Autumn... in a FLOATING TINY HOUSE. 😍🍁 How will we HEAT this place though?!

[@paulfrost4678]

The colours that surround you are beautiful, you are definitely blessed with the beauty of nature .

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Absolutely 🙏🙏🙏

[@waylon7371]

U cant not respect this way of life! I love this channel!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

🤙🤝 appreciate you!!

[@melanie2846]

Awww, Brandon being so precious talking to Iko! What a glorious painting God has provided for our enjoyment….thanks for taking us along to see the beautiful foliage…and the bears! Y’all stay safe and warm.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I tear up sometimes seeing him love on her. So precious 🥹 thanks for joining us this week!!

[@peteracke2209]

Some good tunes on this one

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I thought so too! 😎

[@shawndaclose2579]

Your videos are such a blessing in my life. I ❤ Fall... your area is gorgeous. I'm in Oklahoma. Blink and ya miss the fall folage sometimes. Still pretty warm here. Thank you for sharing your life w/us. I feel like I know ya'll. I love watchin' IKO's happy dance. Take care. ❤😊

[@greeneyedgirlina]

I agree with you, @Shawndaclose, I’m near Austin, TX and right now, at 3:50 pm, Oct 20, it’s a record temp of 96 F. We won’t see fall colors like y’all, Sarah and Brandon, so living vicariously through y’all.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Thanks for joining us again this week 🙏 appreciate you! we should have a few more weeks of color to share! 💛🧡

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Love having you along for the journey! Thank you! 💛🧡

[@Brian-mp2mv]

A great fix for when the propane regulator freezes up when it's -9 degrees outside. The *heated corn therapy bags*... throw one in the microwave for a couple minutes, lay it on top of the frozen regulator. No flame needed to thaw regulator👍

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Oh interesting!! We’ve never had one freeze up yet haha. We also don’t have a microwave buuut I assume you could put those in the oven? 🤔

[@alisinwanderland]

It is looking so pretty in the fall. It is amazing how many bears are there on the edges of the water. Good thing Iko has a nice day-glo orange collar to keep her from being mistaken as anything other than the sweetest bear-dog that she is. It is also good to see she is back to her healthy self again.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Thank you for thinking of Iko 🫶 yes it is gorgeous & we love seeing the bears!! Thanks for joining us🧡💛

[@juliesutton4551]

❤the color changes!!! Brandon told the truth about buying to do it yourself!!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

He calls it like he sees it! 🫡

[@leonagann5161]

So glad to see Iko feeling better! When our furbabies are sick it’s very concerning. Have a wonderful week!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

She’s bounced right back. 🤍 thank you for thinking of her!!

[@teresaslovingcare4444]

Incredible how many bears you got to see!!! Very cool!

[@bill944]

Iko was itching to "play" with the bears and y'all have an abundance of them for sure. Take care, Winter makes you appreciate the Summer that much more.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Absolutely!! 🙏🙌😊

[@bethgahring6676]

❤❤❤Loved this video in so many ways❤❤❤ The gorgeous fall colors, beautiful Iko enjoying the cooler weather, the magnificent black bears, which happen to be most favorite amimals. I would probably be out looking for them all of the time😊 Thanks again for sharing a bit of your incredible life with us! Have another great week 🙂

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Aww thank you very much 🩷 it is always so fun seeing the bears. Thanks for joining us!!

[@CoriNagy]

I love Fall!! It's beautiful on your lake!!! 🍂🤎🌼🧡🍁💛🌻

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Sooo gorgeous! 🧡💛

[@sarameitner6770]

Lovely scenery - LOVE seeing all the black bears. We don't have any where I live (we have roe deer, hares, storks and wild boars). I'm not fond of winter either, or the darkness that comes with here it in the North - but the fall colors are always a beauty in their bounty.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Right there with you! 🫶 happy you enjoyed the black bears! Probably more where that came from hehe

[@TheKlh54]

Oh you need to sell those drink cups! I want one!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Still slowly chipping away at trying to set up a patreon, maybe that will be one of our offerings! ☺️

[@janingham1823]

This was such a lovely video. Peaceful. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

💛🧡🫶

[@sahoyte]

Fall is my favorite season. Warm days and cool nights. Sweater weather for sure. Time to break out the flannels and light jackets. Hope you don't get iced in for the winter.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

It’s a wonderful time of year in many ways 🧡💛🫶 we don’t have to worry about the lake freezing but it does get pretty dang chilly!

[@richardwasserman]

I always like your music choices.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I’m glad! I wish I could include jams from artists/bands we all know & love, but copyright rules don’t work that way unfortunately haha. Still, there’s some pretty good royalty-free music out there I can make do with! Happy you enjoy. 🙂

[@gailegormley5744]

I always look forward to your utubes. Take care!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I’m glad! 💛 thank you!!

[@James_71]

Awsome, awsome views...WOW Airbnb here I come...woohoo

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

🧡💛 now we did sell our airbnb- just wanna make sure you knew! There is another one on the lake though! 🙌

[@darlene4232]

Thanks for showing the beautiful colors and bears and I think it's awesome you can just cruise the lake and have such a beautiful view

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

We are blessed! Thanks for joining us 🧡💛

[@marilynfdavis891]

I find your content fascinating! I’ve never been on a houseboat. 💜

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Thank you! It’s a different lifestyle to be sure but we just LOVE every bit of it 💜💜

[@unkalfudd]

Yall are all about off grid have either of you ever heard of a window oven? Great for heat in day time, just remember to remove the window screen if you take up the idea. Will get hot enough for them to put if a stinky smoke And everything you need to make it can be purchased from Lowe’s or Home Depot

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I haven’t! Sounds interesting!!

[@TerryFalan]

Hey S&B! Fall is looking beautiful around your lake and we’re glad miss bear is feeling better to enjoy it! We were worried too! Great to see you two on this fall Friday night and hope you have a great week! Also looking forward to some more Reno’s on your house flip! Take care! T&C!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I knowwww we are so relieved she’s continued to feel well. Thank you for thinking of her 🫶 Looking forward to sharing more reno progress! We’re at a bit of a stalemate as we await our builder’s help with framing the walls… can you guess who? 😉🤫

[@shawndonohoe2789]

"Oh, looks good" you didn't have to point that out, I noticed right away.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

😂

[@ptwhd]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

😊🤗

[@jml238]

Lol, I was waiting for that electric heater to start waving its arms and saying, "danger Will Robinson!" 😂

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

🤣 right?!

[@midwestmartins8250]

Beautiful, has me missing GRSM

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I think if/when we leave this area we will always miss it this time of year. So gorgeous

[@skjoiner]

To help with the cost of those Chinese fittings lol. Your guys are master DIYers! Any plans for your wood stove? (I though it was Thursday! Come to find out my favorite show dropped! ) Thanks again.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Hahaha darn those chinese fittings, gotta do what you gotta do though! Thank you so much!! 🙏 means a lot. We are thinking of just sticking with the electric heat this winter instead of the wood stove! Man we loved that thing while we were using it at the last house, but the only thing was it sucked how we couldn’t “leave it on low” while we were gone, always came back home to a chilly house haha. It would make a good duo with the electric heater! But we legit can’t think of 1 spot in the house where there is enough clearance around it that it could go… 🤔 TBD on that I guess haha

[@sandrap3047]

What about a mini split system for heating & cooling? May use too much electricity! Can’t believe all the bears! Love your sweet home!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

We were highly considering a mini split!! There are some that are quite efficient. We just got a really good deal on the little ecoflow unit haha. 🤷🏼‍♀️😋 Thank you!!

[@adamgorman8874]

I really like this time of year - but I'm on the upside-down part of the world, so we are rolling into summer. So, while you lovely Joneses are installing your heater, I'm heading outside to go get in the pool. Yes, I'm teasing you about it. Wouldn't you? 🤪

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

No way, where are you located if you don’t mind me asking?! For some reason I just assumed you were in the U.S. haha. & yes, I would 100% take the soft ball to tease us if I were you, how can you not?! 🤪

[@adamgorman8874]

@@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses I’m in Australia. Pretty close to the opposite side of the planet from you. Which explains why I haven’t come to visit. Also might explain my warped sense of humor.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Oh that is AWESOME. We’ve always wanted to visit australia. Maybe when we buy us a sailboat & start cruising we’ll make it down to your neck of the woods! In the meantime, your humor brightens our week every week 🤠

[@Una...]

Big love from the North Coast of Oregon 🌊🩵

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

🤗💙🫶

[@Una...]

​@@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneseswait, did he say "wife"? Did I miss something? 😮

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

He just meant other people's wives! You're good haha, nothing missed yet ;) still just engaged over here! @@Una...

[@richardwhite4277]

tale an old metal wash tub and put a layer of concrete or just sand in bottom to set you fire pit in

[@MerriHaub-er6cr]

So glad to see the beautiful colors. I’ll be passing through your neck of the woods leaf peeping on Sunday on my way to Biltmore. Our southern Indiana colors look nothing like yours so I’ve worried that my timing was going to be off and I would have a hard time finding good colors. Your video showed me I’m not too late. Beautiful area.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Oh biltmore will be beautiful!! No doubt, we aren’t even to peak yet, you definitely haven’t missed it. If you’re in asheville they might be close to peak, as asheville is situated a little higher up than us. Enjoy your day today! 💛🧡

[@scottmmagby7057]

Really enjoyed your video. That mama bear probably was not too far away from her little cub. The lake sure is purty this time of year. Mr Brandon did a great job explaining how to hook up gas stoves.I agree with Mr Brandon 100% about buying crap from china. You would think the state laws would work better for Americans ! Bless Little Iko, she's a good girl!!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

It was difficult to hear on camera but we could hear mama bear calling for her baby! She wasn’t far at all. Haha can always count on brandon to say it like it is! 🙌

[@renoflames]

impressive video

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Thank you!!

[@Brian-mp2mv]

7:50, I've been in a 40' Retired Air Force Ambulance for 7 years, with multiple sources of heat... 1) Mini-split with heat 2) Electric PATTON Milk House heater 3) Diesel heater with 5 gallon off road diesel fuel source 4) Wood Stove 5) Propane wall furnace 6) Diesel heaters from the bus Two Carbon Monoxide detectors 2 one hundred pound propane bottles, 2 forty pound propane bottles, and 2 twenty pound propane bottles. If all those fail, I'm headed to my daughter's apartment... HATE the cold. I also use an Eccotemp L5 water heater for my clothes washer, sink, dishwasher, and shower. I'll never go back to a tanked water heated system! Total waste of energy, keeping water hot for just in case I want to use it. Eccotemp has been a wonderful company to work with... if you call in for repair advise, they'll create a ticket and keep it open until you tell them to close it. Brian @ Eccotemp will call back periodically to make sure everything is still good. (had a yellow burner flame)

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

We have a tankless heater, so agree about tanked heaters! haha I think you oughta always be warm with all those systems! 🙌

[@staceygiometti9680]

So Beautiful?😊

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

💖💖💖

[@TheBoatman11]

Have you looked at the china Diesel heaters , 12v they do a great job just a little noisy

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

We have but agreed, a little noisy! The electric heater is nice & quiet and seems to be doing a great job keeping up with our solar. Easy free heat !

[@EngineersHomestead]

Brandon - "Oh, looks good!" As a married man and man of culture, I too appreciate the finer things in life. Lol

[@travisfleming4726]

I had a feeling that line was coming when he was filming. lol

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

😂

[@ZwervenmetJuKi]

I always test the gas line with a cigarette lighter😉⚓👍

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Livin life on the edge! 😎🤪

[@loganbeazley]

@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses did you find out if there is a plugin behind the washer

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

we did!! hahah thanks. we stillll haven’t gotten around to unburying it but it’s on our list lol

[@paulmarso1220]

It looks good! Lol. My wifes 3 responce to that would be the following 1)No Shit! 2)Dah, that’s why you married me! 3)Yes it does, and you can’t touch it! Enjoy the fall weather, before it gets really cold!

[@rscottcaldwell]

Curious, do u run any lights at night on house so you don’t have any one running into your house during the night

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

yes we have automatic lights that cut on outside once they detect it’s getting dark out. don’t even have to be home to cut them on 🙌

[@DunstanW]

Awww yeahaaa I just got off when.. lemme sit down and watch 🍿 Brandon is so handy dandy man, and willing to share luv ya'l and your hearts, we part of the Joneses- Fam 🤗 Quick lil biddie question, ya'l for married? Did I miss that post? lawrdyB

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

you are part of the fam! 💖💖💖 no we aren’t married yet! We do have a date set finally hehe. getting there!! 🫶

[@Invincibletro]

Good use for old fire hose, but sure looks tacky.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

agreed 😆

[@richardwhite4277]

an orange bandana might be more visible for Bear's pee breaks on shore than and orange collar

[@Victoriaearth143]

Question; how do you get mail?

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

P.o. box 🫶

[@Victoriaearth143]

@@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses thank you! I'll be buying one in two years!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Do it if you can! 🙌 we wouldn’t go back

[@Victoriaearth143]

@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses I'm a single woman and have controlled Epilepsy. Do people visit one another, or is it just a solitary place for people to live?

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I guess like anywhere it depends where you are but here we hang out with our neighbors a lot in the summer and then most of them live somewhere else in the winter so it can be pretty solitary in the cold months. Maybe somewhere where it’s warmer in the winter everyone wouldn’t leave haha

[@andrewsimckes5748]

What was their reasons for doubling your rent for the space? Was that the New operating company trying to wring out extra money from the project?

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Everyone’s rent was doubled in the harbor, as well as a big increase on the marina slip costs too. New owners at the resort/marina felt like it should be more, so they upped it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I think they are wanting to fund the addition of more slips added to the marina one day.

[@Invincibletro]

I have a residential gas license, up to 400k btu. I don't work in the business or own one. I also have a problem buying things gas related. I think it's a nationwide problem.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Kinda frustrating! 🤔

[@danoSmith50]

My wife and I are the Smiths from another TVA Lake. Many differences in your lake life compared to ours but still lake lovers. I think you should talk to my wife Jennifer and me about doing a Jones compared to Smiths lake experience. Just an idea. Love your channel. Dano from Ohio

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

That might be fun! What lake are y’all on?