Could you talk about your winter clothes and shoes for those of us unequipped ☺ what you choose and why, and where - appreciate it!

Oh my goodness the northern lights are beautiful up there. I know you say you're usually in bed but that's stunning.

I forgot to ask you do you have deer on the island or bears? Do they have to walk across the ice to get to you I know it's about a mile long. 😊

Beautiful skies :) Crazy how mother nature can push the way it does that is quite a ridge , Nice firewood run on a beautiful day:) Take care stay warm"

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We also have property in Northern Saskatchewan. It is very beautiful up there.

Awesome to see you back at the cabin for the winter 😀, just in time to get a great tree & get it ready for Christmas at the cabin :) Work safe stay warm ! Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

Hope you guys had a Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you and your family

Just bought second SunJoe (12.5ton hydraulic) which splits gigantic rounds with little effort, using just the smallest natural split in the rounds. My one complaint is I'll never understand why the oil access hole is so bloody TINY!..I've searched far & wide & cannot find a funnel with a stem small enough to access the hole. First 10 ton one was $100 on sale - maybe 8 years ago....This 12.5 ton was about $140-150?...Great machine if not for the NIGHTMARE of adding oil....If anyone at SunJoe reads these reviews - FIX THIS PROBLEM!!! - or tell me WHERE I can buy an appropriately-sized funnel for the oil....

It does my heart good to see a new post from you. Merry Christmas to all the family.

That was interesting. Definitely a huge plus for winter time.

That Separett has to be one of the better additions for the entire family, especially during the winter months. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to the Guest Life family.

This isn't a compost toilet correct?. Most people off grid have compost toilets was that ever a possibility?

yay!! So happy you're back! Would love to see a typical day in the life from morning till night. Your life is fascinating!:)

Glad to have you back on the island. Merry Christmas.

Here's to a blessed holiday

Gee sarah, you look so different with your head in a helmet

Your kids get the best adventures. So many things to discover. They all are growing so fast. Merry Christmas to you and the family.🎅🎄

Inspiring, awesome setup at the cabin and adorable family!

Such a beautiful life for your children. I taught for 34 years and I see far more value in the way you are educating your kids living life out on the land. So glad to see another video up. Looking forward to more when you get the chance.

Good to see you back, and enjoying your bit of paradise in the north. ❤❤

I knew you'd be coming back soon. It's long range but it looks around the first of the year You have some really cold weather coming and around the 3rd right now looks to be very cold..🌬️🌬️🌬️

I knew the ice was going to be solid enough I've been keeping track of your weather for about 4 weeks. So nice to see you I'm the gentleman who asked about the Aurora borealis...

The person that filmed was mee

I want to let you know I've been checking the weather seeing when you're going to get ice and you've got some really cold weather starting around Saturday and that continues through the American Thanksgiving into the first week of December. Like temperatures in the single digits Fahrenheit below zero Celsius. 🥶🥶🥶

P.S. I have a big garden but can’t grow carrots for beans! … but I can grow beans! 😅 I’m jealous! Brenda

Curious … if I recall correctly, my Aunt who was a full time teacher used to have to do upgrades (something like that) and it seems to me it was through the summer? My memory of this is sketchy at best, would that apply to you if you go back to teaching? Great video, my husband and I thoroughly miss our cabin which was on a river in northern Quebec. It was just too far from our home in Nova Scotia … long story. 😊

So very True True & True Less is more not the other way around, I wear a new pair of jeans then get a little oil on them then they make me feel better next time I put them on, Don't worry if I get them a little dirty ! Thrift store special next time 👍, At least you have an awesome piece of mind for all the family time with so much work & play on the Island :) Take care chat soon

I too live by these principles even though I am on one acre and only seven miles from town. There is a tree preserve across the road and no close neighbors, so that space can be found in less secluded places. I also love the freedom that not worrying about material objects brings. You explained these principles in such a succinct way that I understand myself and my lifestyle in a deeper way. I'm so happy you are posting again. Your inner and outer beauty shine.

I grew up in Prince Albert, my wife grew up in Northern Ontario. We both grew up similar to how you are raising your family. Albeit not quite as austere. Having spent 6 decades on this planet we’ve come to realize that’s its all about quality of life as opposed to quantity of life. I live by one simple rule: “As long as I have food on the table, a roof over my head and security for my family, everything else is gravy “.

I really loved this, so interesting to hear your story, what would happen to the dock if you left it in the water? would the pressure of the ice break it?

Good video..

Loved this so much! Would be so cool if your husband could sit down and make a video of his perspective too. So I can show my husband ha ha

I sent this video to my adult children; caught in the rat race, for inspiration. Thank you!

So true you have the right idea about life, I have lived in the bush most of my adult life, in my seventies now the only problem i have with this life style is i can't get rid of this stupid grin, take care keep things simple and have fun love your channel😊✌

Iam thinking about buying one so guess i will after watching your video.

Hey good to see you all doing well ! I lost you somewhere along they way but found you guy's again 👍, Beautiful family all working & plying & of course learning together :) Good to see things are going great ! Yes the season is changing fast now prepping & being ready the biggest thing about off grid :) Take care stay safe"

Thank you for another adventure. Cutting/splitting wood gives me a feeling of accomplishment.

Thank you for answering my question because you told me the name of your lake so I looked around and everything is so small. Normally people that want to live off grid come from large places and get fed up with the crime and all of what being in a populated area brings. Like myself I lived in a small town that became a city after 50 years. Now it's riddled with crime,drugs, asylum seekers and a lot of poverty. I think in the context there's a difference between being alone and lonely I would love to live on the shores of that lake but I would feel alone on that island without children and a family. It's funny how we're all different. I'm glad it works for you and I'm glad it makes your heart happy. I really enjoy your content you seem like a very genuine person and again thank you for answering my question.

What a wonderful family and life style your family has. You kids are fortunate to live in a nice clean crime free environment!

Hi my name mary marites from philipines god bless your family

“I’m the Dad”😂😂😂. Smart Little Man. 😂😂😂. Blessings

I totally get why you want to be off grid!! Also, totally random but you remind me of Heather Heying 👍

Hey Mom you're right being out in nature it's more soothing that's what it is it's less pressure in some ways in the city there's more pressure you have to be more social in some respects. No I have some problems in the last few years in the last 25 I have spent most of my Summers in Southeastern Alaska my cousin had a quarter section nothing Northern British Columbia beautiful place I like the ocean better personally that's just me but I can't take the winner on California boy I just can't take the Gloom during winter that's my problem. And personally the best much anyway Where You Are and where I like to be are usually from the end of August till the snow falls because there's almost no bugs. And that's one of my things that I have trouble with is mosquitoes and black flies doesn't even matter if I spray myself down they love me I guess it's the amount of CO2 I put out but holy moly. I'm 58 our first time going to Northern British Columbia was when I was 18 and I still have under my arms scars from the mosquito bites. But I learned on that and so if I go into mosquito or black fly territory I do spray myself down and then if I do get that I use 99% alcohol on the wound and it dries the wound out immediately and barely have any scratch on a scratch barely. But I love where you are and I think it's a great thing for your kids too. Has your kids and I think all kids need to know where food comes from that sometimes you have to kill animals to eat them to get bigger and I think that's important and more responsibility have a good one

Excellent video!

They say the best firewood is the closest firewood.

Just curious -- I am from MN, thinking about retiring and moving back to the north woods -- are you in Wisconsin or MN??

I guess the question you didn't answer was do you love living on this isolated island in the middle of nowhere 40 miles from the mainland more than you would teaching. I went back and watched your videos but I'm a little unsure as to why you don't stay on the mainland and just vacation at this off-grid Island?. It's not like you're in some huge metropolitan area I'm just curious what the benefits are for you and your family?

I forgot to ask you do you have polar sun and polar night like they do in the Arctic? I know you're not technically in the Arctic circle but the closer you go typically the less daylight you have I know you're kind of lateral to Labrador Canada. I was curious. Also do you see the Aurora Borealis on the lake I've never seen you show images?