Such a true statement. I'm 65 now & I watch these videos & remember my own adventures I had with my husband of 46 year's who sadly passed on now. Happy memories to live on ❤
@@TinyCabinLife there is a saying "If you need a jacket on because of cold temps then your dog needs a jacket on". PLEASE get a dog jacket for your dog.
Haha. She may be “understanding”, but I (a female) was thinking he’s breaking trail, pulling the sled, and carrying a tote?!? Yowza. In my world she’d be left behind. Lol.
@@jansmith3158 tbf, a golden retriever has a natural coat - a waterproof outer layer with a dense undercoat. Now, if you were talking about a Whippet I would agree😂.
I have a small cabin in ND and have done the same thing for years. Once you get the cold out of the furniture and walls it's cozy. I always hate getting there after dark also. By morning it's nice, but can be a bit chilly the first night. It's kind of a neat rustic experience. There is comfort in the discomfort. Something modern life has made us forget.
100% 👍🏽 I agree with that so much. Sometimes I get comments asking what the point is, and it’s hard to explain but you get it. There’s a sense of peace in having to take care of your every need like that
I grew up in kentucky and married a Minnesotan, we lived in minnesota for 13 years. I loved the winters. Everyone back home thought I was crazy, but there really is something magical about northern winters.
I live near the Lake Michigan shore, near Traverse City. In the almost seven years I’ve lived here it’s only been below zero once during daylight hours. Where I am is quite enough winter for me! You have the most important things that money can’t buy-a loving partner who gets you, a loving, faithful dog, and a special place you can go to replenish your soul. That’s everything…
Looks fun. I notice you keep the wood stove door open often. Closing the door is way more efficient and will heat the room much faster. Keeping the door open results in losing most up your heat up the chimney.
Also DRY wood. A fire can be burning away, but if the wood is wet, a lot of heat goes to drying it before it burns. Not saying your wood wasn’t dry. Just a tip.
Also, with the door open, that extra draft flow going up the chimney means there is that much more cold air being drawn into the cabin through the various place air can get in. And all that extra cold air makes it hard to heat up the cabin.
@@larryhawkes1347 I'm NO expert compared to others on this post but...wouldn't it be even better to have outdoor combustion air?? I imagine not always easy to fit re any particular cabin design tho. Thoughts??
I always have to have some sort of cover on me when I watch your videos. The way you present your videos makes it seem like I’m right there with you and I get cold.
Oh my goodness, that was very scary watching you guys trek in! Such troopers but please be careful of little mama and Ellie. Thank heavens the car started up, I was nervous. Next time you have a video like this, give us a heads up (maybe a star in the title) and I can take a little nip before I watch! 😂
Thank you! Before open heart surgery (Lost my taste for wild game after that), I went bow deer hunting, put a plastic bottle Mountain Dew in the outer pocket of my coveralls. Walked 200 yards to my stand and the Dew was frozen. Went back to the truck, home and had tacos for supper!
As one who is from central Minnesota, I understand camping, the peace and quiet and getting away from home. I found many of the comments to be very rude. I can see why some people turn off comments. Thanks for showing viewers how beautiful Minnesota can be.
Thank you so much 🙏🏽 I know all of this comes with a territory but I just can’t imagine being so rude to someone else like what you see here on RU-vid. Your kindness here is very appreciated
Wish I could get my wife to stay in a cabin in such extreme conditions 😂…you definitely have a gem of a woman there ….wow it was so cold 🥶….great video guys …..I love your beautiful dog ….
Thanks so much 🙏🏽 We’re really grateful. It’s crazy that you all didn’t get much of a winter when we had such a crazy and snowy one. I hope you can experience something like this one day
Nothing is more of a wakeup call than Winters in our state! That hike in looked brutal, but it looks like a fantastic cabin for Winter nights. Hope you guys can spend some time there this holiday, and that the fireplace can keep cranking! I'm a little surprised it is reaching its limits, but -33 is no joke.
Totally! You know it’s less a problem with the stove and more the layout of the cabin…having the bedrooms only through a doorway. It’s tough to force the heat into there. We’re going up again next weekend so we will see!
@@TinyCabinLife Totally understand what you are saying. I've spent cold nights up near Gunflint in rooms not connected because you can't force that air, but the loft areas are like a sauna
@@TinyCabinLife Finnishing the ceiling and insulation will help for sure. That stove should be able to keep that cabin nice and toasty if its insulated right. Good luck!
You should be burning that Woodstove with the door closed. You start it cracked, getting it going. Then close the door. Don’t use at much wood, cut it smaller. Use your air controller.
I am a South Carolinian, and am fascinated by the beauty of the north woods and the other worldly cold of Minnesota. We don't experience that level of winter here! I just subscribed. Thank you!
a couple of items for you, first you can purchase a battery blanket for the car battery amazon, ebay, or make your own, from a construction site r13, r17, r30 insulation and silver vent tape or gorilla duct tape to build a box and a lid around and on top of battery, please remember to install a door skin of wood under the battery( note when a battery sits on a steel car battery holder its discharge from the battery of the cold) then the insulated cover , then battery , then insulated top, this will keep the battery hot in cold weather. as far as no water in cabin, harbor freight sells a 4 pc of small to xl pans, 6 cups to 20 cups, i use the 20 cup of snow on top of the wood burner, add snow till is about 3/4 full , when hot and boiling let boil after that for 5 mins more pick up and walk to outside and put it into the snow for a quick cool down so you can use it right away drink bathing, etc? continue the water and snow melt down,hope that helps?
This video was priceless, your relationship even more so. We take for granted how valuable the simple things in life are, like frozen boiling water. Cool!
Here's a thought: before you leave your cabin each time, clean out your stove and have it prepped and ready for your next arrival. Saves time and effort and is comforting to know that heat is on the way that much sooner. Love the cabin, I'm jealous, lol. God bless you guys.
Kudos to you and your life companion for answering your own "Call of the North"! I spent 10 yrs in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and, sadly, have been gone for 3 decades and 8 yrs. But....to this very day....no matter where I find myself....on a cold Winter's night I can still go outside and in that quiet....deep moment. I can still hear the Lorelei singing their beautiful song, enticing me to return to the embrace of the Great Northwoods. "A harsh but beautiful land!" Truer words I haven't heard in a very long time. Thank you for sharing this special moment! Side note....I'm retired 2x and chase grandchildren across America now. We spend Summers in MN between the cities and Rochester. I'm 69 and even in the late hours of a Summertime night, under calm and starry skies....I can still hear the Loreleis' whispers, "Come North....come North!" I have a 17 ft Alumacraft canoe and a willing wife plus a 13 yr old grandson who needs to get away from the electronic madness. We will find a Northern lake to paddle and camp by this Summer! I swear it shall be so! Regards and best wishes to you and yours!
Hey Larry I have a cabin that just south of UP its logs I cut on property Down buy the delis. Wood stove n running water if pump it only private land on a 80 acer lake I live mississippi now but I go Visit my snow mobile n cabin about every year 1 or 2 n even Visit some of the guys I work with in pineriver MN I like live here most of the time But mis the north woods
@@joerowland7350 Hey Joe! It's like I've tried to explain to family and friends over the years....Once the Northwoods gets in your veins, it never leaves! I've got to get the grandson off the electronics for a while this coming Summer and get us back up there. He needs a serious dose of "Vitamin C"....camping, camp fire, camp fire food, canoeing, catching fish, counting the stars in the sky, chopping firewood, clean air. to breathe, clean fish he caught, chase a log boat down the rapids at Gooseberry Falls Park, carve a stick with a pocket knife, etc.
@JOE Rowland I used to be KB0WCG, or was it KB0WCH? I was one, and #2 Son was the other. Technician ratings. Still got some 2-meter stuff and an old Kenwood 530-S HF (I believe) sitting around unused. That would be great for camp, and I was hoping to get grandsons interested in Ham radio, plus get our licenses together! I was referring to the electronic games on his cellphone. He can sit and play them for hours! There is hope for him! He likes math and science, is interested in robotics, and would like to learn to fly. We're trying to support and encourage these interests, plus get him active in the great outdoors a bit more. It helps keep us young, too! I'm 69 in 12 days, a bit slower, but still moving forward! In fact, I'm headed into the New Mexico Valles Caldera National Preserve/9100 ft in a few minutes. Wife and I are going for a Winter hike and hope to see some Elk! Grandson's down here can't go today due to school obligations. So, it'll just be me and my brown-eyed girl in the mountains today! Take care!
I knew she was going to say that. My wife is the same. I was laughing. Yeah, the no sound of cars, is the absolute best! Redfield NY was -35 one time when I was there. Never experienced cold like that before. Walked down to town to experience it-Nothing was moving but me.
That's truly a gutsy way to go into extreme conditions! We take no chances when we winter camp. We have the wood stove, but we also have (on standby at the shelter) a Mr Heater (propane) a HeatMate kerosene unit, a 100aH battery and electric blanket, and generator to keep the extreme adventure from becoming an extreme tragedy!
@Tiny Cabin Life I believe you put both your wife & Ellie in danger. I lived in Minneapolis through one ver cold winter (50 below) & I was scared Togo out in that weather. You have to use common sense & caution, which in this instance I believe you were lacking. Such arrogance.
Love the beautiful. snow ❄️🌨️ I live in the South so I see very little snow. Good video. Thank you 👍 Stay safe and warm. Dress warmly and the rest of you too. LoL 😂
Really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for sharing this memory. I've been a resident of Michigan for 68yrs. so I can relate to those subzero temps you, Rylie, and Ellie experienced. 🥶 There was a time when I could have made a trek like that in those temps, but it would have been too risky for me now. A dependable snowmobile would be my choice. You're lucky to have a family like the one you have, and such an awesome cabin to spend time in such a great location. ☃ Do you want to build a snowman? When the temps get a little bit above freezing of course. 🐈 🙏 😊
You're a good guy and I enjoy your wonderful videos. You're also quite fortunate to have such a sweet lady as Riley to share your adventures with. I wish you both the very best. I admire your adventurous life and spirit. Good luck to you both.
Your wife is a trooper. The coldest I ever saw at our camp 🏕 in Westree On was -45C in the late 90s or early 2000s. It's been so long I can't really remember anymore exactly. I was there with the old man in February. Our air tight was roaring to keep the camp 🏕 warm. We had running water...I would run down to the lake by snowmobile. Brings back good memories
I feel ya, buddy! I live in the San Bernardino mountains in California. We usually average 5-6 feet of snow per year. This past winter we got absolutely hammered with a record breaking 27 feet! It was all over the national news. The mountain highways were closed due to avalanches, so the supermarkets ran out of food and the gas stations ran out of gas. The latter didn't make much difference because our streets couldn't be plowed. No one could move. On my street when I walked my little rescue puppy I had to duck under the power lines, the snow was so high and every step I took I had to stomp four or five times each time before I actually put all my weight down or else I would "tent pole" up to my hip. Many roofs and carports collapsed and a few older people died in their homes. It was absolutely brutal. The power was out for days at a time. I slept on the floor in front of my fireplace with my dog. Fortunately I had a good supply of food, firewood and whiskey. (Jack Daniel's for me.) That was a rough winter... Glad you and your beautiful family and Ellie got through that challenge.
@@TinyCabinLife The only upside was that between all the snow, then getting hammered by the tail end of that hurricane a couple months ago, California is no longer in a drought.
I live in rural Utah and it is a mile high here. It is not uncommon for temps in the winter to reach -20 to -40. With lots of snow. I have to live in that every winter every year. No escaping!!!! But I would give anything to have an off grid cabin.
Love my winters here in MN! I was so glad when you said you were putting on snowshoes, because trudging through that deep of snow is just exhausting. I’m so envious of your cabins. I have to tent it on my land. Keep up the great adventures!
Have you thought about insulated curtains and bubble insulation on the windows? It will help keep out the cold and keep in the warmth...at least until you get to temp.
That march reminds me of many times I've yelled 'follow me' to my travel partners. At least no tears were flowing; lucky guy! I use a big buddy indoor rated heater along with my wood stove.
Lol. I lived on Leech Lake bordering the forest for years! We had 10 acres and 1000’ of Lake shore front. Seems you were right near my old home!Love the dry winters there. I am back on the East Coast. Enjoy the beautiful winter. 🙏🙏🙏Blessings
I loved watching Rylie steam up after that trek. Doesn’ t that sun make a difference? I lived in northwoods Wisconsin for a few years, and loved how beautiful it was, but also how brutal it could be. Glad there wasn’t a brisk wind blowing!
Just love your videos and your cabins are awesome. Riley loocked some stressed but she trooped right through it. I look forward to seeing more winter videos. It would be really "cool" lol. Blessings to your family. 😊
Snow Joe rechargeable battery operated snowblower. I have one and love it! It's portable. Highly suggest it. Easily can take it to your cabin. Got mine at Menards.
When the car started, I cheered. I chose this specific video ,because in 2 days, will have 3 straight 100 degrees days.here in fort Collins. Starting Friday July 12, 2024.
I was going to say the same thing as Richard you want to warm the place up you got to close the door on the stove keep it open for the first 10 minutes or so to get the coals are rolling close it wait till it gets burning really hot and fast and lots of coals and then turn the damper down that's plenty of stove for that little cabin. Looks like a great place
Lots of respect to all 3 of you . I live in Sweden, and cold weather....it really ...test you . And take so much energy . But you don't fight or waste it on bad things ...you accept adept and even try find something good ...like the sun is shining ....a great night sky. You now ..very few people has that right mindset ..i guess you have some experience from similar things 🙂. Great see you doing this, and ...stay, that extra night ..that makes you grow ( your mind) ...thank for sharing whit us 🙂🙂🙂
Definitely keep the door closed on the stove. Brrrr. In our family, we winter camp at least a few times a year. So nice when I see others that enjoy it too. A very nice cabin, so cozy. :)
We heat our house with wood here in Michigan. Granted we aren't as bitterly cold as you up there but I couldn't help but notice the door of the woodstove was left open quite a lot. Your woodstove will be more efficiant if you keep the door closed unless you're feeding it. Not to mention safer!! We've had logs try an roll out too!!
Been there done that many times over the years in northern Canada. Once you get the woodstove going that is cozy but, it takes about 3 to 4 hrs to get the floor warm, and the furniture, and the walls. But once all is warm it is a most cozy comfy feeling, 75 inside, minus 40 outside lol.
