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Curmudge inn Alaska
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2021
Welcome to the Curmudge Inn. We are Sarah, Rob, Mishka and Zeus. We live remote and off grid on a small homestead and soon to be B&B/cabin rental Located 13 miles north of the frontier town of Talkeetna Alaska.
Our goal is to share our daily life with you all. We will show you the different things we have to deal with on a regular basis. Want the exp of being remote/off grid in Alaska? get in touch.
The only way to and from the Inn is either by jet boat on river or by taking an amazing ride on the world famous Alaska Railroad Hurricane Turn train. There are no roads or tails that lead to our location. The Hurricane Turn is one of only a few whistle/flag stop trains left in the world. Contact use for trains summer schedule. Winter guest times are limited as the train runs less.
mailing address
Robert Nelson
Curmudge InnPO Box 329
Talkeetna, AK. 99676
Email us at
curmudgeinnrob@gmail.com
#offgrid
#remotealaska
#offgridliving
#curmudgeinnak
Our goal is to share our daily life with you all. We will show you the different things we have to deal with on a regular basis. Want the exp of being remote/off grid in Alaska? get in touch.
The only way to and from the Inn is either by jet boat on river or by taking an amazing ride on the world famous Alaska Railroad Hurricane Turn train. There are no roads or tails that lead to our location. The Hurricane Turn is one of only a few whistle/flag stop trains left in the world. Contact use for trains summer schedule. Winter guest times are limited as the train runs less.
mailing address
Robert Nelson
Curmudge InnPO Box 329
Talkeetna, AK. 99676
Email us at
curmudgeinnrob@gmail.com
#offgrid
#remotealaska
#offgridliving
#curmudgeinnak
moose in the yard at night
We had a cow moose and a calf run through the yard tonight.
#moose #curmudgeinnalaska
#moose #curmudgeinnalaska
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Roof Repair in Alaska's Wilderness!
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Over the summer we had our friends from @alaskacutthecord769 up at the property to help with a issue with the roof on the cabin. At the time we did not have everything here to put the metal on the roof. With the onset of winter we knew we needed to get the roof finished. We started and then the weather hit. Come along and join us on our off grid and remote homestead in Alaska. We hope that you ...
Winter Is Coming! PREPPING Our Homestead!
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Winter is pretty much here. We have had our first snow and it has stuck. The temps will not get warm enough over the next few days to melt it down. We managed to get most of our fall winter prep done before the snow came. This is how we do it here at the #curmudgeinnalaska Amazon wish list www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls... Be sure to check out our friends and favorite channels listed below. @ala...
Get Ready for Mouthwatering Smoked Salmon!
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This past July we went with our friends Adam and Phyllis from @alaskacutthecord769 to Kasilof to go dip netting. Sadly my gopro lost half the footage. Let's smoke salmon. Here is the recipe for the brine. This is for 3lb of salmon 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup salt 2 cups soy sauce 1 cup water 1 cup dry white wine 1/2 tsp onion powder 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp red peper flakes 1 stp tabasco sauce l...
Midnight Magic: Aurora Borealis Lights Up The Sky
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We finally had a nice showing of the northern lights in our area. I am testing my new cameras for low light settings. Thoughts? The music in this video was created for us by our friend @JAKEHUSDON8452 Let us know what you think please. #northernlights #auroraborealis #curmudgeinnalaska #curmudgeinnak
Experience the REAL Alaska Railroad Flag Stop Life!
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After our shopping haul video a lot of folks asked how the train service worked. We even had some saying it does not work that way. Well, here is the video of how life on the Alaska Railroad Flag Stop system works. We hope that you enjoy the video and that you find it informative and answers a lot of your questions. Amazon wish list www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23H9AT4CXM5QH/ref=nav_wishlist_l...
Getting the MOST Out of Our Off Grid Woodsheds!
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Discovered the SECRET of the Curmudge Inn!
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CRAZY, Remote Homestead Winter Supply Run!
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amazing Critters on Camera 5 #trailcam
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NOT So Expert Guide to Cabin Roof Repair!
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Alaska live steamers 1/8th scale fun train ride.
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Rare Sighting: Alaskan Black Bears a Moose
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Foraging for food in the Alaskan Bush!
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Foraging for food in the Alaskan Bush!
Getting water to our off grid greenhouse!
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Getting water to our off grid greenhouse!
My amazing off grid baking station backsplash!
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My amazing off grid baking station backsplash!
Nice to see you again. I am in my office working, and listen to your video in the background. Do you have your own song? I loved it:)
Hi. @CurmudgeInnAlaska! Just found you on FB. Looking forward to winter lives!
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They always show up AFTER hunting season. Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan
Sarah looks so excited like a little school girl. I think she enjoyed this more than anyone. 😊
ooh she was. We had been planning to do this for sometime. She still loves it.
The fan is a really good idea in the summertime. When you want underground natural air conditioning.. so when it's 90° in the house in the summertime you just turn on the fan and it'll pump that 58° are from your crawl space up into your house.
The issue with this in the summer is critters trying to come in. After I get the entire skirting around the house sound and secure I will be doing exactly as you said for summer.
Great video on how to over-complicate your under the floor crawl space heating. Most of the time your utility water like bathing and laundry and dishes all pretty much require you to heat it anyway.. so make your water storage dual purpose.. rap 10 ft 20 ft of flexible half inch copper around your stove pipe and then have a return line going back to the tank.. it's basically a thermal battery that heat your floor so you don't have to worry about Frozen toes.. think radiant floor heating. Whatever goes up your stove pipe is pretty much wasted heat anyway you're just recovering some of it.. then all you need is a thermostat in each one of your tanks so it makes sure that it doesn't get too low or too hot
Using the tanks as a thermal battery is a good idea. However the use it as a thermal siphon you need to have the tanks higher than the stove. I have been looking for a low power draw water pump that can handle high temps. The Stove has ports in the tank that can be attached to it for doing this. We also have the 24" fire tube that goes inside the firebox for doing this. Again we still need to find that pump. As soon as I find the pump that fits our needs we will be installing a piping system that goes around the tanks and close to the plumbing to help keep it warm.
@@curmudgeinnak my dad is in the process of moving into his new house but he is a dealer for heatmor wood burning boilers. They might have some ideas and maybe I could pass those along to you it might be a week or two off the top of my head I can think of about two dozen different low circulation pumps that handle a high temp but they run on 110 and 240 volts. Maybe he knows something that runs off of 12 or 24 volts
@ 120v works as long as it is not a big load. Our battery bank is smallish for the size of the house.
@curmudgeinnak I think it's only like 60 w. It's a standard circulation motor for a boiler system they pump 2 gallons per minute any heating and cooling place has them. The prices kind of steep it could be $160 I could be $350. But they left a really long time. Running continuously I've seen thim still working 30 years later.. for pumpkins basically it's two metal stainless steel gears so working temp is normally $120 degrees but high temp you could pump steam through it 250 degrees and it's not going to hurt it.. although I would put a thermal switch on your tanks because you really don't want them to be much hotter than a 120° because then you deal with evaporation and then you have problems with under the floor rot. And a thermal switch will shut off the circulation pump.
Very good information. Thank you. I would probably not put it into the tank but run copper around the tanks and let it heat the area that way. The tanks are just 210 gallon truck tanks that you buy from HD. It just needs to keep it above freezing. I was thinking a combination of copper and high temp pex. Thoughts?
I don't know know how long your growing season is. But put in a patch of Broccoli n the moose will come to you
Did not know they like Broccoli. lol
Love watching you wish that they were longer😊
Thank you for watching. Sometimes we have longer ones. It depends on the subject. I will be creating longer videos soon.
Kinda looks like home to this Buffalonian temporarily in a different state! It is pretty. ❤
Buffalo is crazy with snow too. lol. I have family in that area.
i live in wiconse but i have bin to Alaska 12 times it is my favret plase ive bin and i am anly 10
It truly is an amazing place to see and live.
What's going on with utube it's all camping and and living off the grid I like watching but it's one story after another about it
If that is what you have been watching that is what YT tends to show you. I watch a lot of how to videos and that is all I ever see pop up in my feed. Thank you for watching.
Luv those twig eaters. Do you have any white moose out there ?
I have not seen one yet but I do believe Alaska has a a few.
Great job. We just spent a few days last week doing the same thing over at our new property. My hubby who is 73 worked up on the roof like a trooper while I passed up the motel and cut the membrane stuff that goes under it. The only issue was the hardware store screwed up and sent us the wrong roof cap. So now we have to wait for it to come in. You did a great job, it doesn’t have to be perfect, just keep the weather out and lasts a long time. 🌷🇨🇦
Hello and thanks for watching. As you said. As long as it keeps the water out I am happy. :-). Be safe on those roof projects.
Awesome. Seen a moose and calf in Colorado once.
They are massive critters that is for sure.
Great footage. ❤
Thank you.
Great channel!! My only fear would be what if one needs immediate health attention eg an accident, animal attack? I guess living off grid isn’t for the faint in heart! But it looks like a good life!
It is a good life and we have things set up just incase something like that happens. :-). Thank you for watching.
Looks good Rob! You have a great helper as well! Have a nice winter.
Thank you guys. We hope that you are doing good.
Where did you have to travel to in order to vote?
Magnificent!!! I joked and told Paul if he would find me a life Moose all 4 times we were in Alaska, I would........ He watched like a Hawk!!! But we never ever saw a Live One!! I have been collecting Moose pieces ever since!! Even friends have been gifting me with them!! So my computer room has been designated the "Moose Room"! It's pretty Cool !!!! That was a Neat Video!!! Thanks for Sharing!!! 🤗❤️👍🙋🏻♀️
We love moose too. The babies are so cute.
And not a moose to be seen during hunting season! Lol.❤
Nope, they get that hunting season date memo.
Very nice.
Thank you
Hey just invite the Moose in your shack and give him nice warm meal and fresh cold beer + invite him to stay for the night
Where’s the moose?
They did not come back down the hill. I did put up a video of them after coming down the hill.
You live in very peaceful place love it. Reminds me years ago when i would cross country ski at night and little silver foxes would be sitting by trail watching me. It was awesome.
Oh wow! That sounds like a blast to see them.
A mama and a baby moose’s!
that is the last one surviving that was born this past spring. the other 5 vanished.
BY THE TREE LOOK LIKE A FACE BRANCHES nice.
yup
I see no moose 🫎 or anything?🤔
Nope. This was a live stream. We could hear them up the hill and was hoping they would come down the hill. They did but after the live. I posted that clip.
Hey 👋🏻 Rob and Sarah,hope everything’s well with you. Looks like a cold night with visitors roaming around,keep the pups safe,do they bark at night when they sense something close by? Thanks for sharing 😊
They only bark at the critters if they hear them or if outside and they smell them.
This channel is amazing ❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😀
Congratulations on your new baby….I am mummy of two dogs Zeus n Zane…..luv watching Zeus n mishka….thoughts from Scotland….
Thank you so much! She is a great lil pup. Zeus really enjoys playing with her.
Love seeing our moose on the cameras. What type are you using? Cool that it moves with them! ❤🫎
It is the PTZ camera I have on the side of the house. I was moving it. I happened to look at the app and saw movement and started to record them and follow.
@@curmudgeinnak that's amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Nice❤️🙏🙂
Thanks
I love these videos. When I cant sleep, like now, I just put it on my ipad, prop it up next to my bed and pretty soon I fall asleep :-)
That's a great idea!
AWESOME! COW AND CALF?...........................................GO TRUMP GO!
Pretty cool. I've never seen one in person
They are HUGE!
I’m curious. How did you know they were there at that time? Did you happen upon seeing it? Or did some equipment tell you?
I have a few security cameras around the house to notify us if things are around. I happened to open one up and saw the movement and started recording.
Gorgeous! I just imagine sitting there and listening to the different sounds at night!! Do your dogs bark when you have animals strolling by at night? Hope everything is going well with you guys!!! 🤗❤️👍🙋🏻♀️
Sometimes, but mostly if they are outside Zeus will bark at them. He barked one time when he was in the house and that was when the wolves came by the house.
Nice footage♦
Thanks 👍
Gettin those howlers in line??
Wolves are not getting to close yet.
Thanks for sharing! I love nature!!!!
Me too!
Hi guys.
Makes me want to book a room awesome video thanks for sharing