Alaska's off grid Islands have their challenges 

Merry Christmas Brian to you and yours. We're having a Safety Meeting tomorrow, about stepping over cables while they're under a load and the Boss (Moutain Mariner) wanted me to make sure you were in attendance, front row and center.

Sitting in my living room in Michigan in front of my Hearthstone stove watching your Hearthstone heat up! Thanks for sharing, I told my wife, pretty sure he left his motor in gear to keep it on the trailer. I've done this before.

Something beautiful about an angry ocean ❤

Good job my friend. Damn when it blows it really whips em up. Be safe when your alone. And running a power saw by your lonesome ain't a good idea. Wait for your wife to come home. Living free.

Glad it worked out for you. In the very begining it looked like you had some cabin fever and were frantic to get out for a while. To bad you couldn’t teach Raven and Skipper to grab ropes and keep the boat on the trailer until you get out and secure it. I’ll be praying that Dianas’ mom heals and the month goes by fast so you can be together. In know it’s strange but i worry about the people i follow. I came across everyone because i was stuck in bed healing from my operation and couldn’t do anything. It’s one of the reasons i can say ended up as a good thing because i found a few channels that had great people that helped me make it through my hard times and i’m very gratefull i found your family. I always pray and wish for the best for all of you and wish i could do something to help you through your hard times as well. The first year i was in so much pain i didn’t even want to be here and you and Diana were a big part in helping me through it. So as i always say Thanks for sharing.

It’s always “interesting and exciting” doing a 2 person task solo. 😂

Glad to hear your mother in law is doing well. Great job doing all that on your own.

Looks like a great summer opportunity to build a small, raised platform next to your boat, accompanied by a utility shed for storage. Add tiered steps leading to the platform for convenient access rather than falling and a compound fracture when out alone. You might also think about adding a winching system that can operate independently of the tractor. Hope you two have a good Christmas up there.

Great job moving the boat! You’re not kidding the wind blows, glad you made it safety! Merry Christmas to you and your family! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼🎄

Great video Brian My dog does not like going on the boat. She is sullen resistant. I like how yours are!

Never disappoints again a corker of a video, thanks for taking the time i'm sure it wasn't easy with everything that was going on.

I subscribed to your channel moments ago. Stumbled onto one of your videos last night. Enjoy your work very much. Thanks for taking the additional time to record and post. I will be following your adventures.

I’m still amazed of the logistics just for you to go to town. I bet you can’t wait for the wifey to come home. Merry Christmas to both of you from Idaho! ⛄️🎄❤

You made it just in time, great timing Brian. MERRY CHRISTMAS Brian and Diana!

Glad you got the boat up safely.

Whoa, thank goodness you were able to get the boat out of the water when you got back. Putting a boat back on a trailer is always a little nerve wracking, even when you have someone else there. Looked like you handled that like a pro. Glad your mother in law is doing well.

Living on the island is great . But on the water in winter that is touchy. Salt water is colder before it freezes.Be safe.

Merry Christmas... hope you and the pups have a wonderful Christmas and stay safe from the storms.... Deb from South Dakota

The 40 lb propane bottle!! How brilliant minds think alike!!

Good job on getting the boat launch and retrieval situation figured out.

Glad the boat trip worked out well. That looked a little nerve wracking but good ol' homestead resilience pulls through! Wow, some of those scenes of the ocean waves crashing in did look beautiful though. Merry Christmas to you, Diana and your dogs and chickens!

Great job. The life isn't easy but that's the point. Way more rewarding for sure

Cool video, I am set for the winter with wood, propane ect. Be safe and hope your mother-in-law make a full recovery.

Hope the chickens are okay.

Wow, lots of work to town and back. Merry Christmas. Live free!

The weather turns on a dime there. It is great how you manage all of that. I'm sure its lonely. Have a Merry Christmas and be safe.

Stay safe B... that's scary stuff to be doing alone. Glad everyone is doing well. Happy Holidays and #keepitburning 🔥

Good to see you buddy. Stay safe out there. Looks like quite an adventure out there by yourself. Embrace your inner Dick Proenneke.🙂❤

Glad you were able to get the boat launched and then brought back up on shore.

Hé Brian you doing just fine. I alway’s have respect how you guys survive the hars Alaskan weather. Take care👊🏼🙏🏼

Challenging times for you, stay safe. One week until Christmas Eve and I hope you will be with family.

You did good with the boat Brian. Never a dull moment eh? Lol I hope you guys have a Merry Christmas 🎅

Glad to see you & the dogs are looking healthy & not letting to many minutes go to waste over yonder there. Can't remember if there were Bears on your island. But, I think not w/ your dog's & chicken's running `round the beaches there. Stay "cool' friend & look forward to a hopefully very bright year ahead ;- ]

A remote cabin is something that I have always wanted to do. Well - all that action in this video was pretty intense. So having to boat to town once a month - depending on weather is something I would never even try - but you really got your work cut out for you. I'm amazed with the whole operation. So have a great holiday and I'll keep watching your videos. 😃

Great job, trailering that boat by yourself was no easy feat. Stay safe out there. I wouldn’t want to be in town either

Be safe Brian, Love to and family

Stay safe & warm! 💜

Be safe brother from another mother! That was a lot of high winds!!

Be careful being out there by yourself. I know you know how to handle things but being alone is not good and I know it’s just life. Good job launching the boat. Have a safe trip. Take care. Say hi to Diana. God bless you both✌️🇺🇸❤️❤️

new project build you a stair case to the top of the boat for easier access to unload boat on shore.

Nice new wheel chocks for the boat

Have a Blessed Christmas 🎄🎁🎄 and a awesome NER year!! 🎉

👍👍Thanks Brian!!

Greeting from Indonesia I found your 2 years old video of fishing 100 salmon in 2 hours( I be could be wrong ), now here to visit your latest video. Thanks for bring up your journey to show how people live out there. I like your accent 👍

I know how it feels being on Alaska waters by yourself! Love the videos. I can wait to retire on an island down there

Very impressive. Thanks for sharing Western NC

Merry Christmas to you and your wife, thanks for sharing the video, it shows what it takes to live remote.

Great vid, just an idea, a nice sturdy platform with none slip steps, and 2 small separate shoots to slide both gas bottles down etc, maybe made out of pallets, so free to make, a lot easier and safer for you, especially when unloading by yourself, stay safe and well to all, Happy New year , uk.

Brian that was a good video. Throughly enjoyed. Good work.

Happy holidays...itll be nice when Diana gets home. 👍😎🇨🇦💫🎄🐾🐾🕯

Merry Christmas to you guys. Stay healthy and stay safe!

Merry Christmas ! And a big nope from me every moving to snow country !

tuff to do these things by yourself good job!!be safe!!!

Wow good job at launching that boat that must be really tricky leaving that motor running so it stays up on the trailer pretty hard to launch a boat by yourself I know because in big storms I used to drive my boat right up on the trailer but Dad was always in the vehicle when he came to pick us up and he would just clip on the winch cable and finish it up we'd shut it off and he'd pull us up while we're still in the boat but that was with two people and like 8 Or 12 foot waves you did an excellent job

Happy 🎄 Holidays Brian & Diana 💫 Stay Safe ⚓️🛟⚓️

Have enjoyed watching you guys for a while now and have a thought....since we have the same tractor as you...maybe get the loader back on after winching the boat up and use it up and over the side of the boat to get your stuff out of the boat. Much easier than going up and down the ladder. Merry Christmas and be safe and free!

I was like #777 very cool. Save that tree for your sawmill.

I love that boat you have!

Looks like you have a good working plain have though about a wick on the back of you tractor so you have more pulling power if you had mouth snow.

Hey guys wow what a blow but you at least have a great place but really incredible views I think that's wonderful

Really tricky getting your boat out and back in by yourself 😮.

Be safe!

Thanks. 👊🏼✌🏻

Merry Christmas to you and your family.🎄

When I saw the title of this vid, my first reaction was, "well duh!" 😉 You take on the challenges best you can and do a great job. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

I see a lot of timber for a portable sawmill.

E*V*R*Y*T*H*I*N*G is so much easier in the summertime!

Merry Christmas and HAPPY New years you

Live free!

Miss you guys a lot but I do understand how hard it is to get videos out especially in crappy weather I haven't got a video out in a year I put one out to day because I've been sick a lot this year and just all they could do was do the feed the animals so see you soon very good video very nice to see you take care of yourself this winter merry Christmas to you hopefully you're not having Christmas all by yourself like me always said Christmases for kids not adults the only one I got left right now is a granddaughter to worry about that's easy only two years old so she's easy to please quit liking Christmas long time ago because the so called wife always put us in debt and took almost a year to pay for it all about the money and that's not what Christmas is about I've always told my kids I prefer a homemade birthday card or Christmas card or a big hug then a bot present save your money put it in the bank

Praying everything is O.K. YOu and your wife are in out thoughts and prayers.

The island is beautiful, but as far as the tasks and jobs needed to be done to live there, I'll stay in Florida...lol 😂😅 Happy to hear mom is on the mend. That boat is still sexxxxxyyy...lol 😂😅 Love ya'll ❤️ Merry Christmas!😊

Your hoop houses stay up over the winter?? O.o i couldnt get mine to stay up over the summer at the community garden by west glacier…. A+ work right there!

Wow muscle woman those tanks are heavy especially when they're full of propane I have a hard time moving those things around she just moved it like it was nothing oh she lifting weights while she's in town

A calm sea never made a skill sailor...tis season. I am just full of crap with that stuff today..putting in a new wood stove..hopefully I find my left nut after getting this 400 lb turd inside..lol Cheers from POW.

Stay safe🫵

good job alone how about a bigger wind power turbine?

Don't you have to lower the engines down on the boat to drain the water out of them when it's on the trailer

Hey big fella, just a thought wouldn’t it be easier to make a trail through the island instead of always working around the tides? Love the videos ALL THE BEST…

I was thinking and would it not be a good idea to use your tractor and lessen the slope down to the water? It could be a little slower but controllable. Cheers from Ontario.

I missed something, why use the winch and not leave the trailer hooked up to the tractor all the time , thanks

What do you do to get the water out of your boat motors after you pull her up the beach?

👍👍👍👍✌️

Do you lower your engines so all the water drains and doesn’t freeze?

Thanks for bringing us along your journey's!

Such a kool boat!🛥