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Appreciate it! Been a tough year.

Isn't bad to drive over. Next time, if I do it, there will be speed bumps along the entire route.

The road work gets bigger if they are not maintained. With neglect it only gets worse.

After two days my traps were muscle sore at the end of the day. Next day I woke up fine. Later in the video I do use the dump, to at least help. Take care Don, watched and commented on your latest video. Thank you for watching.

The problem was that the wood was cut green and then stored outside in the rain. In the video you can see how it was stored. The it continued to wick up the moister.

Your most likely 100% right.

Sometimes you get what you wish for. Not a lot of people of an off-grid homestead. How often are we trying to accomplish something and missing that extra set of hands? Way to often.

@ if I had an extra set of hands, I could do double the work easily maybe triple

@@exploringmybackyard you must have been either self-employed, in supervision or a business owner.

@@TomTammyOffGridHomestead you nailed it all 3 lol

@@exploringmybackyard how would I be able to get a trifecta? Because I have been there. Stay warm, stay dry and take care. 👍👍👍

Did the drone survive. In this last crash, which was approximately 12ft, I broke the arm pivot hinge. Ordered the part & replaced it myself. Flies like a dream now.

Maiden flight after the repair. Inspired by the comparatists and the mysterious fog making people sick. Also had just finished watching the Professor of Rock.

Watch for the blinking lights and beware of the mother ship. Worst of all who knows what will happen once you are abducted in the middle of the night, hopefully you're not sore in the morning. Or are they from China spreading the next pandemic? LOL

Was a test flight after the repair, after the crash. 😃

That is the second time. The first time I was trying to get a shot and decided to fly it backwards at altitude (pretty high). Ended up hitting a Western Red Cedar on a mountain side. The drone came down hard. Finally found it in the creek bed. Had to send it in for repair. ☹Wasn't good, cost me $300.00 US. This time I have purchased a new Front Arm Axis Hinge Shaft, I'm going to replace it myself.

@ yeah they’re not cheap. That’s for sure.

Yes Hunny.

This time of year, the water seeps right out of the ground. Instead of snow, we get rain at night. This area was part of the old rush starting in 1850. WII put an end to the mining. They used lots of Chinese immigrants to extract the gold. In the forest you can see the miles of swales they dug to divert the creek and piles of river rock stacked up from the rock they removed from the creek bed, to get down to the bed rock. I found two mine shafts which were not closed up, nothing to real see but they did go on for a way. There was a rock crusher further down the creek which got removed and sent up to Canada in the later 1900. Take care, wishing a very productive and prosperous 2025.

@@TomTammyOffGridHomestead pretty cool stuff

Happy New Year to you, too!

Sorry, meaning?

Happy New Year. No work arounds on an Off-Grid Homestead. If you do you get to do it again. Take care Don.

Yes, the bags were cement. Was worried that if a heavy truck drove across it. We border BLM (Bureau of Land Management). If the government decides to sell the timber, there could be log trucks. Slim chance but you never know. Take care. It is amazing how the water come out of the ground.

@ yeah that was a good idea for sure. Better safe than sorry. Happy new year.

Thank you hoping your year was fulfilling and 2025 is your best year.

Playing in the mud. The pie was under cooked. Take care.

No snow in the forecast. Today had a low of 44 F and was in the high 50's F, had scattered showers. Tomorrow, a low of 33 F and 95% chance of rain in the early morning till 7 am-ish, then sunny. Christmas day the temp is supposed to be the same with rain starting that evening. Last year, early this year, we didn't see any real snow until early March. At that point it snowed every night, for about two weeks, and melted off every day. We would wake up and we would have another 4-6 inches of heavy wet snow. Don, God Bless and take care. 🎅🎅🎅

And to you also. Merry Christmas 🎅 and a very productive, smooth and joyous New Year 🥳

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Merry Christmas🎅Sorry, noticed your Santa.

Yep, the blunt one is a cant hook, and the pointed one is a peavey. Look forward to seeing your mill at work. Have a Merry Christmas and take care.

Blades - the teeth are like multiple fishhooks. Take care and have a Merry Christmas. We can say that now in the states. Yep, have a Merry Christmas and be very mindful when working by yourself. Take care.

We work it hard every day. Thank you and take care.

Yes, I was using a mallet or manual post driver. The manual you had better make sure you are wearing gloves and the mallet once you're getting tired you seem to miss more often. Either way the gas powered is much faster and easier. Much, much faster also. The post puller is a must if you are pulling a post. When we first moved to the homestead I used some t-posts to layout the footing that the Conex boxes are sitting on. After pouring the footings I tried to pull up the posts to no avail. Did not get all the t-posts up until the following spring. Take care, keep driving forward, have a Merry Christmas & God Bless.

@ thank you same to you

Our goat's wander free. They are free ranged and return home every night. We also have no direct neighbors, BLM, forest land and on one side a timber company. The timber company is over the mountain though, so the goats do not travel up there. The bad part will be the butchering. Take care Don, may you have a Merry Christmas.

Thanks! The Metal brake will be very handy for all sorts of projects.

@ I’m sure I’m looking forward to seeing them

It cost but it is now replaced. Took a week though and some $$$. Now we are on #3. First one flew into oblivion.

@ That’s funny. I’m on my second one. The first one I flew into a tree and it landed in a lake and I couldn’t find it brand new one day old go figure.

@@exploringmybackyard same here flew up into the gulch. Could never find it. It is on the property though, somewhere. We looked 2 times, all day.

We sent it in to DJI for repair.

It is the reason we are self-sufficient.😁

In a future episode, yes,

Welcome aboard.

@ Thanks!

Kevin I do not think I will ever catch up with you. You are to fast.😅😅😅

Have a very happy Thanksgiving. Few, if any are as good as you...

You have my respct annd admiration hope you both have found contentment and peace in your endeavor to create paradise . Be well do well this old yankee has confidence youll both succeed Happy Thankgiving , Noonan​@TomTammyOffGridHomestead

@@kevinnoonan1105 our trip and TG will post soon

Thank you he is a total hoot.