All of our blog posts mostly show our success with various projects, but what they don't detail is the perspiration, hard work, and do-overs it all takes. Mostly, everything we do requires doing it over again, and sometimes over and over again. Take for instance, our water situation. We wrote a blog about how we … Continue reading Failures, Bloopers, and Fixes: Turning Lemons into Blue Ribbons

When Jen and I started planning this adventure over a year ago, we were met with so many questions from our friends and family. The most reoccurring question was what would we miss the most? I would often ponder all the different things that I could probably miss while out here. Movie theaters, restaurants, Internet, … Continue reading The Time Machine

The past few weeks have just flown by, filled with new friends and never ending projects. As Jennifer and I were working around the house one afternoon, we saw a float plane land in the little lake. This is a normal event over in the big lake during the summer because there are a handful … Continue reading Friends and Raging Respect 

Our one purpose for moving to this remote cabin on a lake in Alaska is to live an "Agrarian" life style. We are planning to set up a homestead that makes us as self-sufficient as possible, and to live by the work of our hands, debt-free and without regular monthly bills. We live off-the-grid, so, no … Continue reading The Agrarian Lifestyle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcoGJ1xwnUw So with the ever changing surroundings and plants around us, it's that time of year here in Alaska when the plants start producing berries. Lots and lots of berries! Being from the South and the memories of being chest deep in brier patches picking blackberries, I'm catapulted back to my childhood. Jennifer and I … Continue reading The Big Bang, Berries and Boats 

It's hard to live so close to nature and not recognize the powerful hand of God in everything. I don't know if it's living by the work of your hands, or the recognition that everything that comes to you is a gift. I find myself praying alot throughout the day, mostly giving thanks and often giving praise … Continue reading A Small Miracle

We are still rookies at living this adventurous-treacherous kind of life. We are learning that there are many challenges to accomplish everyday tasks. One of our most challenging is traveling from our cabin to the boat landing where our truck is parked. We call it a "boat landing", but it looks more like an uneven sand, … Continue reading Rough Waters

Now that "the PPP" was complete(Poo Palace Projet) we were gonna relax this weekend.....we went to town to get a few things, fished a little, and had a friend over for dinner. Having someone over for dinner is a big deal for us now. We go about 4 to 5 days right now before we … Continue reading Promises, Grub and a Bear

The majority of everyone reading this has more than likely have always had running water in their house and plumbing for all of their lives. You don't realize how convenient that all is until it's no longer present. Not much of anything is really convenient out here. Like we've said in previous blogs, "everything is … Continue reading A Man, A Woman & their Buckets

Jen and I both work so hard at the tasks on the property that we catch ourselves not doing what we came out here to do-- Enjoy the land and nature. We catch ourselves getting preoccupied in trying to finish and mark off as much as possible from our "to do" list. I am so … Continue reading A Day Off!