have kids.

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Sammy-qz3os my kids will out like every city kid out there, you know we haven't ever get COVID because we have what we call an immune system, we haven't ever wearn a mask, and we are doing fine, when there are people dying in cities all over, so maybe you should rethinking your shit. Sheepel

    • @drillsergeant623
      @drillsergeant623 Před 2 lety

      We’re humans, we all can judge.

  • @davidtate166
    @davidtate166 Před 5 lety +19

    Very skilled people to do this👍😁

  • @ladybug6055
    @ladybug6055 Před 4 lety +12

    Your family is beautiful. The thing I notice most is the smiles and the laughter coming from your children you can tell they are loved and happy to have one another. You guys seem to all work together as a family as well. I hope you do get that house you was talking about right their on that very land. Blessings to you all. 💋

    • @kotabug3076
      @kotabug3076 Před 3 lety +3

      We have gotten our house and thank you so much I am Charina's oldest Lakota...thank yoi

    • @charinacook6746
      @charinacook6746 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes I actually now have a 5 bedroom house.. thank you

    • @kotabug3076
      @kotabug3076 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Goombah-In-The-Woods hello yes..u needed me to message u??

  • @JoshuaShepherd
    @JoshuaShepherd Před 5 lety +27

    It's interesting how selective people are with who they honor. The man is a disabled vet. People here in the comments seem to figure he's unworthy of any respect. Perhaps if he was a more presentable, tidy vet those same folks might ask him to appear in their symbolic flag-waving parades.
    In spite of some obvious bleakness in the Cook family, they've scratched out an existence from pretty impossible circumstances, and have managed to find some joy and happiness in the process.

    • @janesmith9024
      @janesmith9024 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes, they are just a different class from some of us - they smoke, like wrestling etc. Nothing wrong with it - just different although I am not sure he is that disabled as he seems to move heavy farm stuff around.

  • @TonyHookedonVanlife
    @TonyHookedonVanlife Před 6 lety +53

    Quite misleading, as if "off-grid" equates to living in squalor or being a simpleton. (I am NOT dissing the family shown, just pointing out the obvious bias of the filmmaker)

  • @aiai4u109
    @aiai4u109 Před 3 lety +5

    This is a hard life but the serenity is worth more than all the gold in the world

  • @CrestoneEnergyFair
    @CrestoneEnergyFair Před 3 lety +7

    Awesome video! Saguache county in the SLV has no building codes and a lot of folks building off grid and trying to build sustainable communities !

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 2 lety +1

      They do now and they kicked off our land we that we own

    • @anelsnchz
      @anelsnchz Před 2 lety

      @@brandymotter9838 I replied to one of your post. I would love to come visit and get a tour of the surrounding area is that something the family would be intrested in? Let me know if so I can bring goods or cash.

  • @bettycampos8001
    @bettycampos8001 Před 5 lety +4

    Both my parents were raised off the grid growing up. My mother in New Mexico & Father in Colorado. They learned hard work at an early age. My parents chose to raise us in the State of California, they wanted more opportunity for us, to have things they didn't have growing up. Every summer my parents took my brother's, sister's & myself, back to their roots, showed us where they lived. Pretty interesting.

    • @bettycampos8001
      @bettycampos8001 Před 5 lety

      If people choose to live off grid, that's their choice, nothing wrong with it.
      As long as your at peace and enjoy life.

  • @OwnerBuildersUnite
    @OwnerBuildersUnite Před 3 lety +6

    You guys are doing it! Hello from a fellow San Luis Valley neighbor!

  • @frontiersmanselfreliance3621

    A lot of red flags in this video.

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 5 lety +4

      Frontiersman Self Reliance, and you show red flags, being mean rude and judgmental

    • @jamesjohnson9668
      @jamesjohnson9668 Před 5 lety +10

      Right on the head a bunch of meth heads

    • @kalincook8151
      @kalincook8151 Před 5 lety +10

      They are the ones that brought the meth out here.....as soon as we found out that they were bringing meth and other drugs out here we kicked them off the property, had the sheriff come remove them....after we gave them a place to live, which they destroyed, since they were living in their car, treated them like family and fed them for a yr

    • @mrssperry6562
      @mrssperry6562 Před 5 lety +2

      @@brandymotter9838 well IMO I see insest. Not sure if I spelled that right.

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 4 lety +1

      @Lewis C. we are though the USDA, and the come every year, to look at the pens

  • @shuwzi1348
    @shuwzi1348 Před 2 lety +2

    Guys please dont worry about the kids, one of them is my friend and she is perfectly fine

  • @hasdkoi
    @hasdkoi Před 3 lety +7

    I actually know these people, the little girl went to my school, has a cousin that's awesome

    • @leelunk8235
      @leelunk8235 Před 2 lety

      BS

    • @hasdkoi
      @hasdkoi Před 2 lety

      @@leelunk8235 I am quite literally sitting next to one of the kids in the Vid, his name is Wyatt Motter

    • @leelunk8235
      @leelunk8235 Před 2 lety

      @@hasdkoi OH OK COOL

    • @shuwzi1348
      @shuwzi1348 Před 2 lety

      BRO ONE OF THE PEOPLW HERE IS MY BEST FRIEND IM AT HER HOUSE NOW

    • @hasdkoi
      @hasdkoi Před 2 lety

      @@shuwzi1348 what's her name

  • @reverendmysticfogg
    @reverendmysticfogg Před 3 lety +5

    HAPPY
    plain
    simple
    honest
    HAPPY
    In our disposable society they live a life we all wish for yet so very few honestly achieve.

  • @Dollsteak69
    @Dollsteak69 Před 3 lety +7

    Notice how the kids are actually doing something productive. Learning real skills.

  • @billm5433
    @billm5433 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I grew up in the Valley. I left in 1968 and will be returning in a few years. I’m going to build a small 16’x48’ 1 bed 1 bath home. I’ll be using solar power and the property I own now has a well and water rights.

  • @Nardiumms
    @Nardiumms Před 3 lety +7

    Nowhere West of the Mississippi has more Appalachia vibes than the San Luis valley

  • @tmzz3609
    @tmzz3609 Před 3 lety +9

    I literally can not think of any reasons to have so many wolves

    • @kalincook8151
      @kalincook8151 Před 2 lety +3

      Because we love them......those wolves were my babies

  • @dontknow2949
    @dontknow2949 Před 3 lety +4

    Kids deserve a better future

  • @livesimple8441
    @livesimple8441 Před 6 lety +23

    It’s by choice if you’re happy where you are and what you are doing? Carry on!

    • @joshdobson4685
      @joshdobson4685 Před 3 lety

      Those kids are not there by choice its horrible

    • @brymstoner
      @brymstoner Před 3 lety +1

      @@joshdobson4685 and yet they're fed, watered, clothed and attend school. What have you achieved, aside from boasting on an empty channel about being a pro gamer? An existence, btw, which was only made possible because of men like the head of this family who evidently faught in wars to let you frivolously judge. Walk a mile in their shoes before you start throwing stones.

  • @lukeherrington8555
    @lukeherrington8555 Před 2 lety +2

    Dunno why they are trying to depict off grid living as sad and unhealthy.
    Off grid living is life.

  • @NCuffs
    @NCuffs Před 5 lety +13

    Living off the grid? Government aid? Doh! How does that work?

    • @JewelzFin
      @JewelzFin Před 3 lety +4

      It works by serving in the military and either getting medically discharged or retiring. The father is a veteran.

  • @anelsnchz
    @anelsnchz Před 2 lety +2

    I want to come visit! Is that a possibility im about to buy land I think near you all. I am willing to pay for my stay and a tour of the area if your family is willing to have me?!

  • @dmitrikguajardo6006
    @dmitrikguajardo6006 Před 3 lety +4

    At least they dont have any karens calling cops

  • @moore5am
    @moore5am Před rokem

    I bought 2 5 acre parcels right there in san luis moving in December there off-grid living gonna put container homes, solar power,well and septic. so excited

    • @TheBenrogue
      @TheBenrogue Před 26 dny

      You might want to do a little research about what you can and can't put on your property (i.e. container homes). This isn't a territory anymore.

  • @molivar5
    @molivar5 Před 3 lety +4

    Beautiful way of life. Most kids nowadays are stuck on tablets or phones and can’t use their imagination for crap, spoiled and have zero life skills other than eating tide pods! These kiddos will grow up with a healthy respect for both land and animals! I applaud them!

  • @theoceandragonfly
    @theoceandragonfly Před 4 lety +6

    If all of you are happy in living that way then wonderful. Love and light and blessings.

  • @tysonkonken6184
    @tysonkonken6184 Před 4 lety +1

    Living off grid doesn't mean living in filth. Clean your shit!

  • @Marco-yv1fo
    @Marco-yv1fo Před 4 lety +3

    I love these people !

  • @adventureswithwolfdogs2110

    we are also off grid .. Hoping to find a place to work the land..we have wolves horses a wagon(we live in)and have been off grid now for 8 yrs...would yall be willimg to allow us to come live and help and servive...???bless your family..

  • @lesgrant7861
    @lesgrant7861 Před 5 lety +9

    I'm seriously thinking about doing my own version of this outside of Alamosa, CO. Selling my house to buy 5-10 acres of land and build a big metal garage and live out of my class A RV inside the garage and commute to the city for work.I have no wife or kids just my dog and I. I will utilize solar power, & pay to have electricity and a water well , I have no plans to have livestock right now. I will be still on the grid, and still work but I hope to have a better overall quality of life than the city can offer or at the very least come back with an life experience.

    • @marcrichardson2094
      @marcrichardson2094 Před 5 lety

      Westcliff

    • @micahmay5679
      @micahmay5679 Před 4 lety +1

      I will be buying land out their in February and start building. You should stay in touch with me. Maybe we can help eachother out on building our own

    • @ShebaPhD
      @ShebaPhD Před 2 lety +1

      Did you do it? I’m considering.

    • @HanseaticConsortium
      @HanseaticConsortium Před 6 měsíci

      I just relocated to Alamosa. Lol interesting folks outs here for sure

  • @John-ps6ce
    @John-ps6ce Před 5 lety +2

    Don't judge these people...live and let live. The adults have a choice and the young'uns will soon enough.
    My only concern is the big fire coming out of that crazy cook stove. What the heck is up with that?

  • @judylong2479
    @judylong2479 Před 3 lety +2

    They all look happy&with family, more power 2 them.:-)

    • @crowflight3988
      @crowflight3988 Před 3 lety

      Looks can be deceiving. Watch it again and listen more closely. There is enough subtext here to fill volumes.

  • @OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY
    @OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY Před 6 lety +43

    wow, exploited a family so it fits right into the crappy narrative

    • @ocruadlaoic
      @ocruadlaoic Před 6 lety +8

      OFF GRID with DOUG & STACY
      Ye was just thinking didn't the local govt shut down a few off the grid properties in colorado? Maybe just the well kempt ones and they let ones like this go on to make example of. It's pretty clear this piece is going for shock and awe here, patronizing. They should showcase some other examples that are a bit cleaner that show the greater potential and efficiency of off the grid living.

    • @GypsyVictorious
      @GypsyVictorious Před 6 lety +1

      The FightingWarrior that is truly awful :(

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 5 lety +4

      muirthilevincit , and you have no right judging anyone, that is gods job not yours

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 5 lety +2

      GypsyVictorious , and no one cares what you think

    • @trwsandford
      @trwsandford Před 5 lety +5

      Exactly. Not how I'd live, but I can show you people that live worse than this in the suburbs. I'd love to see a film about people living in filth in the suburbs... oh, wait.. yeah they already have those.

  • @stargilbert9278
    @stargilbert9278 Před 4 lety +1

    You'all best not be thinking you know what's best for someone else...Someone might start thinking they know what's best for YOU

  • @Buzzard67
    @Buzzard67 Před 4 měsíci

    I grew up in the Valley, I love it there.

  • @NealD
    @NealD Před 6 lety +7

    At least put in a cheap windmills or run some pipe to the well and build a mini water tower out of that cistern, to pressurize it! Invest in some cinder blocks and build a super insulated little hut to put your fridge and freezer in to keep the cold in them and give more room to vent the heat out. (Pretty silly to run a fridge and freezer inside in the winter.)

  • @kellstat
    @kellstat Před rokem

    They look like their from Parsons! That makes sense. It's all coming together now...

  • @GypsyVictorious
    @GypsyVictorious Před 6 lety +14

    Lord have mercy.

  • @marysellers3923
    @marysellers3923 Před 5 lety +3

    God bless you all. Thanks for your service.,!!!My brother is a disabled vet!God bless y'all!rabbits are good in stew!be safe!❤🙏

  • @richfarfugnuven6308
    @richfarfugnuven6308 Před 4 lety +5

    Methamphetamine Is a hell of a drug...

    • @TheBenrogue
      @TheBenrogue Před 26 dny

      And the people who live there got rid of the tweakers.

  • @jameshutto3047
    @jameshutto3047 Před 5 lety +3

    Looks like a good life if you do it right

  • @rogelioguerra28
    @rogelioguerra28 Před 5 lety +3

    I don’t understand why people are so judgmental. This man is a family man raising his family the way he knows best. My father owned and operated his ironworks company in San Diego, Ca. One day he became fed up with the city and decided to sell everything and move to Mexico to start his dream of owning a farm. I didn’t understand his decision back then. In 2003 I was injured serving in the United States Marine Corps. I came home to San Diego and things didn’t seem the same. It was almost suffocating to live in a city. My father asked if I could help him at his ranch in Mexico as he was now in old age having trouble maintaining his ranch. My family and I moved there to help. There where no cell phones, computers or internet. Caring for horses and cattle was a very peaceful way to live. In the evenings every one would gather around a fire and sing to my uncle playing his guitar, or we would just talk and stair at the stars. In 2010 my family and I moved back to the states after my older brother had a stroke at the age of 38. He was at the time doing very well financially, but the pressure of his work had him in very poor health. We still live in the states where life seems too fast to enjoy. I like to think back to those peaceful nights under the stars and hope to one day return to a simpler life with no traffic lights or WiFi. People seem much friendlier and peaceful.

  • @davidtate166
    @davidtate166 Před 5 lety +4

    Work as a team ❤ a family thing.

  • @adventureswithwolfdogs2110

    we are also already self maintained AND familer with the colorado weather...give us a shout out

  • @cmillar849
    @cmillar849 Před 4 lety +2

    Freedom is what it's all about, good luck to all who choose this way of life. Jack D.

  • @eternallyinternal
    @eternallyinternal Před 2 lety +1

    If they were Black they would've called CPS and issues all types of zoning violation tickets.

  • @timlisa2003
    @timlisa2003 Před 2 lety +1

    I wonder how many government checks go to that household

  • @missadda8890
    @missadda8890 Před 3 lety

    Disabled? He looks more than capable and strong a prerequisite if you are going to live off grid,its way easier to work a corporate job and have a bolthole in the mountains to getaway but kudos to those who want to take on the neverending workload while they are young.

  • @joemcjoe8382
    @joemcjoe8382 Před 5 lety +10

    Even I would clean my stove for a camera crew.

  • @RippSnortin
    @RippSnortin Před 6 lety +3

    8:25...way out there and all that fencing.....

  • @richardwatts3619
    @richardwatts3619 Před 5 lety

    FOR A GOOD HEATER,SOLID STEEL,WITH STOVE PIPE.INSIDE A RAILROAD TI, OR TELEPHONE POLE.TAKE A DIESEL TANK,AND A SMALL HOSE,DRIP FUEL ON THE LOG.THE LOG NEVER BURNS UP.I SAW THIS ON RIG 8.SANTAFE.

  • @myrongaines5542
    @myrongaines5542 Před 3 lety +3

    Daughter appears to have a heroin addiction.

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 2 lety +1

      The fat guy you see in the video him and his oldest son were doing meth, but they were lacing the pot we smoked together, I don't know until after they left, and I started to have withdrawals from it they about killed me, and know I have trust issues, and still suffering from it, so before you judge someone maybe get the facts first

  • @nickbaugh2034
    @nickbaugh2034 Před rokem

    Do you rent out dry camping spots for the summer?

  • @kiza4178
    @kiza4178 Před 6 lety +5

    living the best way they know, I understand the confines of town !

  • @joedoakes8307
    @joedoakes8307 Před 3 lety +2

    This video should be titled.......How to live a Junky Lifestyle , with NO Money ! Once it starts dropping below ZERO , how are they going to properly keep their KIDS WARM ? ALL their water related pipes are going to freeze SOLID !

    • @frankiethefrog1752
      @frankiethefrog1752 Před 3 lety

      Obviously they have it figured out. Been there for years dumb ass.

  • @stephensullivan8340
    @stephensullivan8340 Před 6 lety +6

    He does a lot of work being disabled?

    • @skylerwaite
      @skylerwaite Před 4 lety +2

      Not all disabilities are visible. $1400/mo with SocSec & VA probably puts him at 20-30% disability, max. Looks like he's doing the best he can with the hand he was dealt, which is more than a lot of people can say.

  • @gregorysmyth6707
    @gregorysmyth6707 Před 4 lety +5

    "On the first of the month when I get my checks.."
    Says the guy who hates the "gubmint."

    • @JewelzFin
      @JewelzFin Před 4 lety +7

      Well he served in the military for that money as well. So you can kick rocks.

  • @user-nj3bt4sn9v
    @user-nj3bt4sn9v Před 7 měsíci

    We're can I get a puppy from

  • @jdsullivan38
    @jdsullivan38 Před 4 lety +2

    Hit piece against those who decide to live outside of the system

  • @celsopdacunha000
    @celsopdacunha000 Před 4 lety +1

    So much trash around the place. If they kept it clean, it would give a much better impression. People to do that they have.

  • @jkim47ill
    @jkim47ill Před 3 lety +3

    God, why is this so depressing?

  • @kurmatt8916
    @kurmatt8916 Před 5 lety +10

    why the hell would u have kids living like this smh

    • @kurmatt8916
      @kurmatt8916 Před 4 lety

      @@frankfalkenburry5373 they r happy untill they all get diseased from drinking rain water

    • @kurmatt8916
      @kurmatt8916 Před 4 lety

      @@frankfalkenburry5373 with all the crap they dump in the ground these days ill stick with my purified water

  • @THEBOSS-vn2ky
    @THEBOSS-vn2ky Před 3 lety

    GOD BLESS YOU ALL

  • @goinker4life815
    @goinker4life815 Před 6 lety +12

    Reminds me of Texas Chainsaw.

  • @SouthernHeadHunter
    @SouthernHeadHunter Před 2 lety

    That’s the life I strive for. Simple. As god intended.

  • @sativasisterscannabisoil9235

    Brilliant. Very inspiring 👍🏼

  • @davidtate166
    @davidtate166 Před 5 lety +2

    A lot of people live off grid.or would like to.

  • @luciddreamwalking4203
    @luciddreamwalking4203 Před 7 měsíci

    They should make a family vlog for some extra cash. I'm fairly sure it would do well... 😊

  • @raymondmoore2707
    @raymondmoore2707 Před 2 lety +1

    You need a lot of cats up there there’s a lot of rodents. Off grid is hard unless your infantry.

  • @khiemluong4591
    @khiemluong4591 Před 4 lety +1

    I mean the kids are happy, but I guess they are not old enough to realize that bathing in dirt water is not exactly healthy

  • @AJourneyOfYourSoul
    @AJourneyOfYourSoul Před rokem

    Why do people like this never keep their property and living conditions cleaned up. Always in filth.

    • @TheBenrogue
      @TheBenrogue Před 26 dny

      They won't get trash service out there and driving to the landfill is probably not a priority. It's not as beautiful and pristine as life in urban America (sarcasm).

  • @Ghostworks999
    @Ghostworks999 Před 2 lety

    Can you live off grid in or around park county Colorado anybody know?

  • @freetospeak7
    @freetospeak7 Před 6 lety +6

    looks peaceful

  • @deankoch7305
    @deankoch7305 Před 4 lety

    Hi. Can I buy a Wolf cub from you? I just moved here from Florida. Been looking into finding a RV or trailer to put on my property to live in. A Wolf would be great to watch the place. I'm near the 7 miles off the highway down Rio Grande Rd and near the river.

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 3 lety +1

      We haven't had any wolf cub here lately 🙂

    • @TheBenrogue
      @TheBenrogue Před 26 dny

      "A wolf would be great to watch the place." Yeah, that's what wolves do.

  • @sadovnik1204voron
    @sadovnik1204voron Před 4 lety

    Happy holidays...have a nice Christmas...Greetings from Russia.....

  • @theblondeone8426
    @theblondeone8426 Před 2 lety

    legit - always wondered how ppl there live in trailers and now i know

  • @ginaseale8590
    @ginaseale8590 Před 5 lety +2

    Clean that place up!

    • @hasdkoi
      @hasdkoi Před 3 lety

      The people that live there are in a abusive house hold, I know them personally, please think before you comment

  • @richardwatts3619
    @richardwatts3619 Před 5 lety

    MY THOUGHTS WERE A BIG BARN FIRST, ALL THE PETS,AND TOYS,AND TOOLS ARE SAFE INSIDE.THOSE OLD BARNS BECAME CHURCHES,AND BED AND BREAKFAST'S.

  • @fritzschwanserhauser2266

    It looked like the poor wolves cage was full of poop! Unclean conditions, dirty water!

  • @nickbaugh2034
    @nickbaugh2034 Před rokem

  • @ztjaenisch
    @ztjaenisch Před 5 lety +2

    So much trash everywhere. Gross af.

  • @coultermyers7672
    @coultermyers7672 Před 3 lety

    I live out side of center

  • @smokefree08
    @smokefree08 Před 6 lety +4

    Pet bed bugs, too.

    • @RippSnortin
      @RippSnortin Před 6 lety +4

      smokefree08 that place was beyond bed bugs

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 5 lety +1

      And you are very rude

    • @jamesjohnson9668
      @jamesjohnson9668 Před 5 lety +2

      Nasty pieces of trash the place and the people meth comes to mind

    • @kalincook8151
      @kalincook8151 Před 5 lety +2

      They used to live out here, there was no meth out there til they started bringing meth and other drugs out here we kicked them off, had the sheriff come remove them
      They were homeless, living in their car so we gave them a place to live, which they destroyed, we treated them like family, we fed them for a yr
      They are just mad because we found out about them and the meth and got rid of them

    • @StreetBeefsFighter
      @StreetBeefsFighter Před 5 lety

      @@kalincook8151 that's the dumbest lie I've ever heard. You shouldn't make lies that reflect your own misdoings trying to push your insecurities onto others. You all deserve to get your asses beat lol. Rodney Abuses his grandchildren, Kalin for lying habitually trying to slander the names of better people. There is nothing I have to even say to prove I'm better than everyone on that property just watch my videos it's clear to see that I'm healthy, happy, clean and safe. I'm not sorry in any way that you all can't say the same.

  • @borktheswedishchef1190
    @borktheswedishchef1190 Před 6 lety +4

    7:02 lololololol

    • @RippSnortin
      @RippSnortin Před 6 lety

      Bork The Swedish Chef he almost lost it that first shot.

  • @leelunk8235
    @leelunk8235 Před 2 lety

    MORE FULLFILLING LIFE THAN MINE IN THE CITY I'LL TELL YOU THAT

  • @Sammy-qz3os
    @Sammy-qz3os Před 3 lety +3

    So sad. My heart goes out to these poor kids. If anyone thinks it's ok to struggle and not be the the best that you can be, then you have head issues and I pray to Jesus you don't ever have kids.

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 3 lety +2

      No I think you need to get right with god, you see I can careless about money because it is one of the most deadliest sins, it's called greedy, and I will not allow my children to be corrupted by the evil in money hungry and greedy world, I will pray for you and your evil greedy ways, god have Mercy on your evil greedy soul

    • @manuelsanchezdeinigo3959
      @manuelsanchezdeinigo3959 Před 2 lety

      It is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into heaven... Jesus said sell all your belongings and follow him

  • @dhand34
    @dhand34 Před 5 měsíci

    looks like they spent more on booze than anything. I bet those wolfdogs never got vet care either

  • @chrisstucky2261
    @chrisstucky2261 Před 3 lety +1

    They live off government aid. That's not living off the land.

    • @brandymotter9838
      @brandymotter9838 Před 3 lety +1

      Have you lived off the land do you know what it's like do you know what it feels like for hunger pains because you have to figure out which plants are edible what you can eat that won't poison you and kill you are you the kind of person that can go out with pocket knife and a toothpick and build a shopping mall about guarantee you me my sister and my brother could probably out live half of the world especially if we were up in the mountains see what people don't realize we didn't tell him this story that when we were younger I was first grade my sister was kindergarten my brother was Head start we lived up in the mountains of Weezer around the time Ruby ridge was happening and we ended up being visited by FBI agents all that good crap so on so forth but later on we learned what we could could not eat we learned how to make stuff did you know you could eat cattail I know I'm not meeting the actual cat it is a plant that you see that grows near water you can eat the green part that is up top you can fry it up and eat it or you can take a crumble it up once it gets a little I think it's about when it's green when you can do it you crumble it off the little stick and it's like flour you dig down further you feel the little Spurs coming off the bottom of the deal with our roots you pull it up you cut those off you eat them the stocks you can eat the stocks they're literally taste like a cucumber mulberries tumbleberries let's see blueberries raspberries clover and you can eat purple clover what else is there there's a whole bunch I just got to go through and remember all of this since it's been years but to this day if someone dropped me out in the mountains and about guarantee I could walk out alive and find my way back cuz a lot of people don't know like city folk have no idea how to get out of woods the way I remembered it as a moss always grows on the north side if you are upstream you follow it downstream see there's a lot of things you guys don't know that you criticize us about oh it's trashy well you come out here and have 40 acres and freaking pick up the trash and see how hard it is to keep the trash from blowing everywhere because here in our valley where I'm at I ain't got no freaking wind blocks like y'all doing City so whatever blows from farms three four miles out ends up here but of course nowadays people have to criticize and be horrible to other people which is really wrong and stupid people really need to wake up yeah my dad does get social security but my father is also a vet two I get social security for my daughter because she is disabled so maybe you guys ought to get the whole story first before you start criticizing it's not nice

    • @TheBenrogue
      @TheBenrogue Před 26 dny

      @@brandymotter9838 I doubt 1% of the people commenting here could walk in your shoes. They would have blisters and be crying for moleskin.

  • @margaretclemens9553
    @margaretclemens9553 Před 6 lety +10

    Clean your area up

  • @vdiaz923
    @vdiaz923 Před 4 lety

    This looks like something off a scary movie....creepy af lol

  • @davidtate166
    @davidtate166 Před 5 lety

    Not that bad.cheap living.its a little hard bugouting bushcrafting.