Only In Alaska | Unexpected Baby Moose & Snowstorm
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- We take advantage of the unique opportunities we are presented with living in Alaska by repurposing a baby moose into food for our critters and the local wildlife. Before we can relocate the carcass and our game camera heavy snowfall forces us to change our schedule. Life in Alaska constantly reminds us we must always be ready for the unexpected.
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"Give back to the earth" is not a phrase I hear often anymore.. Thank you for reminding us
Definitely
And then get back to each other🥰
A true partnership is when you can dump a carcass together and still snuggle ☺
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LOLzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Love this comment 💪🏽💙
A friend will help you move.
A *true* friend will help you move a body!!
Hahahaha the best comment in a long time
Bo is so adorable, I just want to hug him.
And Bandit!! They’re both so precious. Really different in energy level, but two sweethearts!
@@martylaughery9138 Yes Bandit is hilarious, he reminds me of a cartoon dog.
My admiration for you both just keeps growing. Your work ethic, your willingness to reuse, repurpose, and be consistantly aware of our earth and its needs, and as you say, give back, is such a wonderful way of life. To share these parts of your philosophy is such a gift to everyone, and I thank you for it.
Bandit is like "ya it snowed!" Beau on the other hand is like "oh it snowed ugh!"
I've definitely got that Bo energy.
When I see a Simple Living Alaska video.. my heart warms and I know I will experience happiness for a while.
My favorite TH-cam channel, it's just so pure and real. Never any crazy music or funky edits. You guys are great. Thanks for bringing us with you with everything you do!
You two are so humble,so real!! You use such wisdom! God bless & keep you!
And no unnecessary drama. Just regular day (Alaska style) to day life with a couple of hard working people.
took me a bit to get used to this channel but now it's one of my favorites, maybe because they are getting really good at documenting their adventure!
@@vernareed2692 you
I love the tight sense of community in Alaska and how everyone is helping each other with what they can. Wish more places would be like that
There or! Hurricane Harvey brought (In Texas) out the3 best after the hurricane, water was 84: inside my daughters and son-in-laws house. People bringind ice, water, food, and just helping out total straingers.
It's because there's no diversity and people feel a sense of community
Be the change you want to see. If you want a sense of community, get out and meet your neighbors, volunteer, help someone who is elderly or a single parent. It can happen anywhere.
It doesn’t seem to matter what issues come your way, you always have positive attitudes and smiles on your faces! I think that’s why all other Alaskan videos can’t compare to yours!
The cat eating the fly was too cute. Kinda threw their head back like they were taking a vitamin.
I love watching you guys. I live in Wasilla and it great to see people living like you guys do. I have started using some of the tips and tricks you guys share. Not everyone understands what it is like to live up here. You guys definitely show what Alaska living is like unlike the other fake shows like history channel and discovery channel shows people.
I live in Homer, and it's exactly like that. It's so refreshing and, especially compared to the kilcher's show. I live just a few miles from them, basically in town. They are wonderful people, just get portrayed as people they aren't.
I couldn't do it but it's like a wonderful dream watching them (but then again I am over 70).
K
@@nathanasimpson one of the Kilchers saved my uncle’s life back in the late 60’s - might have been Otto. Anyway we try to watch their show but it has moved on from what it was in the beginning.
I lived in Michigan, done all except the moose.
You are such a joy to visit...that's what it feels like to this senor girl still in emergency stay home order in North Bay Ontario. Only recommended to go out for groceries or meds! So you can see how special it is when we get one of your videos. Thank you so much.
I agree.
These two are one of the best couples on TH-cam, and the BEST of life in Alaska channels!! ❤️😘👍
@@martylaughery9138 Yes Indeed.
North bay my home town . Say hi to lake nippissing and the whole west Ferris area, especially Campbell ave for me . Be well all.
@@gurugossip7450 Gladly. :)
Beau, doesn’t like to play outside. Every time your in the yard in the winter he’s AOWL. He’s like I’ll watch the house n wood stove 😂
You guys are soooo disciplined. If I had driven to the nearest big town I would have got a heck of a lot more than ziplock bags. I would have shopped and shopped! 🤣
I'm with you!! I can't imagine driving that far on those roads to buy 75 Zip Locks 😳 😆😆
If anything, that tells a lot about the price of gas in the states. Anywhere else in the world you'd be damn sure to make that trip worth more than 20 bucks worth of ziplock bags.
@@Bramble20322 Wasilla gas prices are around $2.89 right now.
When you all have to pay $1.80 a litre then you can complain.... (3.78 litres in a gallon- $1.80 x 3.78 = $6.80) (in Australia 🇦🇺)
@@kateymateymusic1 ...and just a touch dearer in New Zealand!!
It was zero degrees two days ago in Palmer. This Alaska winter is taking its sweet time this year
In the winters of 1977 and 1978 when we had that much snow on the ground, the Army Core of Engineers came in to clear our roads. We also had Helicopters rescuing people and taking them to shelters here in SW Ohio. Never want to go through that again.
You guys need a pole barn or shead to store all of your vehicles and snow removal equipment in. Wow, what a job ya'll had😲😨🥶😰
Have a blessed day, stay safe and healthy 🙏🥰👍👌🙏🦅🔔🗽🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
Always amazed that you have to keep lighting your wood stove. When I lived there, we kept the fire going all day and night.
I thought they do that
We tend to let it go out or our cabin gets too hot
@@SimpleLivingAlaska that's some great insulation
Wow, you know you've gotten a lot of snow when you need a snow blower to get your snow blower out!!
Haha 👍😂
This much snow is aggrivating. I just cant deal .... I would just stay inside and do nothing. You guys should have a clip of doing nothing but chill and cozy up with your pups 🥰
Living in Alaska is a full body workout!
In this episode, Eric & Arielle show how easily they can hide a body (even in four feet of snow)!
😂 my thoughts exactly!
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LOL... dang man... had me chuckling good
Lol epic
better idea would be to take it to canada. RCMP can't solve any murders here
I'm impressed with how well behaved your dogs seem when there's fresh food around. That moose meat will be a nice change from fish for the lads.
Arielle and Eric, thank you so much for sharing your egg pickling video a few days ago. I’d never made them, but there’s a sale at our local restaurant supply store, so why not? I tasted the dill brine I’d made (Claussen dill pickle juice, diced dill pickles, minced garlic [whatever they’d used] as well as additional mustard seeds as well as Gaujillo chilis). I’ve waterbath-canned the jars and dated them for 3 weeks out. ‘Feels like a future Christmas present to myself. 😉 Thank you for sharing your moose carcass breakdown as well as your shelter. MUCH better than the usual “Costco tent”. Thank you so much for sharing yourselves and your life’s journey. Bless you both!
"I hope she doesn't get stuck again."
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"Yep, she got stuck again."
This made me laugh so hard! Thank you for sharing your life with us, as a Uni student in a city, it brings me a lot of peace !
Isn't it great when you can do life together with your best friend?
“Do you want to build a Snowman? It looks lovely but I can see it’s difficult to manage. Your opening shots immediately brought memories to me...... of Christmas cakes my mother used to make at home...... Royal icing, white and shining like your snow and with little frosted fir trees for decoration. Mum used to take orders for her cakes and one of my jobs was to do the soaking with brandy or whisky:). She could never make enough of those cakes and I remember the dining table covered with beautiful cakes ready for collection.
Christine Auld the cakes sound so good! So pretty! Love the picture you painted with the description!!
That drone footage tho!
Could be wind, but it looks as though you have some significant heat loss going on around the center area of the ridge line on your roof. Just thought I'd mention it, used to work in plumbing and heating. At :01 second mark.
Yeah you guys have gotten some late snow storms this year. I guess it’s making up for last years weak sauce winter. It’s spring here in Oklahoma and already 70’s trying to add garden boxes to my garden and I’m already sunburnt this week!
It's been 80 some days!
Love your videos... Can't wait for garden season 😍
Despite everything, awesome attitude! Great score with that moose! Glad to see Beau! 🐶 😊
You've done a good job with the baby moose. Nothing wasted. Wish you and your friendly neighbours a great year in beautiful Alaska.
Love how you both communicate with each other so well! Great score on the moose.
Looking at all the snow and cold plus unexpected snowstorms... when are you going to build a sauna? You've got enough wood to fire it up and enough snow to cool of in most of the time of the year.. I'd think you would really benefit from a good sauna!
I grew up in Alaska and lived in Wasilla for a bit! These videos are so nostalgic for me, when he pulled out the snow blower I smiled at the memory of snow blowing my drive way
Why move away?
@@MrJonrocker I really like it there and I can see myself retiring in AK but it’s wasn’t the best career movie for me to stay
@@Hinshawlizzy Understood. After bouncing around the world, I cant picture myself living anyplace else.
The smirk when Eric got the snowblower going the first time 😂 First things first, get access to the outhouse 👍 Edit: 12:10 min
For someone that has never seen snow that blows me away,just watching what you have to do on a daily basis,wow.keep it it up.love watching.o and I live in Queensland Australia
I have never been so isolated that travelling 90+ minutes for basic groceries was reasonable.
Don’t laugh but I lived in a remote little town in California and it took me 90 minutes round trip to get to a decent grocery store.
@@christinecortese9973 no laughing, though husband did look at me when I told him and said "you couldn't live that far from a cafe"
But wouldn't it be wonderful. They only shop for things they can grow, like zip bags, sugar and mechanical items.
@@christinecortese9973 I'm not laughing, I'm enving you.
It takes a bit of getting used to, not being close to "civilization", but it really is manageable and we prefer it.
Add some instant coffee or some leftover coffee to your chili. Makes a big difference.
I'm going to try this. Thanks
Me, too! Thanks!
I will add cocoa too!
@@gracieshepardtothemax1743 beer
@@gracieshepardtothemax1743 If you're going to put cocoa powder into chili, you MUST--and I cannot stress this enough--YOU MUST simmer it for a MINIMUM of 2 HOURS. Sorry for the shouting, but at about the 2 hour mark, some sort of culinary alchemy takes place, and the chili will go from meh to HOLYDEARGAWD OMNOMNOMN NOMNOM!!! Anything less than 2 hours of simmering & stirring and it will NOT taste like it was worth the effort. I usually simmer mine between 2.5 and 3 hours (but no more than 3 hours, since that requires adding in too much water to keep it from burning).
The original recipe comes from the cookbook "Well Fed" by Melissa Jouwan, p. 73, but the variation I make omits stewed tomato chunks in favor of tomato paste (as that is the kind I tend to have on hand)...
2T ghee (or clarified butter)
2 medium onions, diced (about 2 cups)
4 cloves of garlic, minced (about 4tsp)
2 pounds of ground beef (or chicken/turkey)
1tsp dried oregano leaves
2T chili powder
2T ground cumin
2T unsweetened cocoa powder (I tend to add double, aka 1/4 cup)
1tsp ground allspice
1tsp salt
2 cans (6oz each) tomato paste
1 can (14.5oz or 1.75c) beef broth (or chicken/turkey broth)
2.5c water
Heat a large deep pot over medium heat, and add the ghee. When the ghee is melted, add onions, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the onions are translucent (about 7 minutes). Add the garlic and as soon as it’s fragrant (about 30 seconds), crumble the ground meat into the pan, mixing with the wooden spoon to combine. Continue to cook the meat, stirring often, until it is no longer pink.
In a small bowl, crush the oregano to release its flavor, add the chili powder, cumin, cocoa, allspice, and salt. Combine with a fork, then add to the pot, stirring vigorously/like you mean it. Add tomato paste and stir until combined, about 2 minutes.
Add the broth and water to the pot, and stir well. Bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat so the chili gently simmers. Simmer uncovered (but put on a mesh splatter screen!!) for at LEAST 2 hours. Do NOT skimp on the simmering time!!
You guys are hardy stock! I don’t even leave the house if there’s more than 3” of snow on the ground. Great video!
I just love how well you two work together.
the dogs seem amazed by all the manipulations and efforts of human beings and at the same time supportive :-D
Don't worry, I'm not coming all the way to Alaska to steal your bank card. LOL. You were looking at that camera awfully suspicious.
The funny part is we hear 6 beeps. I don't think he typed in his pin, just zipcode + "enter."
@@eldiesel4593 you're right but the look on his face was funny.
Sometimes, when I get done processing a baby moose and clearing a ton of snow, I like to sit down and leaf my way though the Burgess Spring 2021 Garden Catalog. Another awesome video, love them dogs!!!
Wow ,that’s a lot of snow. Love from a snowless part of the UK. 🇬🇧
Now that’s a lot of snow!!
Oh hey, fellow Alaskans! Maybe one day I'll run into you guys in Wasilla!
Me too!
In Palmer
Nice, a new video!
Love how you show the ups and downs...!
If I would had to drive 50 miles to get Ziploc bags,I would had taken every single one in the store LOL!!
My thoughts exactly!! All that way for ONE BOX!?! True simple living!
I did think that myself- lol
You know, when you need that "One Thing" to do what you need to do, the trip is worth it, but I agree, I probably would have thought of something else to buy while driving there.
We LOVE you guys. I am close to 74 an love what you have done on the homestead. I wish we were younger to keep doing what we really want to do with our lives. We just retired so these golden years are just starting. Again Love you guys.
I’m new to your channel, but I long to find someone who wants to live like this with me! So happy for you both and keep on doing what you’re doing ! Oh and the doggy time is the best!
I appreciate and enjoy the beauty and real life of how you choose to live.
I love how many homemade food recipes they share with their viewers! That chili looks sooo freaking awesome and yummy
We live in interior Alaska. Tough winter for moose...they were eating the aspen bark towards the end trying to survive.
The Winter of 2020-21 had a total snowfall of 91.3 inches, which was the highest winter snowfall since 1992-93.
We had the snowiest February to April period on record, 54 inches and far above the normal of 16 inches.
The snow on the ground in Fairbanks reached its greatest depth at 40 inches on April 4, which was the deepest snow depth in Fairbanks since 1993.
We have a shelter logic for 5 winters and just knock the snow off after every snowstorm, they are awesome.
Bo's says to Bandit -- "Still got em fooled, they still help me in and out every time" :) --- on a serious note I see at 12:02 they figured you needed a little extra snow so they pushed some your way :/ ---- Where I'm at I swear they have cameras watching and once they see we have all shoveled they go buy for a second pass to make sure they got the "roads" good the first time :( -----
Who else get's excited when a new video is uploaded! ❤
You guys have that down to a science! Great job!
What a great video! You two are living a beautiful life, and you work so hard!! You produce such interesting, well edited videos. The chickens are gorgeous, the dogs and kitty are precious, and you two are like a well-oiled machine when you’re working together. What a fascinating view of life in Alaska you share with people like me who will never live that life. May God always bless you and keep you safe. ❤️🙏🏼 Thank you for sharing your joy with so many!! 😘👍
Well said!
Seeing you guys work as a unit I can see all of your tasks completely accomplished.
I truly enjoy your videos. Be careful you two, keeping looking out for each other.
Please make a Q&A video. I'm intrigued to learn about your background, how you ended up there and about the challenges you had at the beginning.
Man, here I am putting in some spring crop outdoors and you all are still getting snow! Alaska is beautiful, but I would be going crazy not having my hands in the dirt by now! I wish you an amazing gardening season and excellent video!
Wow that’s a heavy dumping of snow
It reminds me of my youth living in midland Ontario on Georgian bay
Hello from a sarnia native!
I like when Arielle says " I think it's March ", lol
I am glad to see I am not the only one who uses a broom to de-snow the vehicle...
Wow what a job. Well done ✅ with the baby moose awww bless his heart 💜
You handle every bounty with such grace and care
One last comment. My Arctic Cat Bearcat is not a deep snow machine at all. Heavy as hell too. Once i up-graded my front skis to a wider paddle it made a world of difference. Your machine will ride on top of the snow and not sink down or dive off as much. Easier to handle as well. The back will still sink down , but your front end will be up.
That's one thing I don't miss about Alaska, driving on the snow and ice covered roads.
What a score of a bounty for you and those good boys! Those will be some very happy dogs over the next few months' time. Lookin' forward to seeing the pix you end up getting. As soon as it warms up a bit, the scent will travel well.
I love it when you guys make your own bread. Everything you cook makes me so hungry
Love this could not be more real
You are both just so amazing, but I have no idea how you can handle the cold.
I love watching every single video of you. It's so interesting and I learned a lot thanks to you.
Greatings from France 🇫🇷 😊 In French "moose" is called "élan"
What about “orignal”?
Live the drone footage!
Great drone footage! Love it, too!
Bravo! As always, you guys delivered a beautiful video. So many people try to hard to do a video and fail miserably. You guys are 100% natural. All that snow would of made me cry!!! I'm done with snow too!!! Love the dogs going through the new snow. God bless and keep safe and warm!
I went to the Willow Winter Carnival way back 50 plus years ago. Fifty below zero and miserable cold! I couldn't wait to get back to Wasilla and Palmer where it was only 30 below. Beautiful country though. Well, all of Alaska is beautiful in its own way. I finally moved back to SE where I was born and to the rain which suits my web feet better.
Can't tell you how many times we got stuck thankfully, we were young then😜.
Omg you guys, this was a fiasco! And I loved every single minute of it! SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
Your hard workers that's why I love alaska and it's people your tough. Thanks for saving the moose meat .
Love your videos. A story in each episode.
How do you know it is safe for the dogs? Anyone? I am so impressed with you giving back to the animal life!
It's probably just a smaller gamble with the dogs. Their guts can handle so much more than humans.
In the wild, their prey is weaker or sick animals. Their digestive system is built to handle it
They have more bacteria content in their gut that can digest harmful organisms that may have killed the moose after all the are from the wolf family
I've been watching your videos completely out of order but this is what I have hoped for since I can remeber. I've always had chickens we live pickling eggs!!! I live the life you lead and congrats on learning every single step of the way.
I just started watching your videos for a few weeks & I am thoroughly enjoying them. I am a 67 yr. old now home bound woman who's only outlet has been writing stories for fanfiction & TH-cam videos. I am also a big fan of My Self Reliance with Shawn James who got me very interested in these types of videos. I also wrote a story for fanfiction called 'LIFE' about a young woman making a home in Alaska right outside of Fairbanks. I only wish I could have discovered this type of life style when I was a tons younger as I would have made it my life making a home as you all are now living.
I appreciate your sharing your lives with me as it is my outlet out of this house.
Thanks muches.......Jamie Crabtree-Messenger.......Chattanooga, Tennessee
The most wonderful couple on earth !
I love the random cold and snowy bout last week and now it’s darn near 50°! Late snowstorm, that’s for sure.
This winter is never going to end
Feels like the summer is never going to end in Australia (and we're halfway through 'autumn' here).
Haha yeah. Don't you love it when the plow comes by and builds a fort in front of your driveway. I know that makes me laugh, esp when in the midst of shovelling
Snow rake is 💯
I love that you take your dogs everywhere
Greetings you awesome, hard working couple. While I understand that waking up to that much more work for the day may not be appealing, it must give you a great sense of security knowing how all your hard work (growing, canning and preserving food) and chopping wood for times like these really pays off! What an amazing life you two have built for yourselves there. Thanks so much for sharing the videos with us.
I would really like to see a video of all the wild birds you have in Alaska, that would be really nice
Snow, snow, beautiful snow!
When you set off for ziplock bags I thought you had the squeakiest car ever and then I realised it was the goose in the background 😂
Oh my gosh! Those corn muffins and Chilli must taste ausum after being out in that cold snow all day!😋! Spring is just around the corner!
I love your videos! I wish you could post more often, theyre so relaxing and really help my night time anxiety before bed (: ❤️ GREAT JOB
You might see me munching on the carcus !! God Bless ...
Holy cow , I mean moose! It's bigger than our deer here in Georgia!!
Moose are bigger than deer
Moose are bigger than deer
"It may have died from illness so we're going to feed it to our dogs" ?? I never knew it was okay to do that. But I suppose had it died in the wild wolves would have eaten it.
They have more acidic stomachs so they can stomach stuff humans can’t
@@lianania Thank you for that explanation.
One anecdote to make the point go all the way.
My grandma’s dog was quite the rascal and would run off the property into our neighbourhood. We had a fenced in house and he would still find places to sneak out. Anyway he would visit neighbours and eat anything.. even eat poison. ☠️ He ate rat poison 3 times when my neighbour wasn’t home. He would be sick for 2 days and then be like new. We would joke with the neighbour that he started to like it and keeps coming back for it. He’s still alive going on 15 years and healthy as ever.
Yep.
@@airi8395 Have you considered a blood transfusion? Maybe you'd live to be 200. :-) I appreciated the story. May you pal continue a long and healthy life. Thanks for sharing.
@@airi8395 +
Puppies are so cute in the snow. Enjoy you all. Lv an Prayers. We are 3.35 here for gas,2.57.9 for oil an not sure on propane.
This is like a scene from the Sopranos! LOL!