Icy Road Leads to Plan B

[@marcoperdomo283]

Glad to see people that really take care of their pets. Especially with the food.

[@timcameron348]

Awesome videos, going back and watching some of your past adventures. Enjoying them all !!!

[@kingrafa3938]

Lucky dogs to have a parents that care about their food.

[@ignaciaforteza7731]

How I enjoy dear Eric and Arielle. I mean it, it’s very special feeling watching you two and of course your two gorgeous dogs. Blessings. ❤

[@downtonviewer]

Boy! You two have come a loooooong way since this was listed.

[@loreneknight9755]

Awwww Bo, such a good boy!! I love it. I didn't know dogs could be so well behaved while getting their nails clupped. Good boy, buddy!! Enjoying your vids & your talents to get them out. So much work! The payoff is evident!! Keep on fighting the good fight u 2!!

[@MsAngel7268]

We did raised beds, too. I love how wonderfully you work together, such a great team! My husband isn't ready/convinced to go off grid yet, but I think he's warming up to it. We learned how to garden, and I learned how to make our own bread and how to can our food. I've enjoyed every minute of it! I'm learning so much from others who live off grid, and thankful that you all post/log your journey and share it!

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Tammy Marie thank you 😀 glad to hear you do all that, it is time consuming but highly rewarding. We truly love making our meals from scratch off grid or not.

[@jeanneamato8278]

Sometimes you fail because you show good sense.

[@jackgreen1261]

Hey if you didn't fail sometimes and it was always success after success then wouldn't really be the reality of moving to Alaska. We also learn from your failures at different things but your successes are so overwhelming and your videos are so instructional that's why we love you both

[@royslay4912]

Love your videos ONLY WISH the music was adjusted to NOT BLAST after I increase the volume to be able to hear you speaking!!! Sorry for the complaint!

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Roy Slay we are super guilty of this in our earlier videos, I think we have improved it since then :)

[@glengillis7542]

So different than what really happened. You final plan is best. Never to late to comment. Love your channel. Good Job

[@elizabethleedy4386]

If you could of seen my little dogs face and ears when he heard you clipping Bo’s toenails! He knew what that sound was! LOL! His groomer said he doesn’t like his nails done. Good boy, Bo!

[@emmalynbreaux1017]

It’s so weird looking at this now after seeing the garden!

[@TommyboyGTP]

Look into studded tires for winter so if you do encounter iced over roads like that you'll be able to drive on them

[@daydreambeliever6603]

I came here from your future. I was fun to watch you making plans together while knowing the plan you designed together later was better. 💕

[@lavernebufmack5091]

Ditto about the music!

[@winginitwithjohn8451]

Good job on the dogs pedi.

[@nanagram13]

Still much better than getting stuck in traffic in/around NYC, NJ or DC!!

[@vice4134]

Give your dogs a treat for being patient when you cut their nails. That's what I did with my two Chihuahuas when they were alive. Miss them dearly.

[@JamesCouch777]

Alaska is the most beautiful place on earth...imho

[@markfuller9328]

Poor dog thought he was going to catch a ball, well it was a snowball, wonder what he was thinking when he bit into the snowball and it disappeared hahaha

[@AlmostHomestead]

At least you got to go out and explore for a bit. 😄 Nice job on the raised beds. We need to clear the garden area and get ours put in. I'm liking the logs for the beds. I have trees down on our trail property so I think I'll use some of those for our beds. Your dog really does well with the nails being trimmed.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

The logs are going to work great and are free for us! Our other dog is not so fond of nail trimmings...but we left that part out :)

[@AlmostHomestead]

Simple Living Alaska I’m with you on the free materials. I was going to use long oak pallets but those make great ready made fences so I’m pretty sure we’re going full log. 😆

[@sharim713]

Have y'all done an updated overview to see how things have matched up or for future plans

[@VickiTakacs.]

Ice skating? At school in Eagle River they had a skating rink and that was it. My dad just sprayed water on the backyard and that's where we learned to skate.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Vicki Takacs, that sounds like a blast, I really wanted to try but we don't have skates.

[@VickiTakacs.]

@@SimpleLivingAlaska Do you have Craigslist up there? Might even be in free stuff one day. You know how kids can torture the new kid and play tricks on them? They convinced me to stick my tongue on the metal handrail surrounding the rink, the bell rang and I had to leave the better part of it on the rail.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Oh no! Thanks for the chuckle :) We do have craigslist here.

[@VickiTakacs.]

@@SimpleLivingAlaska I was in Kindergarten, but still.

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

It does look good. That sucks you didn’t get to go on the hike but you got out of the cabin and that close enough.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Cabin fever!! Do you guys get many grouse on the island?

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

Cabin reaver I was shooting a video a couple of days and couldn’t stay serious. I was driving my wife nuts. The short amount of day light is the worst part of winter. For me at least. I like to be outside the majority of the time but it’s hard to do stuff in the dark. Ha yeah we have blue grouse or hooters. We were getting ready to leave and one walked out from under my deck. I went inside to get my 22 but it gave me the slip. I need a little 20 gauge to keep by the door.

[@carlmichael2119]

Fantastic videoing great 👍

[@MrJp1649]

Pigs, goats, chickens, bees and veggies....Now I got to fly up to watch the place!....I'll drive if I can stay a while?

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Eric says he's not sure if you can handle the off grid life! But really we know that would probably tie us down here 😃

[@MrJp1649]

LOL, Eric...I've been off the grid in an RV since 2001....28 States and close to 100k mi...Dry camping and in rest stops and truck stops too...Just an offer if you guys need to get away or travel...@@SimpleLivingAlaska

[@petecunnien5368]

You’ll never understand a win until you fail!!

[@strawberryrhubarbpie]

Fruit trees in Alaska? How did these turn out. I've been skipping back and forth so I know that the bees have turned out great which is awesome.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

The fruit trees have been a little more of a struggle here :(

[@tlynn7463]

I have been watching your videos all week and am enjoying your journey. Have you considered a rice and meaty broth for the dogs? A local musher told us about the combo and we often feed our dog rice and salmon with broth.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

JavaWho the dogs would love that! We usually just feed them whatever we get our hands on for free or low cost.

[@tlynn7463]

@@SimpleLivingAlaska Rice is a great grain that is low cost up here. We often mix it with whatever for our dog. Kibble is just extremely expensive up here. Good Luck, love the videos.

[@KelJayP]

Yikes! Just read about all the lead, arsenic and other heavy metals in midwest rice (including wild). California basmati is safe to use )

[@vita2200]

Seven Turns

[@katiewarner6525]

Hey guys. We’ve been watching your videos, started with recent, but now we started at the beginning. The hubby and I have wanted to switch out 4 year old Bassett/Boxer mix over to raw diet. We’ve done a lot of research, but still feel puzzled. Have you done a video on an example of what to feed? Maybe we just haven’t seen it yet. Thank for sharing your lives with us. Good luck in all you do!

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

katie warner I didn't have the confidence to make the switch until I visited a holistic vet in Oregon. We loosely follow the 80 muscle meat/10 bone/10 offal proportions over a long period of time, supplemented by kibble when we don't have the resources. They get to eat meat from a variety of animals but only appropriate sized bones for them. It is helpful to think of the perfect meal as a whole chicken for a medium to large size dog. I also have them on a worming schedule since raw meat can have worms. Feel free to shoot us an email if you have more questions: [e-mail] We briefly discuss this in our pig butchering video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpLRpKppqs1_pJo

[@RonsardMoolman]

What kind of fruit trees will you guys be planting?

[@Wearespurstv]

How do you feel about Tennessee making camping on public land a felony charge this year? Do you think it will spread to other states. As someone who camps I'd be interested in your opinion. Do you think Tennessee making it a felony aligns with this countries motto of being the land of the free?

[@sophomoric1605]

New comment on an old video, I've watched your most recent 20 or so videos and am catching myself up, do you still have plans for pigs and milk goats or have those been scrapped due to space/cost/resource concerns?

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Sophomoric1 yes for the reasons you mentioned, we have tossed around small pigs but with all the hunting and fishing opportunities we don't find ourselves needing more food at the moment. We do love pigs and it was a dream to have milk goats but we are able to purchase fresh milk locally. We also want to take care of our chickens and bees first since we got started with them 😃

[@glimpses443]

Where could I get a bowl like yours?. It must be very useful as I see it being used often in your videos! Also you have the same stove as mine new to me one it seems. Sooo am I just that messy? I always seem to find a drip or something and am worried about keeping the indents around the burners clean. Any tips?

[@ravenousjm]

Staying productive, always a good thing. I was going to ask if you guys planned on getting pigs again, didnt know how they would do in Alaska.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

We are hoping to raise Kune Kune pigs which are much smaller since we won't really be able to let them forage. I believe they do well here, probably not ideal to have them over winter with low temps and them putting on weight.

[@Hundefan123]

@@SimpleLivingAlaska What made you decide not to have pigs and goats in the end?

[@H2Dwoat]

Hi, any plans to drain the wet area?

[@jpegsblackvault1313]

Do the dogs have snow shoes to wear. They must have cold feet

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

JPEG NZ Bandit does when it is below 10F or we go out for long periods but Bo doesn't, he has fur in between his pads and can tolerate colder ground.

[@NorthshorePreparedness]

What is keefer and how is it made/used in cooking?

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Shawn Wheeler kefir it is a probiotic rich yogurt :)

[@miss_mish]

Do you still plan on pigs and goats? I watched this after everything newer.

[@paulslocomb6805]

You always show how you care for and prepare the dogs food but you never talk about your cats

[@rodin390]

👍🏻

[@Nimkynene]

When I had dogs, I feed them oatmeal and boiled chopped fish.