Off Grid Log Cabin .....Start to finish.
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- Over the last 17 years my wife Brooke and I have built 3 Alaskan homesteads from the ground up, and 4 log homes......this is the story of how it all got started....our first Log Cabin. Dave Whipple.
Music by Dave Whipple.
If you'd like to see our current cabin project, check out my video
( Alaskan Cabin Project ) 7 part series ...check it out at
/ @therealgirlinthewoods
If you'd like to see what my wife, Brooke is up to check out her channel ..... Girl In The Woods
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Wow man! How incredible!
Thanks K. It means a lot coming from a craftsman like yourself.
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I underatnd your affection for your 1st cabin, 52 years ago our 1st place was a tiny 2 bedroom maisonette with shared garden we sat on the floor in that empty house for 3 evenings running waiting for moving in day .we now have a big house with lots ourside space but nothing beats the thrill of your 1st home
Is it better to build a shed?aWith Ryan's th-cam.com/users/postUgkxy_pn55PK60wAV3X_C_RoLS_67mNonoCE plan I was like one taken by the hand and led step by step from start to finish. Thank you very much Ryan!
A truly wonderful heartwarming story. It's the kind of thing I wanted to do. The kind of life I dreamed of ... Alas, I never made it till now. Kinda sorta!
I have a little over 3 acres of timber in middle Tennessee. I'm going to use the trees to build a house, and turn the property into a garden/food forest.
It might be slow going since I'm single and just turned 65.
The raft down the Yukon part of the story pretty much pulled my trigger as well. I have been in Alaska twice before. the first time I was in logging camps, but I got hurt and had to return to the lower 48. The second time I spent a winter at my brother's place just outside of Homer. For those who have never been to Alaska I can only say ... A humbling Grandeur of indescribable beauty. And the vibe? The feeling ... Well, Words just can't touch it.
You still have the small cabin too looks like. Pretty exciting venture you shared with us. Wanted to do this when I was younger, but none of the women I dated would have been happy in such a small cabin or want to help build it.
No I don't have that cabin anymore. I built the big one in 2003, and my biggest and best one in 2009...I have a series where I am in the process right now of building one....its should show up right at the end of this video ( a link to the series )
Forgive me for not watching this incredible video sooner. Now that I have I start to see you guys Beautiful Journey. Thanks for keeping it available. God bless be safe. Jim
Thanks Jim
great video, great experience, well done guys !
This is just crazy! I was just up there. Its still all there. Still standing and in nice shape. My buddy bought it last year. We came up there to build a bigger driveway and room for Garage. the odds of coming across this video is one in a million.. Unbelievable
Thats amazing!!! I just got a message from the owner, its crazy that the owner has seen these videos!
What a great memory to share with us all. Thank you!
Thanks!
What a heart-warming tale! Today's society needs to watch the simple pleasures you have shared in this video, the mutual support and caring, the shared dream and vision, the gratitude that eminates from your souls for the simple but beautiful pleasures you share. I believe that such stories should be part of the school curriculum for our children today, for the sake of a better future. Thanks Dave and Brooke :)
Thank you WS. We really appreciate the comment.
Now, this is how to tell a story. With such a personal touch. So moved by it. Thank you man!!!
You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
No, thank you for allowing us to discover a warm & important time of your life. Having built a log cabin in my 20's I understand the conection between sweat equity & soul. Thanks Brian 77
Thanks Brian. I think I was 25 when we built this one.
There is nothing better than a simple life. Thank you for sharing this video.
Thanks Scott.
Absolutely love this historical episode! Great idea and thanks so much for sharing!
You & Brooke & family are the Best,.Love your No nonsense videos .
Thanks MrPaddlepower! Great looking dog in your photo too!
Just amazing , beautiful job on your homes! You had your Angel cushioning that fall off the roof I'm sure, God is good! ♡
totally agree
This was darn cool watching this. Something you did 20 yrs ago and sharing with us. Tyvm peace
I'm really glad I actually have enough pictures to put this together. I built a beautiful log home in Delta junction , and although I have a couple pics....I don't have enough to make a video.
Man, you really hit a soft spot with me, I live in Switzerland.Thanks for this video. Beautiful family and pictures.
Thanks Tudor.
Thank you for sharing this. You made my day a little better.
Dave is a mans man god bless you and your family
Thanks MD!
I have a very simple cabin in Northern ontario, i can agree with you totally.I made every thing with recycled left overs and my frame is pine logs even roof trust and the roof is clear polycarbin fibre so have 100 % day light. I m planning a 4 season log house with solar heated floor and living space in the loft. it will also be 100 % run on small solar system 200 watts and 2 batteries. I loved what i saw keep doing.
Warrior of truth Garry.
Thank you Garry. Where are you at in Northern Ontario....?
What a great story! THANK YOU!!!
Ya'll built that. That's incredible! I used to frame custom houses with my dad, but we had power tools, and nail guns, a yard crane and a fork lift! It's really cool to see someone do this the old fashioned way. Ply wooding the roof, was always my least favorite part.
That was very enjoyable. You're right sometimes the simple things are the best things. Built a number of buildings but my favourite is my cabin. I might try your stockade log style on some other part of my North property. Thanks for the video.👍
Let me know how it turns out
Great video & history! Always good to look back and see the past...now from then! Awesome Dave!
Thanks Alex. It was a fun video to make too....I always wanted to do travel logs and narrate them.
wow.....so happy we found your channel..... I feel like I have seen you before. Alaska is a dream trip for us honestly. my grand parents went there all the time and came back with stories...trinkets....gorgeous photos...but mostly changed. to truly connect with the wild. no brainer sub here! can't wait to see more. LOVED hearing the story of the cabin start to finish. the images were fantastic. funny you mentioned furniture and showed that barren red chair lol.... the site you made while building was cool. cheers! thanks for sharing.
Thanks beerbelliedtravelers!
Look at that very young girl in the woods!!!!! This was awesome thanks for sharing!!!
LOL, Thanks
I so miss those years in 01 I was 6 my sister was 4 those years were a time we also live here in Alaska but down here in meadow lakes and my sister lives in wasilla and also great story that is just truly amazing and me my mom and my step dad are currently living in a 16x24 dry cabin with electric and natural gas but not running water but it's doing us and I hate that the windows don't open and unfortunately we're just renting it been living like this for about a year not quite and planning on building a bigger cabin soon that would be more roomy so but great story honestly and the old trucks that's just awesome and my step dad has a 40x48 but it's unfortunately up in trapper Creek but it is what it is any way have a good one
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Ur welcome
The simple life. Nice job!!
This almost put me in tears.
wow, I'm glad you enjoyed it
Yes, especially the moment when you have a beautiful baby in your arms... what else could a man ever ask for. Great job!
She's right next to me right now.....we're sharing a plate of Nachos! She'll be 15 this summer.
Baby 😢
Those early pictures make me say, "Dang, you married a cutie."
Awesome journey. Great memories with the wife. Priceless! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
What an awesome story! You guys should feel very proud. Thanks for sharing!
Our pleasure!
Beautiful video, beautiful family.
Thanks Jim.
Mr. Whipple...thanks. You deserve more subs. So does your sweet Mrs.
Thanks Ellen!
Nice build! I've watched some people build on the ground and not run a chainsaw between logs and have a big gap in the logs.
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Awesome, what a talented man!!!
Thanks!
Wow,amazing,and on top of all that you got presenting off to a T. An absolutely awesome family,lifted my heart watching your video,not just this bud but the crate is for you.Cheers
Wow. Thanks Micsa66! I really appreciate that.
what an awesome experience that must have been
It was a great time. I remember it very fondly.
What a great video, I’ve been building a cabin for the last two years by myself in remote alaska, and I must say there is a joy that comes from building a place like yours. I think one thing I’ve taken away from your video is I need to take more pictures! TrueType enjoyed your video. Nice job
Thanks Justin. Brooke took all the pics when we we're building and I'm glad she did.....otherwise its too easy to just keep working and forget to take pics. Glad you liked the video!
Dave and Brooke, I have overwhelming respect for the both of you. I wish you both all the best with your new property in the UP. My wife and I will be heading up to the Hiawatha National Forest in late August and maybe spend the fall there. Best Regards.
Be safe and have a good time up there
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AMAZING LOG CABINS!
Thanks !!
Really enjoyed watching this.... Now on to #2 !
Hope you enjoy # 2!
Yeah sure did!
Thanks.
What a nice, personal Story! Thanks for sharing! ♥️
Thanks Marco for the comment!
Great Video, I really enjoyed it from start to finish and seeing the all the hard work the two of you put into that cabin...
Thanks Fmart3315 ! It was a lot of work but also a great experience!
You guys have a lot to be proud of and it shows through. Gr8 edit and narration. You did another great job!
Thanks.
great video.I'm writing a book and in my book I have to fairly describe the process of building this video really helps. Thank you
Glad it helped. Thanks
Very cool Dave....thx for sharing
Thanks Chad.
I loved your story and the video. Awesome
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I've lived in Alaska for 10 years and my wife is born raised Alaskan and we both had never head of a log-raft. Heck my sister has been living in Fiarbanks for the last 3 years and she never head of them either. We are very intrigued.
Our friend Neil Eklund has been building log rafts for 40 + years on the yukon river. Its just what he loves to do. Back 100+ years ago there were log rafts on the river all the time during the gold rush. Even today in some of the villages you find parts of log rafts where someone floated something big downriver from the bridge. Neil only ran a log raft ONE year as a business for the tourists....all the rest of the times he's selling firewood, or taking dogs to the trapline or just plain rafting for the fun of it.
That really is awesome. What I find funny is all the book in my collection about the Alaskan interior and gold rush never mentions or shows one log raft. I feel like these books are missing a really cool part of history and surely some books do mention log rafts, but none of mine.
most of the rafts back in the gold rush were built in the Yukon territory and floated up to Dawson city. There was definitely never a raft floated into Fairbanks because rafts only go down stream LOL. and fairbanks is way up the Tanana river. I saw the skeleton of a big old raft in Rampart. Someone probably bought a truck in FBX and took it to the bridge and then rafted it to Rampart. Its a super cool thing to do even if its just a small reft with a tent or two.....unforgetable experience.
Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Keith.
thankyou for sharing with us , a lovely walk through of the build and gorgeous scenery , only wish i lived in a cool climate
and had the resources to build a log cabin like that , i'm from Australia
Its a lot of fun to build this way. How are things down under?
@@Bushradical I am well thank you Sir ,looking better by the week starting to get some much needed rain and the heat is easing off now we coming into mid autumn but still high 30's cel with high humidity , i'm in a mostly very dry area so building wooden structures near me is not a plan for me up the mountain (hill)
Great video Dave !! Really enjoyed seeing you two 17 yrs. ago and the build !
Your friend probably gave the Homelite after he bought a stihl chain saw :- ) I was never happier after I made the switch, especially having to sharpen the chain and tightening all the time. Now I was cutting hardwood, hickory, Oak and Hedge for fire wood.
Well I have to go watch the other videos of yours.
Hey Victor. Thanks for the comment...and yes the guy who gave us the chainsaw runs Stihl saws now.
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Well Dave, if nothing else try putting a stihl chain on the homelite and see if that doesn't pay for time, in adjusting and sharpening .
Very cool! Thank you for sharing.
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Beautiful story!
thanks!
...And inspiring, I must add. Checking out your other videos right now. Greetings from NYC, btw.
Thanks Eduardo. Stay warm in New York.
Brilliant ..thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
You build a good log home Dave and that video was awesome
Thanks LT. I appreciate that.
Thanks for an enjoyable video Dave. Love the sarcasm. Love the cabin too. I look forward to watching your other videos. Cheers from Florida!
Thanks KM!
I just spent a few days watching your vids as well as Brooks. Good stuff!
I don’t have cable, so I didn’t realize you both were on the TV show. Wow!
I just tuned in to your channel to see how you built your cabin. I’m a Michigan man too, so just “ask me where I’m from and I’ll show you my hand”(Midland/Boyne City)🤪
Love what your doing! PM me, and next time I’m home I’ll bring you some Lemon filled Donuts. Lol.
Beautiful Cabin build, just loves the log build.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing.
Excellent video brotha! Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you J!
You did a great job, Thank You so much for sharing this !
Thank you.
You do very good work, awesome looking cabin! Cool idea to do the pictures and explain the process.
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That would be cool to live in. It would also be fun to do that river float on a raft.
they were both great times.
wow man thats awesome kudos to yall for these great memories good job of pictures!!
Thanks Brian
What a wonderful video!! Informative and entertaining. The narration is absolutely fantastic-enjoyed every minute of it!!
Thank you very much.
Nice! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Robert.
Youz really are amazing people 😍 ❤ lots of love from Scotland
That was awesome man, thanks for sharing! You two have already led such an interesting life so far!
Thanks. I have a few other vids from "back in the day" to share.
So cozy!! i know there is no need for this but... can you do a full tour of the little cabin??? i am curious about how really it looks inside.
Sorry but I don't own the place anymore....maybe in the future I can
@@Bushradical Ooh ok.
Amazing Thanks for sharing
Great story
Thanks Dan.
This is one of the best videos I've seen in a long time. Love the photo use, they really nail the context of this being your memories of this very special time. Brooke looks like a kid in these pictures, hard to believe she was old enough to have a kid of her own. That's probably just me being old though. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks bob for the vote of confidence. I think Brooke and I were older in this video than you would think we were,... but I won't talk numbers and tell on us for being older than we look.
I'm really glad you enjoyed the video. One of the things I LOVE about youtube is its an outlet to share experiences with the world. All these early years in Alaska it was constantly on my mind how isolated from the world we were.....in regards to being able to share our lives with other people. Its like living in a vacuum. You would send family members pictures but you wished they could be there to be part of the adventure.......you tube has given me an outlet to share with people like I had always wished to be able to do. I'm stoked everyone has enjoyed this video.
The first time I saw one of Brooke's videos, I seem to recall it was her answer to Dave Canterbury's 5x5 challenge (might have been called something else but that's what comes to mind), I commented on how young she looked in it and how amazed I was that someone so young, as well as so small, could do so well on that challenge. She replied saying pretty much the same thing you did, that she's older than I thought she was. Of course I would never ask a ladies age but I can say that from both of your responses I'd say I'm definitely off because I guessed her to be about 25. My wife is the same way, we're both into our fifth decade now (I will go no further or my wife would rightfully beat me senseless) but she is constantly guessed as being in her mid 30's, so I know how that goes. Wish I was still being guessed that young! Alas, no. Most folks guess me within about five years of my actual age. Fortunately not older though, at least not yet.
Definitely enjoyed this video. I like watching craftsmen at work, especially when they clearly know what they're doing. The photos gave it the feel of an old time documentary and the music you chose was spot on for that as well.
I always loved travel-logs. It was real fun narrating this vid...and here's a fun fact.....I played all the background music on acoustic Guitar in one long take to match what was going on in the video.
You guys are awesome love your channel
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That's grate been watching you and wife .👍 this is a dream come true..for Lots of pepole im sure..it would be for me ..& your story of your first cabin .was like a Bed Time story 😂 thanks for sharing .Hope I dream of me building one .✌ please keep building & video sharing..
Thanks William. we're in the process of building one right now.
Wow that's impressive
Thanks Carolyn.
13:25 spoiler; glad you didn't get hurt falling off the roof. I had a Collie as a kid growing up, Lassie was "her" name. Great video, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Peter. Still I can't believe how I took that fall and didn't get a scratch.
awesome man, living the dream! Great cabins youve built over the years
Thanks Coaster!
That is really cool! Well done video. Hardly conventional log building, but easily constructed compared to saddled notched,norwegian corners or whatever! It looks good! like to see more! Can tell you know that you have construction experience, just by the terminology that you use. More please!
Thanks Joel. Actually Ive been a builder most all my life. I built stuff as a kid, took building trades in high school, built 4 houses Brooke and I lived in and was concrete contractor for years.....I was pretty young in this video!
I've always heard this style of cabin referred to as a "Hudson Bay Cabin".
Really enjoyed that.
I appreciate the comment.
Thank you
Thank you for watching!!
Great video, Love the 1st and 2nd cabin.
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That's an awesome story... Love it. 👌👍💯❗💪
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awesome Dave, nice cabins and a great story, keep em coming
Thanks Elwood!
Awesome! Congrats.
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beautiful family!! God bless your family! 👍
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Loved this video. I really appreciate it. Goals right here
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Skinny squares shovel works great for peeling logs
Never tried a shovel...but I have my doubts how it would work on this cabin. The logs were super dry and they peeled hard.
@@Bushradical is how we done 3 cabins one 60 by 80 but here in Alabama logs might peel differently
Is it just any skinny square point shovel? Or is there a shovel made for peeling?
@@Bushradical no point flat end think was roofing shovel
That's awesome Dave! Thanks for sharing that!
Thanks Jeff.
What an envy! Congrats from Catalonia.
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Living the dream
Thanks Buck.
VERY NICE SIR. VERY NICE!!
Thanks Bruce!
Good job!
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very nice. I don't understand why their are thumbs down.
Beats me too......
I love it! You guys are my inspiration!
Very nice.
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I absolutely loved this video. Beautiful way to tell your story.
Great to see that you both built this with each other’s help and effort. Great legacy for your family.
Thanks Duane!
Inspiring video Bushradical Thank You
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Great video, thank you for sharing!
Thanks Ryan.
Nice story☺👍
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