My journey to life on the #water and #diy #boat #dog #cat on the boat. #minimalist #tiny #tinyhometour Sorry no music all information this time. Next week will be lots of music and another Sponsor.
I have a honda lawnmower.Never did anything but change plug,oil of course,and blades.Its still going 20 years later.In the winter,i always run it out of gas.Never any difficulty starting when winter is over.
Thanks for sharing. Admire you for disconnecting and living the life you want. Free and at peace. Kudos to you. That's good you're pondering all the options. I'm sure the right one will come to you in the right time. 😊👋☮️🎶☀️🌳🌎
Going solar mate will make an even bigger difference to your life of freedom and your pocket, trust me, l do the same only l do it by caravan, best of luck mate, enjoy
I hear ya, my battery set up was free from sponsorship, and if a company wanted to sponsor us with solar, I would jump on it... Thanks bud... I appreciate you watching 👍
Yes to all of it with some exceptions. At 71, single, with the skill set to build but now lacking the physical abilities of my youth, and after a few years of planning, I’ve started building a pontoon based houseboat. Twenty four foot tritoon with a 16’ cabin. The major differences; my helm is located at the front of the cabin for maximum visibility. Because I’m not going to be around forever, I’m building a boat with an eye to my heirs selling it, if they choose to. So, I’m building in amenities that I personally can live without but will make the boat attractive to potential buyers after I’m gone. So, solar, air conditioning, onboard potable water, a toilet, a tankless water heater, and the requisite wastewater tanks are part of the plan. My windows, doors and dual fuel appliances are salvaged from RVs. Because I’m in southern Ontario, my insulation needs have to meet the requirements for 4 season living in our cold-ish winters. Since discovering your channel some time ago, I’ve become an avid follower cuz your an inspiration to me. Thank you!
Been Following for a while now... Of my Top Ten List of your episodes.... this one is definatly the Top 3. WHere you came from, how you got there, and the overall goal. You live my life..... only 5 years ahead of me. Love your content.... Keep the camera rolling my northern friend. Thumbs up as always
I use my dinghy every day..I also have my Hewescraft..but for bringing both my dogs to the beach or just not worrying about anything dinghies are the best man…I mean just be careful you don’t hit a rock with your prop..lol..of course I have done that many times 🙃
@@ATAP...AnotherTime brother you are the best…I am trying to figure things out myself..I have my daughter and that is my priority..but I am on a similar track…I don’t mind working but I will probably live on my trawler when she goes to college in a year…(but I want to work where I am happy which is up north…lol..even that idea has changed..ha thanks man)
You get the same questions i do. Most common question is why dont you add solar? My answer is ... Because i have a generator lol! Also, my head sucks water out of the lake so i don't have to use fresh water. I do go pump it out but its free at the marina, they have a nice set up so it just takes a few minutes. Looks like you are set up perfect for the way you use your boat. Thanks for the tour.
I noticed your keys just chilling in the ignition. That might be a convenient place to keep them, but it could potentially create a problem if you've been drinking or have partaken in anything else: Be it recreational, medicinal, or even prescription. There might be certain exceptions in your state that apply to watercraft with living quarters, much the same as there are often particular exceptions for RVs, but without any such exceptions, a key in the ignition (even if turned off) with you the only one onboard is always going to be considered you are in control of a motor vehicle. That's an important thing to keep in mind if you are in an area where you are likely to be confronted by law enforcement.
Looks like you’re living the life most folks would enjoy. Being self efficient and making do with less is actually something I would like to achieve someday. Living off mother, nature with hunting and fishing helps a lot. The chickens are a good idea fresh eggs but might be a logistics headache and might attract unwanted guests. Great video ! 👍🐆🐆😎
Great video my friend happy for you and it's a special lifestyle you live. I appreciate what you've managed to do and although I like it after having struggled through the conventional path at 81 with health issues starting to come up as inevitably they do it's a comfort to know I'm monetarily secure. Just sayin through a weather eye to the inevitably of the future
I have enjoyed your channel for a while now but not from the start. This one really tied it all together for me. I'm also 45. The wife and I purchased a 40 foot schoolbus and had a roof raise done. We were going to live on it full time but our kids started growing up to fast and it was so "cool" of an idea anymore. We decided to keep the house but both my wife and I have managed to be responsible enough with our debts to both work two 12 hours shifts a week at this time. We value time over money and things we don't need. We value memories being made. We are nurses but would rather be full time musicians. We'll that ain't happening now either. Lol. So we bought our beloved C Dory. Now we do overnight boat adventures with the kids and it's the best of both worlds. We love roughing it and tiny spaces and being on the water. My wife really loves the boat I picked for us. It's perfect. The ole C-Shanty! I'm rambling now. Brenton from Backwaters introduced me to your channel. I'm truly inspired by the both of you. You are living a peaceful admirable life brother. Thanks for posting all of these and sharing your wisdom. Greetings from Eastern NC and be good or be good at it Martin. I really enjoyed this one immensely. Stay safe. 🙏❤️😎🤙🐟
Great story captain, c dory's are amazing and time spent with kids is priceless. 👍 sounds like just a different kind of paradise. Thanks for watching another video....
Another great video brother. Looks Loki you have some serious decisions to make . It seems like you know the sailboat has to go but it’s killing ya just thinking about it. Good luck. No matter what I’m sure you’ll be a happy camper! 💯
You said this was going to be a good one and you didn't lie This was so full of interesting information. If you are thinking about getting chickens for your houseboat I have seen people in videos purchase Japanese quail and they raised them in very small spaces however the eggs are small but don't make a lot of noise and from what I've read aren't as messy as the chickens. You should look into getting a cast net to get more fish. I'm sure you're gonna work it all out and have a lot of fun thanks for sharing much appreciated
Don't know the legal legalities. But maybe if you find native edible plants. Harvest transparent make a natural guardian in a cove. In multiple places.
You and me sorta think alike. I still work, but not a lot, service work only, plumbing, I started building a cabin about 20 years ago on some land I bought. I have gardens, grape vines and fruit trees. I have laying hens, but I wouldn't advise that, you can buy eggs cheaper, plus they would drive you crazy on a boat, and you wouldn't be able to keep them alive, hawks, eagles, dogs,foxes bobcats gators,you name it. Food is my biggest expense also.
Your poop bucket do you mix wood shaver in it, guessing you take a leak off the back of you boat when nature call but do the dishes first right, have to say I enjoy watching your life on the water.
What im hearing you should be on Mississippi river run south in winter hunt pigs free no coast plus you can stock up on bacon lol come back up north in summer time to your camper fishing easy set trout line catch catfish you live off fish tacos
@@ATAP...AnotherTime if you soak the cat in mountain dew it takes all fish taste out just what I do everyone claims it's best catfish they eat ive always done it or milk
So what exactly do you do with the bags of poo at the marina? Dump it in a toilet? Throw it in a dumpster? That part wasn’t clear, though your reasoning was. And do you use river water for showering? If you rinse dishes with river water, don’t you worry about how clean it is?
Thanks for asking... The bags are put in the dumpster with the garbage. They have powder that makes it safe, identical to diapers. I do shower with river water and rinse dishes with it to, only in creeks. Not near the main river or any marina. The intake is a foot under water, so it's pretty clean water. I drink water from the Marina, filtered by my Berky filter. Pets too. Although River drinks from the river all the time. 👍
Your vary young my friend…. Wish I done it back then … being 76… I’ll stick with being on the farm doing some traveling (which cost $$) just my two cents on things that I comment
First , the frog legs are the bomb, lol. 2nd I always wondered why you don't fish more so I'm glad that's part of your plan. The bottom line is simply, it's your plan so do you. I do have some questions though, do you worry about someone breaking into your rig or rv? Do you have someone keeps an eye on it. I owned a farm in the mtns of E KY and had a great neighbor who would check on my livestock and chickens when I had to travel just because property crime (drug related) was pretty high in my area. Lastly, I admire your vision and ability to put it in place. You have made me think about the possibilities even though I'm much older. Life is about living and nit being a slave
😆 🐸... I really love frog legs now... Amazingly I do not have any issues with crime. My land is on the end of a road that is rarely used. The truck is at the marina with lots of folks. I do leave the houseboat most days for hours, but I've never had any locks on any boat, fingers crossed 🤞 I stay lucky. Small town and everyone knows everyone... I appreciate you watching this episode bud. Thanks 😊.
Driving down South and staying on the bayous in the Winter is going to be a bad idea. I live in S. Louisiana, literally on the bayou. My fellow Louisianans might get mad at me, but deep down, they know all of this is true. If you are staying off grid, you'd better have a gun, especially if you aren't from here, and it shows. You are going to be alone and vulnerable, so be prepared to get robbed or come back to everything gone if you leave that boat in the middle of nowhere and go off on an adventure in the dingy. The water quality is awful. Even if it is "fresh" water, it's nasty. Everyone is using a septic tank that empties into a creek or ditch that eventually reaches you. Then there's the agricultural and industrial run-off. You can't really walk in the shallows either because it's all marsh. A lot of it is going to be highly polluted from the chemical plants and refineries. There are waterways and estuaries where it is recommended you eat absolutely nothing from them because of this. If you can stand 80 decibels of insects and frogs all night, then okay. It absolutely stinks, and often like methane, and this can get to the point it makes you light-headed. The mosquito swarms are straight out of Hell. Also, in the Winter, there might not be hurricanes, but that's when it rains and storms the most. Also, I can guarantee living on or beside the water, if your pets are not alert and do not have a natural fear of the water, and if you are not meticulously careful to keep them away from the water, they will eventually get eaten. In a lot of places, alligators are scared shitless of people. These are the places where loud boats speed through or that allow seasonal, licensed hunting. They will get as far away from you as fast as they can. However, everywhere else, this is not the case, especially in parkland where they are protected. They will not hesitate to snatch a small animal, but I've never known a person who has been attacked by one. The worst they will do is swim up and brush against you, which is them being polite enough to tell you to leave. People often say it's because people have been feeding them, and it's their way of asking for food. Ain't nobody regularly feeding gators in the wild. That's so stupid. People desperately want to believe it's safe to swim in this nasty water.
I have traveled everywhere in America and it is all safe in my experience. Feel free to watch all 400 plus videos as I have documented it. Experience is the best proof that folk are simply scared of everything for mainly no reason. My channel is a positive one, so please focus your comments on positive topics thank you for watching...
The registration for boats here and I pay for a dock that the sailboat stays on. Registration fir the houseboat is $89 a year and the dock is 100 a month. Not bad.
Hard question.. I truly feel this is an individual based question. Some folks go to the doctor very regularly, some every 5 years. In my case,,. I used to pay 425 a month for insurance while working at a farm. After 6 years I had gone 2 times for a physical and no other times. So, now I have catastrophe insurance that only covers after I pay 5 thousand out of pocket in a rolling year. However , I have the money to pay that 5 thousand. It is extremely cheep. 200 a year.. I have gone to the hospital 2x emergency and the cost after payment arrangements was less then $400. Each time. So I have saved 425x 60 months only to be out of pocket 800. I do get annual blood work due to family history that is $125... however, no 2 people are the same and if I got sick more often my plan would be different. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it 👍
Lots of information in this video... history of my travels to off grid water life, boat Tour, system recap.
Congratulations! You have life figured out! It is not consumerism, but being content and free.
This is your best video!
That's so kind of you to say... thank you.
I love your backstory. You have found FREEDOM
You're speaking the truth. It's so nice living smaller or cheaper. Not easy though living against the social norms
I have a honda lawnmower.Never did anything but change plug,oil of course,and blades.Its still going 20 years later.In the winter,i always run it out of gas.Never any difficulty starting when winter is over.
The most reliable thing I own 👍
Thanks for watching, bud.
Thanks for sharing. Admire you for disconnecting and living the life you want. Free and at peace. Kudos to you. That's good you're pondering all the options. I'm sure the right one will come to you in the right time. 😊👋☮️🎶☀️🌳🌎
Hi Dyan... It's super kind of you to say. I appreciate 🙏 it. 👍 🐈 🐕
What a good time to be on the water. In a storm and rain. Good relaxing and a a nap! River is cool and your buddy!
Thanks Stump. It's a perfect place, and great pets... I appreciate you watching. 👍
Another banger of a video.
Creeping up on 6,000 subs.
Thanks again.
If you build it, they will come... 😆. Thanks, bud. 👍
Beautiful tour and an excellent presentation. Many thanks.
Thanks bud, I appreciate you watching 👍
A house boat on the river and a thunderstorm… Heaven! Stay safe River, Cricket and Captain. 🌩️ your thumbnails are on point!
Thanks Maven.. I appreciate you watching this Episode. River and cricket wanted me to say hi 👋 🙂. 👍
@@ATAP...AnotherTime 🐾
Great video again Martin. Definitely got a great life for yourself, and your pets River and Cricket 👍
Thanks bud, 👍 I appreciate you watching another episode 😃 😊
Going solar mate will make an even bigger difference to your life of freedom and your pocket, trust me, l do the same only l do it by caravan, best of luck mate, enjoy
I hear ya, my battery set up was free from sponsorship, and if a company wanted to sponsor us with solar, I would jump on it...
Thanks bud... I appreciate you watching 👍
"The Minimalist in me" sounds like a Who song. Great vid!
That was good 👍...
Yes to all of it with some exceptions. At 71, single, with the skill set to build but now lacking the physical abilities of my youth, and after a few years of planning, I’ve started building a pontoon based houseboat. Twenty four foot tritoon with a 16’ cabin.
The major differences; my helm is located at the front of the cabin for maximum visibility. Because I’m not going to be around forever, I’m building a boat with an eye to my heirs selling it, if they choose to. So, I’m building in amenities that I personally can live without but will make the boat attractive to potential buyers after I’m gone.
So, solar, air conditioning, onboard potable water, a toilet, a tankless water heater, and the requisite wastewater tanks are part of the plan.
My windows, doors and dual fuel appliances are salvaged from RVs.
Because I’m in southern Ontario, my insulation needs have to meet the requirements for 4 season living in our cold-ish winters.
Since discovering your channel some time ago, I’ve become an avid follower cuz your an inspiration to me. Thank you!
It sounds like a great boat, 👍. I'm glad you're building it bud.
Been Following for a while now... Of my Top Ten List of your episodes.... this one is definatly the Top 3. WHere you came from, how you got there, and the overall goal. You live my life..... only 5 years ahead of me. Love your content.... Keep the camera rolling my northern friend. Thumbs up as always
Thanks Mark, 😃 I'm glad you enjoyed this one bud. I appreciate you following along with us. 👍
Personally l feel like this is if not your best video it is right up there..for me listening it is the best man
Congrats on the 17k + views brother! Well deserved
Thank you so much 😀, I appreciate it brother 🙏...
I use my dinghy every day..I also have my Hewescraft..but for bringing both my dogs to the beach or just not worrying about anything dinghies are the best man…I mean just be careful you don’t hit a rock with your prop..lol..of course I have done that many times 🙃
Thanks, brother, lots of talking...
Yeah, the little boats are so simple and hassle free. 😃
@@ATAP...AnotherTime brother you are the best…I am trying to figure things out myself..I have my daughter and that is my priority..but I am on a similar track…I don’t mind working but I will probably live on my trawler when she goes to college in a year…(but I want to work where I am happy which is up north…lol..even that idea has changed..ha thanks man)
You get the same questions i do. Most common question is why dont you add solar? My answer is ... Because i have a generator lol! Also, my head sucks water out of the lake so i don't have to use fresh water. I do go pump it out but its free at the marina, they have a nice set up so it just takes a few minutes.
Looks like you are set up perfect for the way you use your boat. Thanks for the tour.
Lol 😆 that's so funny ... Because I have a generator. A good marina makes lboat life easy... good to hear from you, bud.
I noticed your keys just chilling in the ignition. That might be a convenient place to keep them, but it could potentially create a problem if you've been drinking or have partaken in anything else: Be it recreational, medicinal, or even prescription. There might be certain exceptions in your state that apply to watercraft with living quarters, much the same as there are often particular exceptions for RVs, but without any such exceptions, a key in the ignition (even if turned off) with you the only one onboard is always going to be considered you are in control of a motor vehicle. That's an important thing to keep in mind if you are in an area where you are likely to be confronted by law enforcement.
Good tip... 👍
Great video! Thank you for emphasizing how much work and effort it took you to get to this point. I cannot wait to stop paying for electricity!
Thanks brother, I appreciate it 🙏 👍.
bro you are a huge inspiration to me, im in the process of fufilling my river boat life dream , hopefully we cross paths one day, much love, Eli
Thanks Eli, best wishes on your boat bud.
@@ATAP...AnotherTime do you ever end up in the Albany NY area on the hudson?
@elilaporte3883 nope, I haven't explored NY ... more south.
@@ATAP...AnotherTime i dont think theres that much too see but thats where i will be starting from, im from VT about an hr from albany
Looks like you’re living the life most folks would enjoy. Being self efficient and making do with less is actually something I would like to achieve someday. Living off mother, nature with hunting and fishing helps a lot. The chickens are a good idea fresh eggs but might be a logistics headache and might attract unwanted guests. Great video ! 👍🐆🐆😎
Great points, bud... I appreciate it 🙏 😃 Thanks
A single man and a dog are two of the easiest creatures to keep comfortable. Minimal use of resources.
That us so true 😆... 👍
You really should start writing a book, this video would make a perfect first chapter!
🤔... something to think about. 👍
Great video my friend happy for you and it's a special lifestyle you live.
I appreciate what you've managed to do and although I like it after having struggled through the conventional path at 81 with health issues starting to come up as inevitably they do it's a comfort to know I'm monetarily secure.
Just sayin through a weather eye to the inevitably of the future
Thanks for the advice I appreciate it 🙏 😊. Thanks for watching another episode 👍...
I have enjoyed your channel for a while now but not from the start. This one really tied it all together for me. I'm also 45. The wife and I purchased a 40 foot schoolbus and had a roof raise done. We were going to live on it full time but our kids started growing up to fast and it was so "cool" of an idea anymore. We decided to keep the house but both my wife and I have managed to be responsible enough with our debts to both work two 12 hours shifts a week at this time. We value time over money and things we don't need. We value memories being made. We are nurses but would rather be full time musicians. We'll that ain't happening now either. Lol. So we bought our beloved C Dory. Now we do overnight boat adventures with the kids and it's the best of both worlds. We love roughing it and tiny spaces and being on the water. My wife really loves the boat I picked for us. It's perfect. The ole C-Shanty! I'm rambling now. Brenton from Backwaters introduced me to your channel. I'm truly inspired by the both of you. You are living a peaceful admirable life brother. Thanks for posting all of these and sharing your wisdom. Greetings from Eastern NC and be good or be good at it Martin. I really enjoyed this one immensely. Stay safe. 🙏❤️😎🤙🐟
Great story captain, c dory's are amazing and time spent with kids is priceless. 👍 sounds like just a different kind of paradise. Thanks for watching another video....
@@ATAP...AnotherTime always a pleasure brother. 🤙
Good Information Martin ❤
Thanks bud, 😊. I appreciate you watching another one... 👍. Enjoy the week.
Very nice upload......thanx
Thanks Nick, I appreciate you watching bud.
Another great video brother. Looks Loki you have some serious decisions to make . It seems like you know the sailboat has to go but it’s killing ya just thinking about it. Good luck. No matter what I’m sure you’ll be a happy camper! 💯
Thanks James, lots to thinks about,...
I appreciate you watching another video bud. 👍...
You said this was going to be a good one and you didn't lie This was so full of interesting information. If you are thinking about getting chickens for your houseboat I have seen people in videos purchase Japanese quail and they raised them in very small spaces however the eggs are small but don't make a lot of noise and from what I've read aren't as messy as the chickens. You should look into getting a cast net to get more fish. I'm sure you're gonna work it all out and have a lot of fun thanks for sharing much appreciated
Good information bud. Thanks. I appreciate you watching...
Don't know the legal legalities.
But maybe if you find native edible plants. Harvest transparent make a natural guardian in a cove. In multiple places.
I just had this conversation, and i completely agree. Replanting a bunch of berries in a clump would be cool.
Great idea, thanks 😊
You and me sorta think alike. I still work, but not a lot, service work only, plumbing, I started building a cabin about 20 years ago on some land I bought. I have gardens, grape vines and fruit trees. I have laying hens, but I wouldn't advise that, you can buy eggs cheaper, plus they would drive you crazy on a boat, and you wouldn't be able to keep them alive, hawks, eagles, dogs,foxes bobcats gators,you name it. Food is my biggest expense also.
Thanks bud, I appreciate your advice 👍. The cabin Sounds like a great place.
@@ATAP...AnotherTime I may send you some pics and you can see how us land lovers do things.
@user-wr1yh2zw6l .. martinhaseman@gmail.com 👍
Heavy rain and lightning but it was nice with a comfortable atmosphere🥶
Thanks 😊, I appreciate you watching 👍. It was a good storm.
@@ATAP...AnotherTime
Same😊
Your poop bucket do you mix wood shaver in it, guessing you take a leak off the back of you boat when nature call but do the dishes first right, have to say I enjoy watching your life on the water.
Super funny 😁. I really pee on land unless anchored. Mainly because I use the river water. I do use shavings in the bucket 🪣. Handful every use. 👍
What im hearing you should be on Mississippi river run south in winter hunt pigs free no coast plus you can stock up on bacon lol come back up north in summer time to your camper fishing easy set trout line catch catfish you live off fish tacos
I love fish tacos 🌮
@@ATAP...AnotherTime if you soak the cat in mountain dew it takes all fish taste out just what I do everyone claims it's best catfish they eat ive always done it or milk
@matthewgarrison5251 good tip bud thanks...
3d printer on that boat would be perfect
My buddy has one on his sailboat ⛵️. Prints everything. 😆
@@ATAP...AnotherTime really! that would be so handy if something breaks or bordem
Yep , Life is like a Blind man using flour looking for a wet spot.
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So what exactly do you do with the bags of poo at the marina? Dump it in a toilet? Throw it in a dumpster? That part wasn’t clear, though your reasoning was. And do you use river water for showering? If you rinse dishes with river water, don’t you worry about how clean it is?
Thanks for asking... The bags are put in the dumpster with the garbage. They have powder that makes it safe, identical to diapers. I do shower with river water and rinse dishes with it to, only in creeks. Not near the main river or any marina. The intake is a foot under water, so it's pretty clean water. I drink water from the Marina, filtered by my Berky filter. Pets too. Although River drinks from the river all the time. 👍
Love it
Thank you. I appreciate you watching. 😃
Interesting
Thanks ...
Greetings from Brandenburg 🇩🇪 Udo
Gruß aus Brandenburg
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Hi Udo. Good morning, or evening 😆...
Winning. Winning!
😃...
See you next month!
@fraedrick August comes so fast... I'm so excited 😊.
I am designing a amphib. Jonboat to solve the transportation issue from anchor to the store
Nice bud, sounds cool...
I looked at sea legs, powered wheels that come down from your boat... expensive but cool.
Your vary young my friend…. Wish I done it back then … being 76… I’ll stick with being on the farm doing some traveling (which cost $$) just my two cents on things that I comment
Thanks brother. I appreciate the feedback 👍
First , the frog legs are the bomb, lol. 2nd I always wondered why you don't fish more so I'm glad that's part of your plan. The bottom line is simply, it's your plan so do you. I do have some questions though, do you worry about someone breaking into your rig or rv? Do you have someone keeps an eye on it. I owned a farm in the mtns of E KY and had a great neighbor who would check on my livestock and chickens when I had to travel just because property crime (drug related) was pretty high in my area. Lastly, I admire your vision and ability to put it in place. You have made me think about the possibilities even though I'm much older. Life is about living and nit being a slave
😆 🐸... I really love frog legs now... Amazingly I do not have any issues with crime. My land is on the end of a road that is rarely used. The truck is at the marina with lots of folks. I do leave the houseboat most days for hours, but I've never had any locks on any boat, fingers crossed 🤞 I stay lucky. Small town and everyone knows everyone...
I appreciate you watching this episode bud. Thanks 😊.
@@ATAP...AnotherTime hey I look forward to every episode. Be safe on that water my brother
You're poor next girlfriend, coming in 2nd or 3rd after cricket and river😂😉
You've got it dialed in Martin...enjoy while youre a youngin❤
Awe kiddo... 😃 ❤️
Sell the sail boat …
Sail the sailboat!
❤🙂
Driving down South and staying on the bayous in the Winter is going to be a bad idea. I live in S. Louisiana, literally on the bayou. My fellow Louisianans might get mad at me, but deep down, they know all of this is true. If you are staying off grid, you'd better have a gun, especially if you aren't from here, and it shows. You are going to be alone and vulnerable, so be prepared to get robbed or come back to everything gone if you leave that boat in the middle of nowhere and go off on an adventure in the dingy. The water quality is awful. Even if it is "fresh" water, it's nasty. Everyone is using a septic tank that empties into a creek or ditch that eventually reaches you. Then there's the agricultural and industrial run-off. You can't really walk in the shallows either because it's all marsh. A lot of it is going to be highly polluted from the chemical plants and refineries. There are waterways and estuaries where it is recommended you eat absolutely nothing from them because of this. If you can stand 80 decibels of insects and frogs all night, then okay. It absolutely stinks, and often like methane, and this can get to the point it makes you light-headed. The mosquito swarms are straight out of Hell. Also, in the Winter, there might not be hurricanes, but that's when it rains and storms the most. Also, I can guarantee living on or beside the water, if your pets are not alert and do not have a natural fear of the water, and if you are not meticulously careful to keep them away from the water, they will eventually get eaten.
In a lot of places, alligators are scared shitless of people. These are the places where loud boats speed through or that allow seasonal, licensed hunting. They will get as far away from you as fast as they can. However, everywhere else, this is not the case, especially in parkland where they are protected. They will not hesitate to snatch a small animal, but I've never known a person who has been attacked by one. The worst they will do is swim up and brush against you, which is them being polite enough to tell you to leave. People often say it's because people have been feeding them, and it's their way of asking for food. Ain't nobody regularly feeding gators in the wild. That's so stupid. People desperately want to believe it's safe to swim in this nasty water.
I have traveled everywhere in America and it is all safe in my experience. Feel free to watch all 400 plus videos as I have documented it. Experience is the best proof that folk are simply scared of everything for mainly no reason. My channel is a positive one, so please focus your comments on positive topics thank you for watching...
I'm not far from you.
You have to pay any fees for living in that area.Or do you just have to move every so often?
The registration for boats here and I pay for a dock that the sailboat stays on. Registration fir the houseboat is $89 a year and the dock is 100 a month. Not bad.
The chickens will pay off … do it
How do you handle health insurance, and health care expenses?
Hard question..
I truly feel this is an individual based question. Some folks go to the doctor very regularly, some every 5 years. In my case,,. I used to pay 425 a month for insurance while working at a farm. After 6 years I had gone 2 times for a physical and no other times. So, now I have catastrophe insurance that only covers after I pay 5 thousand out of pocket in a rolling year. However , I have the money to pay that 5 thousand.
It is extremely cheep. 200 a year..
I have gone to the hospital 2x emergency and the cost after payment arrangements was less then $400. Each time. So I have saved 425x 60 months only to be out of pocket 800. I do get annual blood work due to family history that is $125... however, no 2 people are the same and if I got sick more often my plan would be different.
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