Awesome content guys. Just as a quick tip for the water hole, instead of breaking so much ice each time for the water put a bunch if pine tree branches (enough to cover the hole) then cover it with snow, and the next time you come back it won't be frozen over much. Easy access to water...
Good idea! That's the way it was done back in the old days. I remember my Dad doing this for ice fishing holes too. Later on when pink Styrofoam came out he started using that instead. The holes were always marked with sticks for safety.
I think that living off the grid is great especially away from big brother. You have done a fantastic job. The only upsetting thing is to see a black bear skin on the wall. When I went to rockies Canada is saw many and the idea to kill them is barbaric. They have as much right to be on this planet, maybe more than us. They kill for food. You kill for pleasure. In UK that is just cruelty. We love animals.
@@pamela-mm7juI feel the same way about killing for sport, but I would imagine that that bear skin has been part of this cabin for decades if not a past generation. Throwing it away does nothing to bring the bear back but it does spark conversation about how one wants to live with nature so I personally do not fault this family for having it on the wall.
OUTSTANDING !! Content and editing guys. We all are learning so much from you all living off-grid especially during the winter months. I totally love all of your amazing adventurous videos. Thank you so very much for sharing. Stay safe always.
The BEST video I've seen so far Explains EVERYTHING you need to know to be off grid and allows you choose alternatives also doesn't waste time with needless cooking footage and putting us through even more wasted time making us watch you eat it. Very educating for beginners A lot of important topics to best be prepared.. Exactly what I need to know BEFORE I take my FIRST step. Thank You
Old man Winter...definitely took a long time to arrive but with this Cold snap I am sure the thinkness of the ice on the lake is much safer....As for the beauty in the cinenamatography....it is unmatched and love how various family members take time to be the narrator of each story told!! It truly is a family affair and as DAD said....NO one said it would ever be easy ( prophetic at that) ...but nothing is ever worthwhile if it isnt easy!!!! Cheers, and hope 2023 brings your family .....health, happiness, and growth!!! Warmest of regards, 1000 islands ontario!!!
Awesome way to spend Sunday morning, with the van Stralen Family! The introduction today was exceptional. The photography with its music was beautiful!! The cabin shot in the snow should be framed, so you always remember the beauty of you cabin in the snow. It was simply wonderful and will watch it again! This was very informative about how life has gone off grid in the dead of Winter. Delighted you can get safely on and off the island now for needed supplies. It sounds like all the preparations you made were worth the effort. But, it was a major amount of work. I think the next time you overwinter on the island will be so much easier than this first year has been. What a simply grand adventure this has been. Thank you for taking us along with you. I have enjoyed every single minute of it. You put out superior videos, and everyone seems to have an eye and ear and creative ability to produces this outstanding product.
You guys have done so much…..but you humbly recognize that you still have more to learn. One of the refreshing aspects of your channel! Just love the way your family works together to take on the daily chores!
Awesome video as always. It always a good day when The Epic Family Road Trip uploads a new episode. Can't wait to see the kids in OX's Nordic series. Prayers for all of y'all.
I have been binge watching your channel and truly loving it! Your goals for your family's future towards sustainability are a dream and obsession of mine! Foraging is something I am working on! It's such an amazing learning experience! I'm looking forward to learning with you!
What an absolute dream life,liberty,pursuit of happiness! The Real True North American Dream regardless of borders Your doing it all 😢 Congratulations from Oklahoma 👍🏼
Looks beautiful there. I loved winter tent camping when younger now I do not know if I would like it as much. The cabin looks awesome. Stay safe and healthy.
Dear hearts, thank you for giving us a tour of your beautiful, cozy cabin. And also great valuable survival tips. You planned and thought about the most important things you needed to survive the winter. Take care of yourselves, be safe. Until your next video. No, I didn’t forget about Lando. Please, give him a big hug for me! God bless you all!!
I dont comment often but we both love your videos. I continue to be impressed with the production quality not just in the technical aspect but also the storytelling. You are an inspiration to others working to create quality content.. Thanks for sharing your life on the island..
Thank you all, 0:12 for allowing us to literally come into your home. This recap of your preparations and thoughts shows hard you have worked to accomplish your family’s goals. We are appreciative of the fine production quality and hard work it requires to accomplish your daily tasks. From Midcoast Maine ❤️👍🏻👍🏻
I don't know if it's all camera, but you and your wife have an amazing home and even more important you have a great family. Your family seems to be very close and polite with each other, be safe.
What an amazing journey! I'm so glad to see your nearly adult children taking part in this journey so they can continue it with their families 😊 Being self-sufficient and self-sustaining is probably the one of the most important life lessons we can teach and hand off to our children and grandchildren. To just rely on the land with the help of modern technology, Who'd have ever thought? 😊 Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas!
I really love the recap video and thanks for sharing the little cabin. It looks fantastic. 😊 The new edition really makes a whole lot more room. -35. Ouch 🥶🥶🥶 Ok 👌🏼 🔥🤠🔥Camping Russ out
👍👍👍👍👍, Thank you for spending the time to covering all the "in's and out's" of being prepared for a winter stay. Also the winter scenery at the beginning of your vlog was incredible to say the least !
Hi, When i was young we had a cabin in the archipelago of Stockholm, We had a Woodstove in the kitchen to kook on. For the winter season we also had no running water but we had a well. To heat water we had a 15 liter barrel with a tap coming out 10 cm from the side of the barrel. We used this for doing the dishes and hand washing. I saw you had a wood-stove and thought it may be good to have such a solution so you do not have to use propane for preheating water. We had a similar solution at a scout camp using a milk canister and a water heating element connected with copper piping to the bottom and the middle for circulation. The Water element was used as heat absorber in the fire. This canister also had a tap and word spread fast in the camp of 400 persons. I think the first solution is more convenient for you. When the water is not used it will serve as a heat storage a while after the fire has gone out. I love you Channel !! Looking forward to the next video !!
For your power needs: Have you considered a wind generator? Or a paneled roof on the barge that could remain in full sunlight and tilt for maximum gain during winter? Assuming the barge would be ok frozen in to the lake a few yards off shore? Rigged properly, the wiring would be small gauge and longer lengths would be feasible. However, considering the cloud cover during winter and short days, the most cost effective system may be what you have: a generator. Especially if you plan to spend summers exploring elsewhere.
What a beautifull family and life you guys have builted for yourselfs! The way you share it with others is truly inspiring and joyfull! Warm greetings from Ericeira, Portugal!
If you keep old windows then out on storm winter clear cover's on the outside, for one when your not there it will protect your cabin from moisture mold. Were in Oregon and we have snow but my brother's cabin takes a snow hit were you dig your door way out everyday. But he's been doing it for twenty five year's I think he's learning it's a next year better yep next year better ok .
I recently found your channel been enjoying your off grid series. I am just beginning steps towards the homestead possibly off grid life. This is going to be a reset of my life and start over.
That's a beautiful place you have there. My family has a small log cabin on a lake in Wisconsin and it's mostly a summer cabin but sometimes some of us go there in the spring, fall, and winter too for short lengths of time. It's loved by all of us and is a little piece of heaven on earth. My great grandparents bought it in the summer of 1965 and it's wonderful that it's still in the family today, so many generations throughout the years. My great grandparents who started it all have been long gone but would be so proud and happy with the investment they made in this tiny cabin and so glad it's still family owned and loved to this day like they always meant for it to be. 🥰
Screw-on lids are available for 5-gallon buckets. They effectively seal the buckets an are much easier to deal with than push-on ones shown in your videos.
When I was at my brothers big cabin the men went to get water they pulled away the pine tree branches and just wire moved light ice as they scooped clean water and covered up with branches and snow on top. Once water came in his wife ran it threw a cleaner and then hot tea nice. I believe he has about 90 half gallon jars of dehydrated food's along with dry goods it's a different living but game night, puzzle's, art books and card's one needs to have self time. But if your from the city you freak you go potty out side in a coffin standing not really but felt like it.
Quelle paysages magnifiques 🤩. Voilà une maison et un environnement dans lequel l’on peut prendre le temps de vivre et de profiter de sa famille👌 vous nous faites rêvé. Grosse bises de France 🇫🇷
The hot water needed for various small things such as dish washing can be heated in a sturdy container on the woodstove. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Opening segment photography was beautifully done - take a bow from someone who used to make a living as a photographer/videographer. Looking at getting one of the remote communication devices as a backup before a trip to Death Valley NP, much of which has no cell service. Question: Are you considering getting the mobile version of Starlink to use when you return to the road? See you next week.
That's a beautiful home. I would always have a wood stove and that old propane cooking stove is a keeper. And the Windows is lovely. Is not storm window type but I love these old windows. You can save them by making picture frames out of them if you ever upgrade your windows. Just make sure you keep them . That a good machine for making hot water.
Happy Sunday, great vid, you and your family have an awesome cabin and your explanation of each area was very informative. Yesterday and including today, we have received 36 + inches of fresh snow. It's been a big winter so far. Will be clearing decks tomorrow, again. Over the years, I have enjoyed staying in many Canadian fly-out wilderness lodges, enjoying the solitude, great food and being with close friend, alway a great time fishing the lakes, streams and rivers. Your cabin and island reminds me all those different lodges. Stay warm, healty and safe.
I have been looking at off grid video for a year now and that Home Sted Rescue show since it startes and never seen any of the devices you use. This was the most helpful off grid video that I've seen. Your set up makes so much more sense than some of the other set ups I've seen. Amazing! I've never know those batteries could be charged like that.
I too live on a island, but I am in the Southern Bahamas. Of course we don’t have snow here but we are in Hurricane alley, but in the 30+ years down here we have never had a Direct hit. My large 6 bedroom 7 bath home sits 90 feet above high tide. The basement is all concrete and about 2000 sq ft. With 2 bedrooms 1 bath and kitchenette. The 3 floor is my office & ham shack. We are all Solar powered here with 20,000 gallon water catchment system+ a 20x30 pool all freshwater. No cars, but solar powered golf carts to get around the 700 acre island. I also have an air strip and I am a Pilot. We store lots of food, we raise chickens, rabbits and have wild hogs running free. It is amazing what you can grow here with a 12 month growing season. Once a year I fly to Oregon and shop at Azure Standard for meats, grain & spices. Then about every 2 months I fly to Homestead Florida where a Walmart superstore is right next to the airport and have a Mail Drop for Amazon packages. I do own a car, Land Rover Defender 130 wagon / camper that I leave with my son in Northern Idaho. I spend Christmas with his family then go to Quartzsite, AZ to see old friends and play music till all hours of the night. By March it’s back to the Bahamas.
Wow, Amazing lifestyle! Hope you will still be able to have the freedom to travel in future days, but maybe your family can join you on your self sufficient island if all gets too "complicated" around us. It sounds lovely, but my heart would long for PNW mountains and snow so I would vote for Idaho 😉❄️🌲ps. That's why we're pre-cooking and freeze drying as much food as we can so hopefully could get by ok even during a long winter 😊🙏
That was great people. You taught me so much about electricity. I love the filming of winter,take care & stay happy. From Elaine in Queensland, Australia. Where it is hot & thunderstorms coming through the West of us , & a cyclone forming off the coast in the Coral Sea, could turn east or continue on its way south to wards New Zealand. Very adverse weather circling around the world at the moment.Bye for now Elaine.
Pete thanks for this very intimate look at how y'all are living in such a beautiful place! Really like the license plate in the boys room 😉. That window in Caroline's room is very cool. Really a great and epic place!!!! As always thanks for allowing us to be apart of your family.
Hello I was looking for channels like this I really enjoy watching this kind of beautiful videos so I just joined your channel what a beautiful family and the love between you all is so adorable thank you for sharing your wonderful video of your life stay warm and safe outthere Rosa olbera from America 🇺🇸
Simple Living Alaska show how they process the fish that they catch and different baits/methods of fishing. They are very knowledgeable and an interesting couple…
I live in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Our ice fishermen here get into trouble sometimes. Our fire department has a hovercraft that can hold several people. It works well on ice or open water. Good luck!!!
Rewatching, this just is so breathtaking to see, even the second time. Each Season has such beautiful qualities. This was an amazing series you all did. And seeing it again it hits you how spectacular it really was. This is family bonding at it highest. I think of the TV Show, Little House of the Prairie and their struggles. Adversity brings a family so much closer than the easy breezy days of Summer! This was just an enormous adventure. Thank you for sharing with all of us, and your many talents! ❤. PS. Love love love, Mr. Heater!!! Fantastic quality products 💕💕💕💕💕
I got the video it just started to work I’m watching it now and so far it’s amazing I was worried that I wasn’t going to see it you make my day with your dreams thank you and god bless your family
Simple Living Alaska, is a great vlog resource for gardening, preserving, hunting and fishing and their methods of butchering and preserving the protein.
So interesting what different places call the snow mobiles. Here in Alaska we call them snow machines. 😀. I loved learning about how you get warm water. I think your sewer staying unfrozen is going to be a challenge with less people using it. My friends sewer kept freezing with just one using it. This video was well done, so thorough!
In the event your cabin catches fire and your family is chased out on a cold winter night, possibly with no time to grab warm clothes, I'm sure you have a game plan. If not, it's a good thing to have some sort of heated shelter until help arrived.
As much as I like the snow dogs, I like the modern snowmobiles more. They are faster so you can drive out of iffy situations. Snow dogs are more maneuverable in tight spaces but lack the speed and agility of snowmobiles. Thanks for the cabin tour. Good luck fishing, I still haven't been out yet,lol.
You should cover your hole in the ice with a number of pine branches and cover them with snow and you will, at most, have thin ice to break through and lessen you work to break through to water.
Awesome home !! "Old Fashion Windows" .. I remember switching out large screens in summer and a large glass storm window over the panes in the winter 😍
Great video, Thanks Pete. Did you ever think about fitting one of the Jeeps with Max Trax's for the winter? Or possibly a side by side with Trax that way you can use the machine all year round rather than a seasonal snow machine. Safe travels, Perry
Excellent ! There's a lot more to this than meets the eye, at least if you want the modern conveniences. In my youth, we had no desire for internet, or solar power, or tankless heated water because it didn't exist! We got our water from buckets, drawn from the swift running river out back. Warm water was achieved by heating it up on the stove. Warm showers didn't exist. In later years, we installed a point, for a shallow well (probably 20-25 feet down) and had plenty of water year round. Heat was from a wood burning, heatalator style, field stone, boring hard wood fireplace (our favorite was apple or cherry wood) -- (not very efficient but it did the trick) supplemented by a hot-air, kerosene heater (kerosene doesn't gel like Number 2 fuel oil and was kept outside in a 250 gallon tank). We lost electricity often, our back ups were Coleman stoves, and kerosene lanterns. In other words, you're living a life of luxury with all that technology :-). I'm so happy you showed the slush on the lake. I replied to one of your videos a month or so ago and cautioned you about that. We would often encounter them and snowmobiles in our day were designed differently (very little track travel and maybe 50-60 hp). Today, these narrow (12-15" tracks) and high horsepower engines can power through most (probably not all) slush fields and even hydroplane across open water (not recommended). I noticed that in Scandinavia, it's common to see small hover craft, instead of air boats, in use across frozen or semi-frozen lakes. Airboats are exposed to the weather and while they can cross snow, I can imagine that being a rough ride across drifts vs. open water. But they certainly would cover any dangerous ice condition. Well done. I wish I was with you. If you can find a Bombardier Bombi, or equivalent, you may find it useful too.
Thanks for the update. Winter gear that offers insulation as well as flotation is great, but does it keep the water out? Water conducts heat away from the body 25 faster than air. Please remember the 1-10-1 rule; you having one minute to control your breathing (gasp reflex), less than 10 minutes for self-rescue, and 1 hour before you become unconscious due to hypothermia. Stay safe out there.
Great video! Very informative....the cabin is so beautiful...y'all have all the resources you need, great preparation.... Even Tv & internet out there. Incredible work!
Awesome content guys. Just as a quick tip for the water hole, instead of breaking so much ice each time for the water put a bunch if pine tree branches (enough to cover the hole) then cover it with snow, and the next time you come back it won't be frozen over much. Easy access to water...
This method works well, I've seen people do it.
Good idea! That's the way it was done back in the old days. I remember my Dad doing this for ice fishing holes too. Later on when pink Styrofoam came out he started using that instead. The holes were always marked with sticks for safety.
New subscriber here. I’m so fascinated with your lifestyle and I will be watching all your videos
I think that living off the grid is great especially away from big brother. You have done a fantastic job. The only upsetting thing is to see a black bear skin on the wall. When I went to rockies Canada is saw many and the idea to kill them is barbaric. They have as much right to be on this planet, maybe more than us. They kill for food. You kill for pleasure. In UK that is just cruelty. We love animals.
@@pamela-mm7juI feel the same way about killing for sport, but I would imagine that that bear skin has been part of this cabin for decades if not a past generation. Throwing it away does nothing to bring the bear back but it does spark conversation about how one wants to live with nature so I personally do not fault this family for having it on the wall.
OUTSTANDING !! Content and editing guys. We all are learning so much from you all living off-grid especially during the winter months. I totally love all of your amazing adventurous videos. Thank you so very much for sharing. Stay safe always.
The BEST video I've seen so far Explains EVERYTHING you need to know to be off grid and allows you choose alternatives also doesn't waste time with needless cooking footage and putting us through even more wasted time making us watch you eat it. Very educating for beginners A lot of important topics to best be prepared.. Exactly what I need to know BEFORE I take my FIRST step. Thank You
Glad it was helpful!
I happen to enjoy the food prep and sharing of the end result, but I do like that it isn't in every video!
Old man Winter...definitely took a long time to arrive but with this Cold snap I am sure the thinkness of the ice on the lake is much safer....As for the beauty in the cinenamatography....it is unmatched and love how various family members take time to be the narrator of each story told!! It truly is a family affair and as DAD said....NO one said it would ever be easy ( prophetic at that) ...but nothing is ever worthwhile if it isnt easy!!!! Cheers, and hope 2023 brings your family .....health, happiness, and growth!!! Warmest of regards, 1000 islands ontario!!!
Absolutely obsessed. So glad I found your channel! Thank you for peaceful, High quality material. Love the cabin!
So glad you found our channel. Thank you for watching. Have a wonderful day.
So interesting to get more details about how daily life is going after watching all the preparations last year- thank you!
Our pleasure!
Awesome way to spend Sunday morning, with the van Stralen Family! The introduction today was exceptional. The photography with its music was beautiful!! The cabin shot in the snow should be framed, so you always remember the beauty of you cabin in the snow.
It was simply wonderful and will watch it again!
This was very informative about how life has gone off grid in the dead of Winter. Delighted you can get safely on and off the island now for needed supplies. It sounds like all the preparations you made were worth the effort. But, it was a major amount of work. I think the next time you overwinter on the island will be so much easier than this first year has been. What a simply grand adventure this has been. Thank you for taking us along with you.
I have enjoyed every single minute of it. You put out superior videos, and everyone seems to have an eye and ear and creative ability to produces this outstanding product.
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts and comments. We appreciate it.
You guys have done so much…..but you humbly recognize that you still have more to learn. One of the refreshing aspects of your channel! Just love the way your family works together to take on the daily chores!
Thanks for that!
Awesome video as always. It always a good day when The Epic Family Road Trip uploads a new episode. Can't wait to see the kids in OX's Nordic series. Prayers for all of y'all.
Thank you
I have been binge watching your channel and truly loving it! Your goals for your family's future towards sustainability are a dream and obsession of mine! Foraging is something I am working on! It's such an amazing learning experience! I'm looking forward to learning with you!
Thank you so much! Yes there’s a lot to learn but great skills to have.
@EFRT so true! An adventure in learning that will last a lifetime. And being out in nature is so healing in and of itself.
What an absolute dream life,liberty,pursuit of happiness!
The Real True North American Dream regardless of borders
Your doing it all 😢
Congratulations from Oklahoma 👍🏼
Wow you have really thought of everything. Such a great protector. Like seriously. Great job parents.
Thank you so much!
Looks beautiful there. I loved winter tent camping when younger now I do not know if I would like it as much. The cabin looks awesome. Stay safe and healthy.
Epic family I could live there all the time ! Beautiful!❤
Dear hearts, thank you for giving us a tour of your beautiful, cozy cabin. And also great valuable survival tips. You planned and thought about the most important things you needed to survive the winter. Take care of yourselves, be safe. Until your next video. No, I didn’t forget about Lando. Please, give him a big hug for me! God bless you all!!
I dont comment often but we both love your videos. I continue to be impressed with the production quality not just in the technical aspect but also the storytelling. You are an inspiration to others working to create quality content.. Thanks for sharing your life on the island..
Thanks guys! Also thank you for your support!!
Thank you all, 0:12 for allowing us to literally come into your home. This recap of your preparations and thoughts shows hard you have worked to accomplish your family’s goals.
We are appreciative of the fine production quality and hard work it requires to accomplish your daily tasks.
From Midcoast Maine ❤️👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for that! Have a wonderful day!
Thank you so much for sharing the way you live and survive. The skills that are used every day are amazing to see.😊
Happy Sunday, Epic family! This was a wonderful treat. Thank you! May God bless you all.
I don't know if it's all camera, but you and your wife have an amazing home and even more important you have a great family. Your family seems to be very close and polite with each other, be safe.
Thank you!
I really love your family!! I love your place, every activities that you can do in your place is always a family bonding. Much Love from Philippines
What an amazing journey! I'm so glad to see your nearly adult children taking part in this journey so they can continue it with their families 😊 Being self-sufficient and self-sustaining is probably the one of the most important life lessons we can teach and hand off to our children and grandchildren. To just rely on the land with the help of modern technology, Who'd have ever thought? 😊 Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas!
You have done your best to ensure a comfortable and safe life for your family on the island.Greetings!
I really love the recap video and thanks for sharing the little cabin. It looks fantastic. 😊 The new edition really makes a whole lot more room. -35. Ouch 🥶🥶🥶 Ok 👌🏼 🔥🤠🔥Camping Russ out
Beautiful cabin with well-researched solutions to cope with off-grid life! Impressive
That's called deep pockets.
What a GREAT overview of your off-grid lifestyle!! Stay Safe!!
Thank you! Will do!
Thanks for sharing with me. I am now very limited in mobility and I so enjoy getting out and about with you this way!
You are so welcome!
It’s great your getting set up while you have those healthy young adults to help with all the work.
Great details; I really appreciate that! I’m very happy you are all doing well and enjoying your winter. Well done Epic Family!! Beautiful cabin!
Our pleasure!
👍👍👍👍👍, Thank you for spending the time to covering all the "in's and out's" of being prepared for a winter stay. Also the winter scenery at the beginning of your vlog was incredible to say the least !
Our pleasure!
Hi,
When i was young we had a cabin in the archipelago of Stockholm,
We had a Woodstove in the kitchen to kook on.
For the winter season we also had no running water but we had a well.
To heat water we had a 15 liter barrel with a tap coming out 10 cm from the side of the barrel.
We used this for doing the dishes and hand washing.
I saw you had a wood-stove and thought it may be good to have such a solution so you do not have to use propane for preheating water.
We had a similar solution at a scout camp using a milk canister and a water heating element connected with copper piping to the bottom and the middle for circulation.
The Water element was used as heat absorber in the fire.
This canister also had a tap and word spread fast in the camp of 400 persons.
I think the first solution is more convenient for you.
When the water is not used it will serve as a heat storage a while after the fire has gone out.
I love you Channel !!
Looking forward to the next video !!
Thanks for the tips!
God has certainly provided you with a wonderful location for your adventure
One of the very best remote living presentations on the internet. Keep up the good work. God bless.
Thank you!
For your power needs:
Have you considered a wind generator?
Or a paneled roof on the barge that could remain in full sunlight and tilt for maximum gain during winter?
Assuming the barge would be ok frozen in to the lake a few yards off shore?
Rigged properly, the wiring would be small gauge and longer lengths would be feasible.
However, considering the cloud cover during winter and short days, the most cost effective system may be what you have: a generator.
Especially if you plan to spend summers exploring elsewhere.
We’ll definitely look into that option
Just want to say God bless all of you because you are a beautiful family and holding together that is important 💕
Good Morning and what a great video. Have a great Sunday to you all 💗.
What a beautifull family and life you guys have builted for yourselfs! The way you share it with others is truly inspiring and joyfull!
Warm greetings from Ericeira, Portugal!
Thank you so much!
If you keep old windows then out on storm winter clear cover's on the outside, for one when your not there it will protect your cabin from moisture mold. Were in Oregon and we have snow but my brother's cabin takes a snow hit were you dig your door way out everyday. But he's been doing it for twenty five year's I think he's learning it's a next year better yep next year better ok .
I recently found your channel been enjoying your off grid series. I am just beginning steps towards the homestead possibly off grid life. This is going to be a reset of my life and start over.
That’s awesome. Sounds like a great adventure ahead. We are so glad you found our channel and are enjoying the videos. Have a wonderful day.
That's a beautiful place you have there. My family has a small log cabin on a lake in Wisconsin and it's mostly a summer cabin but sometimes some of us go there in the spring, fall, and winter too for short lengths of time. It's loved by all of us and is a little piece of heaven on earth. My great grandparents bought it in the summer of 1965 and it's wonderful that it's still in the family today, so many generations throughout the years. My great grandparents who started it all have been long gone but would be so proud and happy with the investment they made in this tiny cabin and so glad it's still family owned and loved to this day like they always meant for it to be. 🥰
Sounds like you have a wonderful place there with so many family memories. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
It’s amazing we’re learning so much things about serving in winter weather and thanks for shearing your amazing experience with us thanks once again
You are so welcome!
Screw-on lids are available for 5-gallon buckets. They effectively seal the buckets an are much easier to deal with than push-on ones shown in your videos.
Love the musical score! Commenting for the algorithm and subbed
Also... consider burying a water line in when you can
Thanks for subbing!
When I was at my brothers big cabin the men went to get water they pulled away the pine tree branches and just wire moved light ice as they scooped clean water and covered up with branches and snow on top. Once water came in his wife ran it threw a cleaner and then hot tea nice. I believe he has about 90 half gallon jars of dehydrated food's along with dry goods it's a different living but game night, puzzle's, art books and card's one needs to have self time. But if your from the city you freak you go potty out side in a coffin standing not really but felt like it.
HEY! Good Sunday morning to everybody and thumbs UP to Epic Family! 👍
Good morning. Happy Sunday!
Good afternoon and happy Sunday 😀😀😀
Quelle paysages magnifiques 🤩. Voilà une maison et un environnement dans lequel l’on peut prendre le temps de vivre et de profiter de sa famille👌 vous nous faites rêvé. Grosse bises de France 🇫🇷
The hot water needed for various small things such as dish washing can be heated in a sturdy container on the woodstove. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Opening segment photography was beautifully done - take a bow from someone who used to make a living as a photographer/videographer.
Looking at getting one of the remote communication devices as a backup before a trip to Death Valley NP, much of which has no cell service.
Question: Are you considering getting the mobile version of Starlink to use when you return to the road?
See you next week.
Always a pleasure to spend time with you all !!
Thank you
Good morning Epic Family! Absolutely beautiful footage!! Thank you for your content.
That's a beautiful home. I would always have a wood stove and that old propane cooking stove is a keeper. And the Windows is lovely. Is not storm window type but I love these old windows. You can save them by making picture frames out of them if you ever upgrade your windows. Just make sure you keep them .
That a good machine for making hot water.
Awesome. You were all well and truly prepared for the winter. Well planed.
Happy Sunday, great vid, you and your family have an awesome cabin and your explanation of each area was very informative. Yesterday and including today, we have received 36 + inches of fresh snow. It's been a big winter so far. Will be clearing decks tomorrow, again. Over the years, I have enjoyed staying in many Canadian fly-out wilderness lodges, enjoying the solitude, great food and being with close friend, alway a great time fishing the lakes, streams and rivers. Your cabin and island reminds me all those different lodges. Stay warm, healty and safe.
Thank you
Now that's a "Self Designed Life" .....good on you!!!
Very informative! And lastly, for live entertainment we have Lando! 🤩
When done with the outside chairs, turn them upside down. Keeps snow off them
We have just watched three episodes and we are hooked! Subscribed and looking forward to watching more episodes.
So glad you are enjoying the videos. Thanks for subbing!
Love the video. All the information was really thought out, and presented easy to understand. I hope that you, and the family stay blessed.
Thank you! You too!
This is one of the most informative videos on any topic in a longtime that i can remember....congratulations on the great content EFRT!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Lovely and wonderful content to have my coffee on this cold Sunday morning watching this video. Blessings Helen Montana
I have been looking at off grid video for a year now and that Home Sted Rescue show since it startes and never seen any of the devices you use. This was the most helpful off grid video that I've seen. Your set up makes so much more sense than some of the other set ups I've seen. Amazing! I've never know those batteries could be charged like that.
Glad you found it helpful.
I too live on a island, but I am in the Southern Bahamas. Of course we don’t have snow here but we are in Hurricane alley, but in the 30+ years down here we have never had a Direct hit. My large 6 bedroom 7 bath home sits 90 feet above high tide. The basement is all concrete and about 2000 sq ft. With 2 bedrooms 1 bath and kitchenette. The 3 floor is my office & ham shack. We are all Solar powered here with 20,000 gallon water catchment system+ a 20x30 pool all freshwater. No cars, but solar powered golf carts to get around the 700 acre island. I also have an air strip and I am a Pilot. We store lots of food, we raise chickens, rabbits and have wild hogs running free. It is amazing what you can grow here with a 12 month growing season. Once a year I fly to Oregon and shop at Azure Standard for meats, grain & spices. Then about every 2 months I fly to Homestead Florida where a Walmart superstore is right next to the airport and have a Mail Drop for Amazon packages. I do own a car, Land Rover Defender 130 wagon / camper that I leave with my son in Northern Idaho. I spend Christmas with his family then go to Quartzsite, AZ to see old friends and play music till all hours of the night. By March it’s back to the Bahamas.
Wow, Amazing lifestyle! Hope you will still be able to have the freedom to travel in future days, but maybe your family can join you on your self sufficient island if all gets too "complicated" around us. It sounds lovely, but my heart would long for PNW mountains and snow so I would vote for Idaho 😉❄️🌲ps. That's why we're pre-cooking and freeze drying as much food as we can so hopefully could get by ok even during a long winter 😊🙏
Sounds awesome there. Thanks for sharing!
That was great people. You taught me so much about electricity. I love the filming of winter,take care & stay happy. From Elaine in Queensland, Australia. Where it is hot & thunderstorms coming through the West of us , & a cyclone forming off the coast in the Coral Sea, could turn east or continue on its way south to wards New Zealand. Very adverse weather circling around the world at the moment.Bye for now Elaine.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Pete thanks for this very intimate look at how y'all are living in such a beautiful place! Really like the license plate in the boys room 😉. That window in Caroline's room is very cool. Really a great and epic place!!!! As always thanks for allowing us to be apart of your family.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the video
Enjoying Rainy Sunday morning here in Gresham watching my favorite U Tube Adventurers 👍
You rock!
Thank you for letting us live the dream with you
Our pleasure!
Awesome knowledge you shared with us, just enjoy your journey into the unknown of homesteading off grid. Thank you!
Our pleasure!
Excellent!! There was so much good info in this video. Cheers-
This lifestyle is my dream lifestyle. Congrats to you and your family for achieving this! Best wishes on your continued success! 😊
Thank you!
Hello I was looking for channels like this I really enjoy watching this kind of beautiful videos so I just joined your channel what a beautiful family and the love between you all is so adorable thank you for sharing your wonderful video of your life stay warm and safe outthere Rosa olbera from America 🇺🇸
Thank you!
Simple Living Alaska show how they process the fish that they catch and different baits/methods of fishing. They are very knowledgeable and an interesting couple…
Yes they are great!
I live in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Our ice fishermen here get into trouble sometimes. Our fire department has a hovercraft that can hold several people. It works well on ice or open water. Good luck!!!
Great video! Thanks for taking the time to create this one!
Rewatching, this just is so breathtaking to see, even the second time. Each Season has such beautiful qualities. This was an amazing series you all did. And seeing it again it hits you how spectacular it really was. This is family bonding at it highest.
I think of the TV Show, Little House of the Prairie and their struggles. Adversity brings a family so much closer than the easy breezy days of Summer! This was just an enormous adventure.
Thank you for sharing with all of us, and your many talents! ❤.
PS. Love love love, Mr. Heater!!! Fantastic quality products 💕💕💕💕💕
Thank you. So glad you enjoyed the videos. ❤️
Embracing Epicness!
I got the video it just started to work I’m watching it now and so far it’s amazing I was worried that I wasn’t going to see it you make my day with your dreams thank you and god bless your family
So happy it’s working. Have a wonderful day
Simple Living Alaska, is a great vlog resource for gardening, preserving, hunting and fishing and their methods of butchering and preserving the protein.
So interesting what different places call the snow mobiles. Here in Alaska we call them snow machines. 😀. I loved learning about how you get warm water. I think your sewer staying unfrozen is going to be a challenge with less people using it. My friends sewer kept freezing with just one using it. This video was well done, so thorough!
Thank you. Yes we will need a solution for that going forward.
In the event your cabin catches fire and your family is chased out on a cold winter night, possibly with no time to grab warm clothes, I'm sure you have a game plan. If not, it's a good thing to have some sort of heated shelter until help arrived.
Yes. We have a plan in place and hope we never have to use it. But we agree always best to be prepared.
As much as I like the snow dogs, I like the modern snowmobiles more. They are faster so you can drive out of iffy situations. Snow dogs are more maneuverable in tight spaces but lack the speed and agility of snowmobiles. Thanks for the cabin tour. Good luck fishing, I still haven't been out yet,lol.
I agree completely, I hope snow dog sponsored them
I have never seen you keep a fish that you have caught so this answered my question of if you ever keep what you catch. Great video.
Brilliant! So glad I found your great channel with excellent content delivered in a very professional way. 👍🏻🙅♀️
Welcome aboard! So glad you found us. Have an amazing day!
You should cover your hole in the ice with a number of pine branches and cover them with snow and you will, at most, have thin ice to break through and lessen you work to break through to water.
Thanks for the tip!
Great walkthrough!!! I saw some old friends in the form of the Louis Lamour books in the Boys room.
Classics 👍🏻 📚
as always your footage is epic. As spectacular snow is I could not image living in it. 🤣 Too use to warm weather here in Queensland Australia.
That was very interesting. Thank you.
Have a nice week.
You guys are living the dream
Most interesting episode!!! I love what you are doing. 🏡 🔥💡🎶🎶🎶🤗❤️
As usual, it's a great pleasure to follow you from Montréal.
Thank you for following along in Montreal. Have a wonderful day!
Ditto here in 1000 islands ......their lake is definitely frozen now!!!
Awesome home !! "Old Fashion Windows" .. I remember switching out large screens in summer and a large glass storm window over the panes in the winter 😍
You have a true paradise ❤ Nice hardwood. I am in soft wood country too
Thank you.
Beautiful video, your so lucky you are able to live out that dream.
Great video, Thanks Pete. Did you ever think about fitting one of the Jeeps with Max Trax's for the winter? Or possibly a side by side with Trax that way you can use the machine all year round rather than a seasonal snow machine. Safe travels, Perry
It’s an option 👍🏻
That was great Pete! Really enjoying this series. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent ! There's a lot more to this than meets the eye, at least if you want the modern conveniences. In my youth, we had no desire for internet, or solar power, or tankless heated water because it didn't exist! We got our water from buckets, drawn from the swift running river out back. Warm water was achieved by heating it up on the stove. Warm showers didn't exist. In later years, we installed a point, for a shallow well (probably 20-25 feet down) and had plenty of water year round. Heat was from a wood burning, heatalator style, field stone, boring hard wood fireplace (our favorite was apple or cherry wood) -- (not very efficient but it did the trick) supplemented by a hot-air, kerosene heater (kerosene doesn't gel like Number 2 fuel oil and was kept outside in a 250 gallon tank). We lost electricity often, our back ups were Coleman stoves, and kerosene lanterns. In other words, you're living a life of luxury with all that technology :-). I'm so happy you showed the slush on the lake. I replied to one of your videos a month or so ago and cautioned you about that. We would often encounter them and snowmobiles in our day were designed differently (very little track travel and maybe 50-60 hp). Today, these narrow (12-15" tracks) and high horsepower engines can power through most (probably not all) slush fields and even hydroplane across open water (not recommended). I noticed that in Scandinavia, it's common to see small hover craft, instead of air boats, in use across frozen or semi-frozen lakes. Airboats are exposed to the weather and while they can cross snow, I can imagine that being a rough ride across drifts vs. open water. But they certainly would cover any dangerous ice condition. Well done. I wish I was with you. If you can find a Bombardier Bombi, or equivalent, you may find it useful too.
Thank you for all the good tips. We always read your comments as they appear even though it takes us a while to respond.
Living the good life. Thanks for posting
Kickass!! Love to see those Louis Lamour books on the shelf! Timmy C Arizona
Loved the spindrift shots at the beginning!
Thanks for the update. Winter gear that offers insulation as well as flotation is great, but does it keep the water out? Water conducts heat away from the body 25 faster than air. Please remember the 1-10-1 rule; you having one minute to control your breathing (gasp reflex), less than 10 minutes for self-rescue, and 1 hour before you become unconscious due to hypothermia. Stay safe out there.
Thanks for the great tips and reminder. We will continue to practice ice safety. Have a wonderful day.
Great video! Very informative....the cabin is so beautiful...y'all have all the resources you need, great preparation.... Even Tv & internet out there. Incredible work!
Thanks so much!
Awesome job guys and girls
If you could do solar panels on the lake, like a dock extending out, that seems like it would be ideal for gathering the sun.