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There have been more than one occasion I have gone out to the cabin for a good quiet nap. A nice snowmachine ride and then an hour or so to get the temp up enough to sleep. Then by the time I wake back up it’s usually nice and toasty.

It was not. This was a series of weekends over the course of a couple of months.

Thanks for watching. It was an adventure for sure.

The rest was great for sure. Always in His timing.

It does for sure. So nice to light it up for those long dark nights.

Still working out the final steps, but hopefully 2025 is the year we get this one wrapped up.

It is so fun to sit back and see what we have been able to complete.

The key to cheap is your own labor and size. You can do things very inexpensively in small doses. We have added a couple of thousand since this point in the build, but still very reasonable.

Depends on the size of the tree…

Thanks for watching. Working getting back out to finish our cabin this winter. More to come.

That may be in the longer goals. This is just the necessities to get us started. Thanks for watching.

It is pointed south, but questioning you reasoning. To dry better? We live in a very dry part of Alaska. The sun helps some, but we really just need time to get the wood dried out.

winds blow from west to south west in the spring summer and fall helps wood dry /plus facing south the sun helps. you nailed it😂😂😂 great job very nice video waiting for more

@ if only the winds were consistent. We are in the heart of the matanuska valley. 3 miles from the face of the Matanuska Glacier. Winds swirl and change daily more dependent on the temps than anything else. But sun exposure is helpful.

@@makingitinalaska every little bit helps😁😁😁 even blowing on your coffee helps . my bucket list alaska first its so beautiful and the people in alaska seem a lot nicer then the lower 48 i live between toronto and detroit 120 miles each way spent a lot of time in detroit/ so so .if i was not so old 72 i would move to alaska in the blink of a eye im a little jealous lol lol lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Absolutely true. I have purchased large beams and posts in the past from local sawmills so it is possible. And honestly fairly reasonable. The $10k price tag in this unit is achievable in raw lumber. I’m guessing I’m around $6k milled with all my projects I. The last couple of years, but that doesn’t factor in any labor. Still the freedom to mill what I need when I need it is great. And if lumber skyrockets again like in the past I won’t have to stop producing what I want. Thanks for watching.

Machine yes. Acres of wooded land maybe… not too hard to find people that will allow you to clear their land for them.

Thanks. I love the style too. Looking forward to meshing together timber frame and log cabin on the big cabin when we get around to rebuilding that.

Thank you. We are really happy with the way it turned out.

Thank you. If you have to build it. You might as well make it look awesome.

Big feet… big boots. Slight misstep and down I go. And I have never been good a falling gracefully.

Awesome, enjoy your new mill.

Yup, this is just heat for the shop, so not a critical.

Really quite simple. Just make a box and tie it into the wall studs. A square support on the end would be a little easier, but the log adds a nice touch to the cabin. Thanks for watching.

@ the log on the end is simple and something people will love. My family has a wood mill outside of Palmer so I’m excited to utilize the local wood.

@ awesome we just got home from our biweekly supply run into Palmer. For “town” it’s not too bad. Good luck on your build.

For the convenience and ease I have found these to be worth it for sure.

Yeah standard door dash doesn’t work out here…

Glad it could be an encouragement. They grow up so fast, and we have such a short time to impact who they will become in this world. Working on this project has forced me to go with the flow. Everything takes so much longer when you are hours from supplies.

It is a flexible door and window tape made to water seal. It’s tar based. Tape it in a way that water will always shed down, and no tape on the bottom in case any water got in before it it would be able to drain out. Trim and siding then will go over all of this hopefully this winter.

Love creating memories with the family.

Always the best part of cabin trips is time with the family.

Come float the river with us.

​@makingitinalaska well our larger cabin hasn't sold yet, so might be up there next year : ) Always wanted to get over to gravel creek again when there's no snow. Rode across in Phil's truck once to get firewood, with water up to the side mirrors. Your method looks much better

Very true, but we aren’t getting much firewood back across the river this way.

They were nervous laughs for sure, but she had a great time.

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Sure is. We are blessed to get to enjoy this area.

Thanks for watching. We are under snow here unfortunately. I have a new video coming out Saturday that I’m sure you will enjoy. It was filmed over a month ago while we were in the middle of beautiful fall colors.

Perfect. Then I can put him on my wall… we do have quite a few bear in the area, but they don’t like people and are rarely drawn to people food like they are in populated areas. That is the reason for the plywood we use to shutter the doors and windows. But after a couple of years of owning this cabin nothing has tried to break in.

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I assume you are referring to the jigsaw usage... Thanks for the concern. Sometimes you have to live your life on the edge, and use the tool you have when in the wilderness.

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.

Absolutely beautiful area for sure.

All in good time…

@@makingitinalaska Great vid, just wanted to mention batteries perform better at human comfortable temps. You'll get better charging results if you can put the battery inside and insulate it

Lead acid off gasses when charging. Very unsafe indoors. Switching to lithium this winter. Will be insulated and stored indoors when it’s safe to do so.

Praise the Lord. Any chance you burned your name or initials in the wall in the Ranch Hotel? Would love to make a connection with that for you. We have been around Victory here since 2002, but still have connections with the Ranch leaders from the beginning. What year range would you have been here?

​@@makingitinalaska It was so long ago. I think it was maybe 1970-ish? Looking back at the face of the man in my memory, he was a very young man with blonde hair and blue eyes. Altho, at the time, I thought he was old!! I never wrote or burned my name on anything, nor remember anyone doing that. My horse's name was LightFoot. Not really mine, but I fell in love with that horse!!! He was black and spirited, and dancy-prancy, and I loved him so much❤

@@shiammi907 That is great. Would have been the early days of Ranch camp, and likely the hotel didnt exist yet. Campers for decades have branded their name in the wall of that lodge when they make a salvation decision while at camp. Tim was likely the horse guy. I still see him regularly. I will ask him if he remembers Lightfoot. So great to hear stories of God at work through this ministry. There have been so many stories since as well. Blessings to you.

​@@makingitinalaska During the last breakfast at Victory Bible Camp, a red bandana was given to me as an award for being the best all around horseback rider...but it really wasn't me that deserved it. It was Lightfoot with his liveliness that made me look good. Pretty sure all the other horses were more docile. I hope the man named Tim remembers him!! That would thrill me to no end🙏🏽The Good Lord bless all of you!!💖

@@shiammi907 I talked with Tim tonight he never had blond hair, so it must have been one of the other wranglers, but he did remember lightfoot. He said it was a great horse.

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I will never hide who I am. I have many faults, but I strive to be more like Christ all the time. It is a continual process. My conviction to share what Christ has done in me is why I put my videos in a public light. It can not be about the subscriber count. Thanks for watching.

​@@makingitinalaska I'm subscribing just because of this.

@johnray794 thanks for watching. I hope I can be an encouragement through this platform in some way.

Slow and steady. Blessing to you. Would love to visit your part of the world someday.

Just because he can’t land doesn’t mean he can’t help out. Thanks for watching.

Welcome, and thanks for watching.

Gods are myths

I am surrounded by some amazing people. Thanks for the sub. Hope you enjoy some of the rest of our content. More to come this winter.

Always good to hear from new viewers. Thanks for watching.

Just the Alaskan way. Butter is tricky, but I’ve heard of root beer float drops… that would be amazing.