Lake Levels PLUMMETING in N.C. 😳 how HOUSEBOAT LIVEABOARDS are dealing...

[@sarameitner6770]

It's always a complete joy to see a new video. And every time is also an important learning experience. I so appreciate the detailed explanations of why an action could, should or must take place. Thank you so for the opportunity to see through your eyes! All the best till next time!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Our pleasure! Thank you for watching & for your comment. See you again soon!

[@bethgahring6676]

Can Iko be any cuter, grumbling at the big ole cat?! I love learning about how you manage your life on the lake, fascinating and amazing! The stain on the "tank home" was so complimentary to the white siding. Another job well done. 🤘🔥See you next week!!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

she could not possibly be cuter ever! 🥹🥰 haha thanks so much! glad you enjoyed the vid. see ya soon!

[@TerryFalan]

Well worth the wait for the video! Girl, you are a machine! Staining looked fantastic! Really interesting how you guys adjust your house for the drop in water level. There’s a lot to know when your house is subject to that much change. T&C signing off! Looking forward to the house Reno’s next week! Take care!

[@thomasvantrabert5342]

Amazing video. Thank you for sharing your work and life on such a beautiful lake. blessings to you both

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Sure thing 🤍 thanks for watching

[@jaelmoray]

Been watching your channel for a while now. I really enjoy seeing what ya'll get up to! Watching your chill life on the water is so relaxing and a great thing to tune into while I paint. :)

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Love that 🩵 thank you so much for following along

[@erikfredholm6907]

Hello Sarah. We have been watching you a Brandon for a while now. We love the channel. We live in Ednyville NC. We met Brandon today when we stopped for a hotdog at the corner store. Sorry we missed you, we would have loved to meet you also. Brandon is just as he is on the show. We both enjoyed talking with Brandon. We appreciated him sitting with us for a bit and giving us a little tour of your lives. We talked about sailing, something me and Shaelagh have done and miss. Well I'm as bad as a run on sentence. Thank Brandon for us. He's a great guy, maybe we will see you another time.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Aww I hate I missed y’all, but so happy you got to snag brandon’s ear for a bit! Oh he doesn’t know any other way, he’s got 1 mode - 100% brandon 100% of the time! 🥰 Love it. If y’all find yourselves back in the area give us a heads up! Would love to say hi too. thanks guys, take care 🤗

[@erikfredholm6907]

@@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses Will do, we hope to move out that way. The floating house has us thinking. If we can find one. I miss my 360° water view. Take care

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

We know one that will be for sale here in a few months when we’re done with it! 😉 come be our neighbor!!

[@kellyk2645]

That big drop is always a big shock, even after eight years!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

for real! 🙌

[@rizpahjael1]

Love it. Your videos are just lovely. The stain is gorgeous, and I also love all the explanations about the nature of the marina. (p.s. Isn’t it wonderful your fiancé found the perfect job that just fits him?) We actually live on a small boat at a marina part time, and in an off-grid cabin part time. Our puppy, like yours, loves it too. I take a lot of your ideas into mind, when I’m working on my projects. 🙂 Next, we’re working on our little rental cottage in October…so I’ll probably need your videos just to relax! Lol. Those projects there are a bit more intensive and expensive…Thanks again for sharing your life! 💜🍁🙏🦋

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Aww thank you so very much! Yes, Brandon couldn’t be a better fit in his role! Love seeing that. Also very cool to hear about your lifestyle, sounds like you’d definitely understand where we’re coming from in most videos with both the off-grid & on-water aspects of your life too! ☺️ best of luck with the upcoming rental work, we defff know how those projects can be 🙈

[@rizpahjael1]

@@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses oh gosh, I’m so sorry I missed your message! It went into another folder. Thanks for the encouragement. Maybe someday if I can figure out how to do KZbin, we can share a little of our work/world. :) Have a wonderful week! 🦋

[@bethaniejify]

Thanks for sharing about why the lake’s levels change throughout the year.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@shemamabell-irving2671]

Wow that's a big drop. When the winter rains hit here on Vancouver Island our lake comes up 6 ft. I can walk downhill to my wharf and be walking uphill in 48hrs.

[@chandrasutton4669]

Yep, that stain looks nice!!!😊🎉❤ Whoot Whoot

[@jillc4000]

Love love love the stain color!!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Brandon’s mama came up with that mix! 🙌

[@judischarns4509]

You make me smile. You know how to work and how to play. Keep living life to its fullest.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Aww you are sweet. Thank you! 🤝

[@ZwervenmetJuKi]

You guys just keep busy with it👍⚓😊

[@Ivansgarage]

Question, looking at all the builds, these houses seem to be traditional 2x4 framing, why not steel 2x4 studs?

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Mainly cost, also weight!

[@leonagann5161]

Awesome! So educational. Didn’t know about the lake drop. Very interesting!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Awesome 🤗 glad you enjoyed!!

[@saradutoit2644]

❤ Sara from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@sahoyte]

I wondered how I had missed you. I looked yesterday, as always, nothing. Same thing this morning. Thought I had made a mistake somewhere and then I found it! Great video today and 9.5 for your jump. Next week we get to watch paint dry.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

My mistake, not yours! :) was a little late to the game on this one. Glad you kept checking back though. Thanks so much & here's to watching paint dry! 😉🤪

[@rayforsythe5533]

Stain job looks great. And you move really quick. I can’t wait to see it. Hard to believe just about three weeks ago. I drove over that cut. Great video, fun to watch.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

thanks Ray!! I know, always so crazy to see the drop particularly at the cut!

[@scottmmagby7057]

I'll say one thing , you are one BUSY girl. All that staining you did, But boy does it look fantastic. It's also a good thing Mr. Brandon knows how to move all of those ropes when the water level goes up and down, that would confuse me something terrible. That was funny when miss Iko was growling at that big cat on the shore line. I hope she don't ever get into a tangle with one of those wild animals looking for food. Enjoyed the video.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Aw thank you! Yes brandon’s got the boat adjustments for the lake drop figured out thank goodness, it still confuses me some too 😅 The bears have always been scared of Iko and ran off, but not sure how it would go with a bobcat! 🤔 let’s hope we never find out!

[@sharonoldham4374]

Very informative video today. I was surprised to see a bobcat. You'll have to be cautious when going ashore over there. Great stain job. You 2 have a great week.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I was so surprised too!! Pretty cool sight. Thanks so much!

[@vonheise]

Its a lot of work to live the good life, but well worth it when young enough. I assume you now have two, maybe 3 houses to move. Being old and lazy, I now spray our fence and deck with a pump up garden sprayer. It works great on vertical surfaces, however, it has to be rolled after spraying on flat surfaces.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I think we’ll be painting the remodel house with a paint sprayer! That’ll be my first time using one. We’ll see how it goes haha

[@timmorin69]

I was camping at Holiday Harbor in Georgia, not very far from you on Lake Allatoona a couple days ago and the water levels there were also pretty low. I was wondering why. What a beautiful and peaceful place it was.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Nice! Hmm i’m not too sure about that lake, don’t know if/why the levels might fluctuate there. Certainly could be flood control as well but I couldn’t say! 🤔

[@ptwhd]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@bethhubbs9937]

Iko is so beautiful. Fun to see her romp around on the shoreline, play at home and accompany you out and about. What a wonderful dog. :)

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

The best 🥲🥹

[@janetf23]

I really think an 18 Inch wide paint roller would be a sound investment for you!!🌊💙

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Probably!! 😅🤗

[@DunstanW]

Yeahaaa awesome.... And yes you're Blessed.

[@nadinemcgregor1354]

I hope I can find this stain in Canada looks great no reddish thanks for sharing love ❤️ watching you guys

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

I bet so! Those are pretty widespread brands I believe. Let’s hope 🤞 I feel your pain, can be so hard to find non-reddish stain! Thanks for watching

[@vickiedale293]

I'm new just subscribed love the content. But around 8:14 it looks like a bear hiding behind the rock and tree limb , I even see 2 eyes does anyone else see that or is it just me. I also see glowing eyes under those rocks 😮

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Yayyy welcome aboard 🏴‍☠️🤗 Hmmm I don’t see it! I can only see the bobcat haha. I’d be shocked if there was a bear being still right by the bobcat though! I’d think one would go after the other. Definitely possible though, we’ve got plenty of bears in this area.

[@bethhubbs9937]

Wow, that stain job looks NOICE! Great job. :)

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

🤠🥳🙏

[@dianelyons7017]

Maybe the GoPro will surface! 🤞🏼

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Oh yeah I’m looking forward to finding out!! Lol 🙈

[@jonathenbishop1119]

That much water drop is scary even if it is normal

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

It is pretty wild!

[@windeagle53]

Douglas that we are on has gone down fast too. I hate seeing all the mud.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

It’s definitely not as pretty as when it sits at full pool huh 🫠

[@NicoleFitnessYouTube]

Love the double camera video from on top and below the high deck when you jumped off! Excellent videography 🎉❤

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

☺️ love that you noticed that! haha thank you!!

[@chrishagberg3420]

I was thinking the same thing... maybe three jumps, lol!@@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses

[@wheeliegirl0]

The bobcat was AMAZING!!!!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

right?!? what a rare sight! 🤩

[@matthewbeddoes8472]

You may just have to wait and see about the water levels. Natural cycles occur. Look at California and lake Mead. From a dry lake bed in areas where the water levels dropped by tens of feet to it being 86% full. (Compared to the average) That took place in just the span of the year.

[@chrisp308]

Just saw that there's a wild fire up yander

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Yep right across from us actually. It’s not outta control or anything, just a small island burning a foot or so high. 👌

[@emjaybee15]

Wow, Sarah! The deck looks amazing! I love that color so much! Really appreciate you! Glad you got the first jump! Can’t wait to jump off that deck, too!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Yayyy so glad you’re happy with it! I think it looks fantastic too. Y’all are all squared away now 💥 & yesss not gonna lie I was a little scared to jump off the first time, it feels higher up than it really is hahah, but it wound up being super fun!! ☺️

[@emjaybee15]

@@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses I just found your channel! Your videos are amazing and making me want to get back out there!!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

@@emjaybee15 doooo it! We (and your house) miss yall!!

[@juliesutton4551]

❤❤

[@bocefusmurica4340]

Miss those mountains!

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

They’re easy to miss! 💚

[@renoflames]

Looks really good.

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

thank you!

[@CoriNagy]

Great job on the stain!!! ❤❤❤

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

thank you! 🤗

[@JeffRondini1600]

So glad you got the new video up Sahra me and my wife look forward to all your videos glad we found your channel..

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Yay, thanks so much for following along y’all! 🤠

[@jojolynx97]

I look forward to these videos! I can't wait to see the remodel of the new cabin :)

[@KeepingAfloatWiththeJoneses]

Can’t wait to share! we’re re-floating it today!