Settling into Winter on the Alaskan Homestead

[@34mileproductionsAK]

Glad my truck held up hauling all the wood!

[@llorylloyd]

You're a good friend

[@jackson615]

The GOAT himself! 🔥🙌

[@crazydoxylady7169]

I just subbed to your channel. Thanks for helping him get his wood etc.....Nancy from OHIO

[@Sharon-Me]

You are a good friend to Mick!!!

[@FroggyTWrite]

that's a nice thing to do for a friend!

[@mamapetecooley7324]

Good friends are priceless. Your mom did such a great job on the hat! Your place is looking great. Hope you’re feeling better.

[@wanderlust62]

Praying you are feeling better! The stove angled, looks great. . . The cabin looks GREAT! A sense of knowing home is a sign of contentment. 😊

[@kayeeiland4167]

So good to see you settling in ! This grandma suggests that you begin (ASAP) to build up an emergency pantry . Winter has a few surprises for us all and there is no reason to be without food , especially when you are not feeling well ! Perhaps canned soups and chili , pasta and sauces , canned meats and fish , crackers and a few cookies , tea , coffee and hot cocoa , etc These items are perfect for filling an empty stomach and for the well-meaning to tuck into "care packages " ! Please don't forget cold meds and first aid !

[@vonheise]

We recently had 6 to 8 inches of snow in flat west Tennessee and we didn't have to participate in the run of the bulls at the grocery store. Someone posted a few photos of the empty bread, milk, eggs, and meat sections. We now stay stocked and rotated canned goods, bread in the freezer a gallon of milk in both refrigerators and canned and frozen meat. I have propane for the heater, gas for the generators, and three power stations charged up. Being in our 70s, we just don't enjoy the mob at the grocery store anymore. It was once like a sport, but not anymore. The snow came last Thursday night and Friday, and we went out to eat today, our first day out. We live in earthquake country so staying stocked is a luxury year-round...

[@uffda]

Great advice! This grandma says he needs some canned or dried fruit and veggies as well.

[@therealgirlinthewoods]

I loved every bit! You've got some stand up friends. Hope you feel better soon!! love ya

[@patriceg1100]

Nice choice on the hat, love it!

[@bettydavis1506]

Good job on the hat mom👍🏻

[@mariareyesrosado425]

The new position of the fireplace Looks great ❤

[@Vicshade]

This guy living his best life. Love to see it.

[@arlenefrancis2791]

Nothing better than, Home Sweet Home.

[@Melancholy1966]

That little Pontiac Vibe is a great car, amazing the amount of stuff you can fit into it. We had a 2004 Vibe we drove for years, I used to pick up parts for my husband's auto body shop and when I pulled up to the parts places with it they would say "You'll never fit this (fender, trunk lid, bumper, etc.) in there." It surprised them every time, lol Nice to see you getting settled in your cozy cabin. Rest up and get better soon!

[@sharonmarks7192]

The views of the sky and the mountains are gorgeous!

[@kenc1800]

Wow Mick I just love your new hat! Stay strong and warm young man.

[@Lyrad8791]

Glad your back! Hat looks warm and comfy. I miss those crisp temps from Alaska.

[@georgeguiney3454]

you seem a lot more confident and prepared this year for sure, you got this winter in the bag.

[@kellyjohnson3617]

Your cabin looks wonderful. Good job getting so much done. Drink some tea and honey if you have it and get some great rest. Thanks for posting. Feel better soon

[@ddenice963]

Wow girl in the woods made you an awesome winter hat. The sun coming up was beautiful.

[@Sharon-Me]

While we don't have mountains in the lower peninsula Michigan is a beautiful State! Your Mom made you a really nice hat!

[@ezforsaken]

im glad you feel settled, that usually takes a little while, it's great to be at "Home"

[@pamalvestad3848]

May you winter we'll Mick in warmth peace and good health.

[@suezaple4950]

Love the hat from your mom , Looks very warm, great haul on the lumber that should keep ya warm for a bit, The trim looks nice up as well good improvement Mick , Hope you feel well soon , blessings from Canada.

[@daviddarlingauthor]

Do you have a PO Box set up yet? Care package from Ontario waiting to be shipped :) Keep going, love your journey.

[@taisiakat]

Ya - share your PO Box. I definitely want to send you some goodies.

[@therealgirlinthewoods]

PO box 1729, Delta Junction, AK 99737

[@mmiller1011]

Do share a PO or your email where we can get your PO. Look at your home! YOU made that home. Way to go Mick! Much love and support Texas Granny

[@therealgirlinthewoods]

Mick's PO is 1729, Delta Junction, AK 99737

[@mmiller1011]

thank you Mamma. Hopefully a couple of us can send a few coins for Russian salami and more cookies. I just love watching Team Whipple. You have all inspired this old girl. Sending good vibes to Belle too. 🥰

[@silverstitch28]

You're not being negative; you are being a realist. Which shows wisdom.

[@seandayma]

Get well soon, Mick.

[@albertarose1433]

I purchased some slab wood when I lived in Anchorage. Worked great and super cheap and easy to cut.

[@faithlaw8516]

Love your new hat!! Great to see you!!

[@Chinther323]

That hat came out great Brooke! Lucky guy.

[@jackson615]

Cannot stress enough how stoked I get seeing a new upload ~ glad your travels returned you safely to your home

[@albertarose1433]

The days are getting longer for you! You’ll be loving that. Yay!😊

[@naomidonovan-perry2667]

Feel better.

[@janetkoball44]

Micky, you are doing a lot of work. As you get more accustomed to what you really need and what, you can put your list in your fridge or door so you don't forget something. I enjoy your channel. Thanks

[@aprilEsmith]

I enjoyed every second of this day in the life video, so interesting!

[@cgamejewels]

The trim looks really nice. I know that feeling. When your home begins to feel like home and your parents' home feels like a relative's home. Welcome home, Mickey. Don't forget the Ricola for your throat. Or Halls cough drops or peppermint tea.

[@maryannec55]

Thank goodness for good friends! And good looking hat mom, we saw a sneak peak on her channel, looks very cozy for your head :) P.S. Audio sounded fine

[@aprilmamer6077]

Mick that is so awesome that Alaska is now your home. Try some hot tea with honey for your throat.Take good care of yourself. That lynx hat your mom made for you will be very useful when the Temps drop. Stay warm and cozy in your cabin.❤

[@Honeybadger7]

What a wonderful thing to say about where your home is. Like the transition has been made complete. While still appreciating where you grew up.😊

[@JanesDough855]

That hat is truly awesome. Stock up on some freeze dried foods for emergency. Love how your little cabin is becoming more and more homey.

[@WalkingwithWildlife]

Great video Mick! Always enjoy your videos. Also that's a really nice warm hat! The views are awesome!

[@belindapoplin5439]

Oh yay, what a treat to see you today ✨️ Great hat 😊

[@LOL-Can]

Thank you for bringing us up to date. The hat is great for really cold weather .

[@patsmith8540]

Welcome back Mick,enjoy your videos.❤

[@DawnMillington-i9t]

Glad you enjoyed your holiday at home, you do sound like you are glad to get back to your cabin. Wow you have been busy. Sorry you aren’t feeling well. Put some honey in your tea, will make your throat better. 😊

[@bayacotswoldartist]

Hi Mick, The hat looks great on you! You look really happy to be back - which is wonderful to see. The sunrises are so beautiful, I would definately watch the sunrises every morning if that was my view. The cabin keeps looking better and better! All you need is some candles to make it really cosy :-) I hope you feel better soon, and enjoy the winter. Sending you all my love from the U.K, Baya xxx

[@dizzious]

Your videos are great man. Thanks for making them!

[@clayjay3648]

Always cool to watch you drive around on roads I know very well. I live in Two Rivers, but have spent a lot of time down by Rainbow Mountain. So I'm in Delta often. It's a great Alaska town! Stay warm man :)

[@midnight4540]

Welcome back home old man, stay warm and take care.

[@maryannknox7158]

Loving 🥰 your Hat it is Epic

[@deeflorindo781]

Feel better . That drive was beautiful thank you for sharing.

[@katherineleavitt7275]

Glad to see you are feeling more at home in Alaska. It's always good to see family but once you are on your own it's hard to go back. Best Wishes, Kathy USA 🇺🇸

[@suzannest-laurentdvorak459]

Good to see you again. I hope you feel better again very soon. Love seeing your videos. A ,on her one next time please.🙏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

[@fayepotts3279]

I am loving you hat! Thanks mom!

[@peg9202]

Welcome back home! Get some rests and feel better soon!

[@tammygifford7831]

Glad to see you back, I live in Michigan, center of the mitten, I have never been to Alaska I’m sure it is beautiful, your right it’s flat here. Take care, hope your feeling better in no time

[@punkotter1867]

Lol ! If you live under US 10 . ya, its farm land or flat land . Us northerns don't have mountains but some of our hills will make you pucker in the winter . I wouldn't give up my Michigan.

[@lauriehill8240]

Happy New Year! Glad to hear you will be staying in your own cabin this winter - the cold will motivate you to keep working on the wood for fuel! Michigan may no longer feel like 'home' - but your Mom, Dad & Sister are there - so visiting them will be important to them....

[@janicerummel6306]

Home is where the heart is… thanks for sharing!

[@Chrispy9393]

Slab wood is fantastic. I can get a cord of wood here in NY for $40. No splitting, just gotta cut the junk up! Love it.

[@virginiajorgensen8614]

I’m glad that you are feeling at home, beautiful place.

[@Judy-fi7ce]

Your Mom showed us when she was making your hat. It turned out nice. Wooly Bully. Looks like you have a nice supply of wood so far. Hope you feel better soon

[@aletageer6911]

I understand about how you feel when going home and how you feel about Alaska being more and more home. You did a good video! Take care and get well! God bless you!

[@gypsykate1780]

You rock! So proud of the young man you are.

[@wrath231]

Another banger upload ! Stay warm brother!

[@weaktwos]

Your new hat looks so fantastically warm and cozy! But also, it's evocative of the helm of a Shogun warrior. Since you're in the snow, I now dub thee a Snogun Warrior. May you feel better soon!

[@renacasey8163]

Yay! I have missed seeing Alaska through your lens.

[@AzBob01]

It's great having friends like that who will eagerly help you out. And of course, you also eagerly help them out. That's the definition of true friendship. Stay warm up there young man. (-40 degrees? Isn't that lethal to humans?)

[@ezforsaken]

you can be outside for a while if properly dressed for it, but after a while you have to go back in and warm up

[@suzypos4571]

Im from Michigan..been to Juneau Alaska its beautiful. If you're ever back in Michigan..you're welcome to come to our log home on beaver 🦫 island michigan.

[@hopeinhim9269]

Cabin looks great. Happy to see another video. 😊

[@LMay64]

Great energy and getting it done!

[@pennygardner8496]

Keep up the good work ,I hope you get to feeling better

[@MissieMommy518]

Great video, Mick. Hope you are on the mend. Take care of yourself.

[@beckypennington79]

Glad to see your video again Mick. Glad to see you have lots of firewood, and that beautiful harsh winter hat that your mother made you. We never hear much from your sister Belle I hope she's doing okay. ❤

[@ochoreba7949]

Good to see you again!

[@magnusoptimus2052]

I got to go back to Michigan Fall of '23. Was great to see family but it was so great getting back to Fairbanks.

[@madamecampsalot6384]

Happy New Year! And....welcome home, Mick.

[@annward7021]

Happy New Years and feel better, soon. 💕🙏

[@jimelfman1369]

Love the hat, green tea great for a cold/flu. Feel better!

[@MrLuke1000]

Bro you inspire me! I’m 18 living in Michigan. My dream is to have a cabin the the Upper Peninusla

[@suzypos4571]

Had a place in Iron mountain Kingsford area..and a place in Florence WI on the Menominee River..beautiful. We are fixing up a log home on beaver island mi now.

[@joniwatson876]

Mick, I love these type of videos - just the simple daily life in your world is fascinating. I find It is interesting to see your trips to the store, where you go, and prices you pay. Even though you may be embarrassed by filming in stores or out in public, just know that we love it. Your building projects, your art work, and just your growth as a young man in AK has been really cool to see. When I first watched you, I didn’t have the “Whipple faith” (you like that one? - 😊), but I am happy that you proved me wrong. Great work, great videos of your life there. I hope you feel better. You need some chicken noodle soup…

[@marianfrances4959]

Awesome, Mick! 😎👍🇨🇦🌲❄️🔥

[@Regina-j8m]

I enjoy your channel so much! Hope you get to feeling better😊

[@robertclark5752]

Get well soon 🙏

[@irisashton9295]

Great to see you mick love the hat ❤

[@denisemeredith2436]

Happy New Year Mick. I am glad your cabin now feels more like home. I love your hat.

[@kimberlyevans7853]

Happy New Year. I hope you have a wonderfully blessed, adventurous, productive and prosperous 2025.

[@jerideloughary5609]

I enjoy all your videos and even the ones before moving to Alaska. You with your parents and all. AWESOME. .

[@LaurieAro]

You are amazing! Love your hat.

[@juliemantai4419]

Glad you are back!!! I missed all the Alaska views

[@mrben6573]

I wonder what you could do to make your cabin retain more heat. In a previous video you said you wake up and the cabin is the same temp as the outside. More thermal mass around the fire stove? Figuring out how to make the fire stove burn longer on a lower air setting? Getting a fully insulated door with good weather stripping all around? Getting window coverings? I'm not sure what they're called, but in really cold climates they sell these things that are like big clear adhesive sheets, and you affix them to the inside of your window frames, so that it creates a big pocket of sealed air between the plastic and the glass, it's supposed to reduce heat loss by a huge amount. I wonder what options would make the biggest difference.

[@gallus846]

Really enjoy your content, watching you brings me out of the dark, very motivating. Keep up the good work man

[@tomjones2202]

"Home Is Where The Heart Is"

[@charlenerichardson2623]

If you wet your coffee filter before you put the coffee in it, it will not flop over and spill grounds into your cup.

[@sandyc6569]

Take care, stay warm and be safe out there!

[@christinemccarthy2197]

Good job 👏 👍 Good to see 👀 you

[@lindawynell]

I sound about like you do. Something going around across the country. Of it is, it’s winter. That’s when the viruses come out to plague the mortals! Feel better. Thanks for sharing the sunrises. Absolutely gorgeous!

[@kevinknowles2109]

Hay bro love the mikarphone.. you have friends that help you never underestimate the value of that it's a blessing 🙏 good to see you back 😊

[@trailcampete5119]

love the hat ....cheers

[@moegardner1]

You mentioned temperature swings, I seem to remember a place in north or south dakota that had a winter 50 degree farenheit swing in just a couple minutes and people's windows exploded.

[@joeannperschall7226]

Good to see you again. Missed seeing your videos.😊

[@mariesheppard3750]

Home is where the heart is, Great video again thanks

[@jamesheidema]

Good to see you again ... your channel is getting better and better!

[@littlegriffoffgridalberta6837]

I've been 100% off grid for 11 years I know what your going through ! But man look after yourself first before it gets to bad :) Stay safe work when you can :) Great video

[@billiehuskins8129]

You have your head on right. .keep making these videos .........

[@DBurgg]

Feel better Mick....the cabin looks great. Feed yourself a bit more....honey for the throat!👍🏻

[@CarolynJBean]

Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤